Queensland Police reveal woman’s home address to her violent former husband

A breach of privacy case has been bought by a DV victim whose home address was deliberately passed on by a senior constable Neil Punchard who worked at the Queensland Police. He had accessed her address from the police QPrime database and sent it to her violent former husband joking to him ‘“Just tell her you …

Specialist Domestic Violence Courts – How special are they?

A report commissioned on Specialist Domestic Violence Courts (SDVC) by the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, found evidence of defendants ‘gaming the system’ by pleading not guilty to domestic violence offences in the hope that the domestic violence complainant will not turn up at court and the case will then be dismissed. This was confirmed …