Exclusive: Breaches of protection orders
November 27, 2014 | Events
The Investigators Investigations extends its deepest condolences to the family of a woman fatally stabbed in Auckland's North Shore.
The NZ Herald reports:
"It also emerged that Ms Scott had taken out a protection order against her husband, 45-year-old Brent Scott, over an incident in South Africa last year.
Brent Scott was arrested at Auckland Airport after sparking a large-scale manhunt following the incident this morning and police believed he was trying to flee to his former home South Africa.
He had been driven to the airport by a friend after fleeing the crime scene on foot this morning, Mr Scott said.
Scott had been due in North Shore District Court this afternoon for allegedly breaching a protection order.".
"That this murder has occurred so soon after White Ribbon Day, brings home the need for our country to address family violence with the utmost urgency," says White Ribbon Ambassador Mark Longley
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We may be able to help in your protection order situation contact us to discuss.
Figures show more than 10,000 people who were charged with 21,049 incidents of breaching protection orders between 2006 and 2010.
It is all too common for women to live in fear of their partner being bailed because many have no faith in protection orders.
The figures released by the Ministry of Justice under the Official Information Act show men 35 to 39 are the biggest offenders.
The district with the highest number of breaches in 2010 was Wellington with 290, followed by Canterbury (272) and Manukau (217).
A protection order is made by a Family Court judge to protect people from domestic violence. Orders are permanent and contain non-violence and non-contact conditions.
Police Safety Orders were introduced in July 2009, giving the police the power to issue non-violence and non-contact conditions for up to five days. Figures show that, of the 10,238 orders issued up to the end of January this year, there were 691 breaches.
The Protection Order has non-violence conditions that say the abuser must not physically, psychologically, or sexually abuse or threaten to abuse anyone protected by the order, damage or threaten to damage your property, encourage anyone else to abuse or threaten any of you.
- If you are concerned about an ex partner harassing you or potentially breaching a restraining order we may be able to help. Gaining evidence of the breaches is useful in complaints to police. Simply if you obtain evidence of the breach the offender can be arrested. Sometimes the evidence is almost but not quite strong enough. The potential for a critical incident after a breach of a protection order is frequently reported by media.
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Article source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11365334
