<p>Tammy Shipley asked to be arrested so she could feel safe. After she was placed under 24-hour surveillance, something terrible took place. </p><p>A new three-part series by Kirstie Wellauer and Joanna McCarthy investigates how it unfolded.</p><p>A loving mother of five, Tammy could really make her kids laugh.  </p><p>But she'd started to believe she was in danger — that someone was out to get her.  </p><p>A couple of weeks before Christmas, she walked into a Sydney police station looking for protection. She asked to be arrested and just wanted to feel safe. </p><p>She was put under 24-hour surveillance. </p><p>Then, over the course of several hours, something terrible took place. Something no one noticed. </p><p>Tammy's Story is a three-part investigation into how this could have happened.</p>