Silbert said Bayley, 41, was jailed that time for 11 years, with a non-parole period of eight years, on 16 counts of rape against five victims.
Bayley's lawyer Saul Holt, SC, said the Crown submission that Bayley should be jailed for life with no parole was not appropriate because the case was not "on that level of severity".
Bayley admitted he lied in a sexual rehabilitation programme while serving a prison term in order to get parole, psychologist Professor James Ogloff told the court.
The court heard Bayley admitted to Ogloff that he typically blamed his victims for his crimes and lashed out physically whenever confronted or challenged.
Ogloff diagnosed Bayley with borderline personality disorder during a psychological examination in May.
He described Bayley as a violent sexual predator, who fantasised about assuming a position of power and control over his victims.
Meagher's husband, Tom, told the court in a victim impact statement that he had become half a person since he lost his wife to a grotesque and soulless human being.
He said he was constantly haunted by visions of what happened to his wife in the laneway just metres from their Brunswick home.
Meagher said his future had been taken away and replaced with a life of fear, insomnia and anger.
"What was stolen from me ... was love, my best friend and my entire world."
- AAP
