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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11493387
Father jailed for abuse of children
By Melissa Wishart
9:00 AM Friday Aug 7, 2015
A Wanganui man found guilty of sexually abusing his stepdaughter was jailed this week.
The 36-year-old was also sentenced for assaulting six of his children and stepchildren.
The man, who has name suppression to protect his victims' identities, was found guilty by a jury in June on two counts of performing an indecent act on a child.
The offending was against his stepdaughter, who was aged between 8 and 10, several years ago.
The man had already pleaded guilty to six representative charges of assault on a child, when six of his children and stepchildren were aged between 8 and 13.
Incidents with the man hitting them with his hands, a toy fishing rod, plastic spoons and a leather belt were heard in the Whanganui District Court on Wednesday.
One of the children came home late from school one day after missing the bus, and was told by his siblings "Dad is going to give you a hiding,"
Judge David Cameron said.
"[The child] said that the defendant hit him with a force that would have been eight-and-a-half out of 10."
On another occasion the child accidentally broke a picture frame, and the man was about to hit him when the mother intervened, Judge Cameron said.
However, when the mother went to the shops, the man hit the boy in the face, giving him a nosebleed.
In another incident, he hit the boy in the face when he locked the housekeys in the house, and accidentally broke a window trying to get in.
The man also hit other children, and kept them home from school so nobody would see the marks on their bodies.
In one incident the man threw one child against a wall and kicked them on the hip when they fell to the floor.
The boy described the kick as "five out of five - hard".
The man "then stood on [the child's] throat and held his foot down", Judge Cameron said.
The man denied this particular offending, but both Crown prosecutor Lance Rowe and defence lawyer Stephen Ross acknowledged no disputed facts hearing had been held, and it would not affect the end sentence.
Mr Ross said the man moved to New Zealand from Tonga when he was 17.
"The cultural context is raised because it is made clear in the probation report that [the defendant] still holds strong Tongan cultural beliefs," Mr Ross said.
He pointed out it was not until 2007 the law was changed to ban "reasonable" physical force when disciplining children.
Mr Rowe said the "key aggravating feature" of the sexual offending was "the extent of the breach of trust".
Mr Rowe also said the man knew the child assaults were wrong, despite his cultural beliefs, because he hid the children's injuries from other people.
Judge Cameron read from the mother's victim impact statement, where she described violence being part of their daily life: "
She finds her anger against him hard to describe and she describes him as a violent man, hiding behind a quiet demeanour."
A pre-sentence report described the man as being at "moderate" risk of reoffending, and said he showed little remorse.
The man has no previous convictions, but as he committed multiple assault offences, Judge Cameron did not consider it appropriate to discount his sentence for that.
He sentenced him to two years and six months in prison and gave him a warning under the three strikes law.
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Friday, April 24, 2015
Dad kills 9-year-old son, 6-year-old daughter despite order of protection, supervised visitation (New Zealand)
Lots of crocodile tears here by moronic officials who refused to act on any number of red flag, refused to look at all the evidence, ignored the mother's concerns, and thus allowed two kids be viciously murdered by their father.
Dad is identified as EDWARD LIVINGSTONE.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/68011537/killer-dad-edward-livingstone-high-risk
Killer dad Edward Livingstone 'high risk'
A Dunedin inquest into the deaths of the Livingstone children has ended with top officials fighting back tears.
Bradley, 9, and his sister Ellen, 6, were shot dead by Livingstone at their home in the Dunedin suburb of St Leonards, shortly before 10pm on January 15 last year.
Livingstone, 51, was later found dead in the front bedroom of the house at 9 Kiwi St. A shotgun lay next to him.
He left a final note at his flat before the killings.
Katharine Webb, Livingstone's former wife and the mother of Bradley and Ellen, was the first of 18 witnesses called to give evidence at an inquest into the three deaths, which began on Tuesday in Dunedin.
She escaped the shooting unharmed.
OFFICIALS EMOTIONAL AS INQUEST CLOSES
Chief Coroner Deborah Marshall on Friday closed the inquest and reserved her decision.
She thanked Katharine Webb for her quiet dignity.
It reminded everyone "how much you have suffered", Marshall said, voice breaking.
Shortly before, Southern District Commander Andrew Coster underlined the emotional weight of the inquiry by also fighting back tears as he defended the police performance under a grilling from Webb's lawyer Anne Stevens. Police were "totally committed" to do better but "we can't change what happened", he said.
Coster said he had moved to close the cracks the Livingstone case had highlighted and more resources had been allocated to family violence in the district.
Police received 2000 family violence reports per year just in its Dunedin office.
Coster said if Livingstone's convictions in Australia from 1988 (arson and assault) had been known to the court dealing with his protection order breach, it was still questionable whether it would have made a difference.
At the time of the hearing, police still needed to know more about the convictions and the circumstances.
He said the information had come from a cell interview for intelligence purposes and entered into the police intelligence system..
If the officer he had known more detail about the case, it might have been an error not to have taken further action. In a best case scenario, a family violence meeting co-ordinator would have noticed the new information and followed it up.
The police prosecutor who opposed a discharge without conviction for Livingstone's second breach of his protection order could have sought an adjournment to investigate further his convictions in Australia.
"It's most likely it would have been granted."
Two constables who attended an incident at Livingstone's house on August 7 and were handed empty bullet shells which Livingstone had given his children, should have recorded it.
"It was a very significant matter and staff did not attach sufficient weight to it."
The fact police did not investigate a rape allegation by Webb was a failure and too much reliance was placed on Webb's desire not to take it further.
Police and other agencies did have a level of awareness of risk factors in the case and "there were a lot of things in place that led this group to believe the case was well managed."
Nothing of great significance suggested an major escalation of risk, he said.
"But if the police had taken ownership of the rape there is a distinct possibility we would not be here?" Stevens said.
Police would have needed a reliable confession from Livingstone to proceed with a prosecution if his wife did not want to pursue charges.
"I accept if convicted he would be in custody."
He agreed complainants could change their mind. Webb had engaged with Women's Refuge, she had a protection order, Livingstone had engaged with Emergency Psychiatric Services and the children were in a programme.
He was not sure much more could have been done.
"You can't make the right call in every instance."
Even if Livingstone had not received a discharge without conviction, he would almost certainly not have gone to prison, Coster said.
But each little step made here ultimately affected the outcome, Stevens said. Coster said it was unfair to assume outcomes would have been different if the case was handled better.
In other evidence, Mel Foot, who lived next door to the Livingstone house, remained adamant she had telephoned police in August to tell them about a threat Livingstone made to kill his family with an axe.
She had also told two constables who attended an incident at the Livingstone house on August 7.
"I'd warned everybody but nobody listened."
Coster said police were unable to verify Foot's claim.
LIVINGSTONE WAS 'HIGH RISK'
On Friday, former Dunedin probation officer Liqueshia Dougherty told the inquest she was briefed about Livingstone at an inter-agency family violence meeting about a week after he had breached a protection order on August 6, 2013, preventing him from contacting Webb.
The meeting was attended by several agencies including Police, Corrections, Child, Youth and Family and Women's Refuge. Dougherty noted on a document that she was told Livingstone was considered "high risk" and had narcissistic personality disorder, a high sense of entitlement and refused to accept his relationship with Webb was over.
She also noted that he had given his children bullet casings at a supervised visit as a "message for her [Webb]".
It was brought to her attention that Livingstone worked at Otago Correctional Facility and she made a note so she could pass it on to management at the prison.
"At the time it seemed like I was the only person in the room that wasn't aware of the information.
"Everybody seemed quite concerned. People felt there was more underneath it."
Dougherty said the reference to the bullet casings made her particularly concerned.
She did not recall knowing anything about an allegation that Livingstone had raped Webb.
Minutes of the meeting noted there had been two family violence incidents involving Livingstone and Webb, most recently on May 27.
They also noted that Livingstone had mental health issues and Women's Refuge was working closely with Webb who had written about wanting to end her relationship.
Livingstone's name was added to a high risk register.
People on that register were "kept a closer eye on", Dougherty said.
It indicated an issue that needed more intervention.
There were 31 new family violence related matters discussed at the meeting.
KEY POINTS FROM DAY ONE
* Katharine Webb said Edward Livingstone raped her in May 2013 shortly before they separated. She did not pursue charges because she wanted to focus on getting out of the house and keeping her children safe. She knew where to go for help if needed.
* In 2013, Livingstone twice (August 6-7 and September 14) breached a protection order preventing him from contacting Webb in the months before the shooting. He obtained police diversion on one charge and a discharge without conviction on the other.
* Livingstone had an historic conviction for arson in Australia dating back to 1988. The court heard he set fire to his former fiance's home after coming home to find her in bed with another man.
* Livingstone gave bullet casings to his children during a supervised visit after he separated from Webb.
* Livingstone told associates he had thoughts about killing his family and himself in the months before the shooting. Livingstone's neighbour Mel Foot said she contacted police in August 2013 and told them that Livingstone had talked about killing his family. Foot alleged the complaint was never followed up by police.
* Psychiatrist Christopher Wisely was unaware of Livingstone's historic conviction for arson or the incident involving the bullet casings. If Wisely had known it may have altered the risk assessment he gave to a judge at a sentencing hearing at Dunedin District Court on November 15, 2013, in relation to the second breach of the protection order. Livingstone was discharged without conviction.
* Police prosecutor Sergeant Kate Saxton said she was not fully aware of Livingstone's criminal offending in Australia at the time of the hearing. She could have sought an adjournment on the matter until she was sent all the information, but decided not to. Interpol sent her a copy of Livingstone's Australian criminal history on December 9. Saxton conceded that the information could have altered the outcome of the sentencing.
* Saxton also told the court that Livingstone should not have received diversion for the first breach of the protection order. Diversion was not available for breaching a court order, she said.
* Wisely said Edward Livingstone sourced the shotgun used in the shooting from a former flatmate's home. The flatmate did not know Livingstone had taken the gun until police came to his home after the shooting.
KEY POINTS FROM DAY TWO
* Southern District Commander Andrew Coster said police had failed to pick up red flags in the case and the Criminal Investigation Branch should have investigated an allegation, admitted by Livingstone, that he had brutally raped his wife Katharine in May, 2013. The police effort was well intentioned but inadequate and too much weight had been given to Katharine Webb's wishes. Livingstone should not have been considered eligible for diversion and police should have pursued the allegation despite the victim's desire not to pursue the allegation. Steps had been taken to address the failures, he said, with a specialist investigation unit set up.
* Detective Senior Sergeant Kallum Croudis, of the Dunedin police, admitted a series of significant failings by police staff who dealt with Livingstone and his family in the months before the shooting. Police had failed to follow-up in a timely way information Livingstone had an arson conviction in Australia. Bullet casings Livingstone gave to his children at a supervised visit and then handed to police should have been investigated.
* Livingstone drove to the Kiwi St property with a red fuel container full of petrol, a shotgun stolen from his former flatmate and ammunition. There were beers in the car, but blood tests would later show he was not over the legal limit. Livingstone entered the house through a side door using a key before shooting his children in their bedrooms.
* Police investigations showed Livingstone claimed he was abused at a boys' school in Sydney and had a violent father. His mother left the family when he was very young. He has a younger sister called Suzanne.
* Police received information, probably on August 8 last year, that Livingstone was harassing his former wife's neighbour by phone calls and text messages mainly wanting to know if his wife was still wearing her wedding ring. Police were also told Livingstone was sneaking around his former family home when his wife was at work. The informant (name suppressed) told police Livingstone was, "f...... nuts".
* The general practitioner treating Livingstone says she doubts the drugs she prescribed on May 16, 2013 (zyban and escitalopram) could have caused a psychotic episode leading him to rape his wife. He had not reported problems with past use of zyban. Livingstone's psychiatrist Chris Wisely believes Livingstone had an adverse reaction to the drugs that led to the rape his wife. The couple separated after the rape.
KEY POINTS FROM DAY THREE
* Livingstone deceived his psychotherapist by not telling her fully about his past or the full details of the incidents relating to his first breach of a protection order. The psychotherapist, whose name is suppressed, did not seek details of the police case and provided a letter, which was later produced in court, saying she did not believe Livingstone was a violent man, despite knowing he had raped Webb. Livingstone once told the psychotherapist he was a "sex addict".
* Barnardos employee Rebecca Cadogan, who supervised five of Livingstone's six arranged visits with Bradley and Ellen, said she was not surprised to learn he had killed his children. Cadogan said she had seen Livingstone become very aggressive and dominating during one of the sessions and instinctively thought of him when she heard about the shooting.
* Former flatmate Philip Mans said Livingstone's drinking increased while they lived together to a point, in the months before the shooting, where he could hardly stand some evenings and went to bed very depressed. Livingstone stole the gun used in the shooting from Mans' locked gun safe. Mans said he felt Livingstone had deceived and manipulated him.
* Forensic psychiatrist Dr David Chaplow said a clinical review identified that elements of Livingstone's care were inadequate. The review's main finding was that information held by various clinicians about Livingstone could have been shared better. Collectively they failed to ascertain Livingstone's danger to Webb. He had deceived them. However, while Livingstone's care could have been better, the review found there was nothing clinicians could have done to change the end result.
* Mark Godwin, from the Department of Corrections, said during Livingstone's recruitment for a job at Otago Correctional Facility checks indicated he had no criminal convictions, nor did he declare any. If the department had been aware Livingstone had an historic conviction for arson in Australia he may not have been hired. In December 2013, Livingstone received a final warning from Corrections after he was was discharged without conviction for breaching a protection order. If Livingstone had been convicted he may have lost his job, Godwin said.
Coster said Mel Foot's claim she told the police on August 8, 2013, about Livingstone wanting to kill his family with an axe emerged through the media.
Police investigated the claim thoroughly but nothing was available to verify the claim.
Police had gone through the calls made by Foot from her telephone and she had accepted no call had been made to convey the information.
She now maintained she had told police in person when officers called at the address on August 7, Coster said..
However the officers had no recollection of that information and believed they would have recorded such a significant thing.
Coster said Mel Foot's claim she told the police on August 8, 2013, about Livingstone wanting to kill his family with an axe emerged through the media.
Police investigated the claim thoroughly but nothing was available to verify the claim.
Police had gone through the calls made by Foot from her telephone and she had accepted no call had been made to convey the information.
She now maintained she had told police in person when officers called at the address on August 7, Coster said..
However the officers had no recollection of that information and believed they would have recorded such a significant thing.
Dad is identified as EDWARD LIVINGSTONE.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/68011537/killer-dad-edward-livingstone-high-risk
Killer dad Edward Livingstone 'high risk'
A Dunedin inquest into the deaths of the Livingstone children has ended with top officials fighting back tears.
Bradley, 9, and his sister Ellen, 6, were shot dead by Livingstone at their home in the Dunedin suburb of St Leonards, shortly before 10pm on January 15 last year.
Livingstone, 51, was later found dead in the front bedroom of the house at 9 Kiwi St. A shotgun lay next to him.
He left a final note at his flat before the killings.
Katharine Webb, Livingstone's former wife and the mother of Bradley and Ellen, was the first of 18 witnesses called to give evidence at an inquest into the three deaths, which began on Tuesday in Dunedin.
She escaped the shooting unharmed.
OFFICIALS EMOTIONAL AS INQUEST CLOSES
Chief Coroner Deborah Marshall on Friday closed the inquest and reserved her decision.
She thanked Katharine Webb for her quiet dignity.
It reminded everyone "how much you have suffered", Marshall said, voice breaking.
Shortly before, Southern District Commander Andrew Coster underlined the emotional weight of the inquiry by also fighting back tears as he defended the police performance under a grilling from Webb's lawyer Anne Stevens. Police were "totally committed" to do better but "we can't change what happened", he said.
Coster said he had moved to close the cracks the Livingstone case had highlighted and more resources had been allocated to family violence in the district.
Police received 2000 family violence reports per year just in its Dunedin office.
Coster said if Livingstone's convictions in Australia from 1988 (arson and assault) had been known to the court dealing with his protection order breach, it was still questionable whether it would have made a difference.
At the time of the hearing, police still needed to know more about the convictions and the circumstances.
He said the information had come from a cell interview for intelligence purposes and entered into the police intelligence system..
If the officer he had known more detail about the case, it might have been an error not to have taken further action. In a best case scenario, a family violence meeting co-ordinator would have noticed the new information and followed it up.
The police prosecutor who opposed a discharge without conviction for Livingstone's second breach of his protection order could have sought an adjournment to investigate further his convictions in Australia.
"It's most likely it would have been granted."
Two constables who attended an incident at Livingstone's house on August 7 and were handed empty bullet shells which Livingstone had given his children, should have recorded it.
"It was a very significant matter and staff did not attach sufficient weight to it."
The fact police did not investigate a rape allegation by Webb was a failure and too much reliance was placed on Webb's desire not to take it further.
Police and other agencies did have a level of awareness of risk factors in the case and "there were a lot of things in place that led this group to believe the case was well managed."
Nothing of great significance suggested an major escalation of risk, he said.
"But if the police had taken ownership of the rape there is a distinct possibility we would not be here?" Stevens said.
Police would have needed a reliable confession from Livingstone to proceed with a prosecution if his wife did not want to pursue charges.
"I accept if convicted he would be in custody."
He agreed complainants could change their mind. Webb had engaged with Women's Refuge, she had a protection order, Livingstone had engaged with Emergency Psychiatric Services and the children were in a programme.
He was not sure much more could have been done.
"You can't make the right call in every instance."
Even if Livingstone had not received a discharge without conviction, he would almost certainly not have gone to prison, Coster said.
But each little step made here ultimately affected the outcome, Stevens said. Coster said it was unfair to assume outcomes would have been different if the case was handled better.
In other evidence, Mel Foot, who lived next door to the Livingstone house, remained adamant she had telephoned police in August to tell them about a threat Livingstone made to kill his family with an axe.
She had also told two constables who attended an incident at the Livingstone house on August 7.
"I'd warned everybody but nobody listened."
Coster said police were unable to verify Foot's claim.
LIVINGSTONE WAS 'HIGH RISK'
On Friday, former Dunedin probation officer Liqueshia Dougherty told the inquest she was briefed about Livingstone at an inter-agency family violence meeting about a week after he had breached a protection order on August 6, 2013, preventing him from contacting Webb.
The meeting was attended by several agencies including Police, Corrections, Child, Youth and Family and Women's Refuge. Dougherty noted on a document that she was told Livingstone was considered "high risk" and had narcissistic personality disorder, a high sense of entitlement and refused to accept his relationship with Webb was over.
She also noted that he had given his children bullet casings at a supervised visit as a "message for her [Webb]".
It was brought to her attention that Livingstone worked at Otago Correctional Facility and she made a note so she could pass it on to management at the prison.
"At the time it seemed like I was the only person in the room that wasn't aware of the information.
"Everybody seemed quite concerned. People felt there was more underneath it."
Dougherty said the reference to the bullet casings made her particularly concerned.
She did not recall knowing anything about an allegation that Livingstone had raped Webb.
Minutes of the meeting noted there had been two family violence incidents involving Livingstone and Webb, most recently on May 27.
They also noted that Livingstone had mental health issues and Women's Refuge was working closely with Webb who had written about wanting to end her relationship.
Livingstone's name was added to a high risk register.
People on that register were "kept a closer eye on", Dougherty said.
It indicated an issue that needed more intervention.
There were 31 new family violence related matters discussed at the meeting.
KEY POINTS FROM DAY ONE
* Katharine Webb said Edward Livingstone raped her in May 2013 shortly before they separated. She did not pursue charges because she wanted to focus on getting out of the house and keeping her children safe. She knew where to go for help if needed.
* In 2013, Livingstone twice (August 6-7 and September 14) breached a protection order preventing him from contacting Webb in the months before the shooting. He obtained police diversion on one charge and a discharge without conviction on the other.
* Livingstone had an historic conviction for arson in Australia dating back to 1988. The court heard he set fire to his former fiance's home after coming home to find her in bed with another man.
* Livingstone gave bullet casings to his children during a supervised visit after he separated from Webb.
* Livingstone told associates he had thoughts about killing his family and himself in the months before the shooting. Livingstone's neighbour Mel Foot said she contacted police in August 2013 and told them that Livingstone had talked about killing his family. Foot alleged the complaint was never followed up by police.
* Psychiatrist Christopher Wisely was unaware of Livingstone's historic conviction for arson or the incident involving the bullet casings. If Wisely had known it may have altered the risk assessment he gave to a judge at a sentencing hearing at Dunedin District Court on November 15, 2013, in relation to the second breach of the protection order. Livingstone was discharged without conviction.
* Police prosecutor Sergeant Kate Saxton said she was not fully aware of Livingstone's criminal offending in Australia at the time of the hearing. She could have sought an adjournment on the matter until she was sent all the information, but decided not to. Interpol sent her a copy of Livingstone's Australian criminal history on December 9. Saxton conceded that the information could have altered the outcome of the sentencing.
* Saxton also told the court that Livingstone should not have received diversion for the first breach of the protection order. Diversion was not available for breaching a court order, she said.
* Wisely said Edward Livingstone sourced the shotgun used in the shooting from a former flatmate's home. The flatmate did not know Livingstone had taken the gun until police came to his home after the shooting.
KEY POINTS FROM DAY TWO
* Southern District Commander Andrew Coster said police had failed to pick up red flags in the case and the Criminal Investigation Branch should have investigated an allegation, admitted by Livingstone, that he had brutally raped his wife Katharine in May, 2013. The police effort was well intentioned but inadequate and too much weight had been given to Katharine Webb's wishes. Livingstone should not have been considered eligible for diversion and police should have pursued the allegation despite the victim's desire not to pursue the allegation. Steps had been taken to address the failures, he said, with a specialist investigation unit set up.
* Detective Senior Sergeant Kallum Croudis, of the Dunedin police, admitted a series of significant failings by police staff who dealt with Livingstone and his family in the months before the shooting. Police had failed to follow-up in a timely way information Livingstone had an arson conviction in Australia. Bullet casings Livingstone gave to his children at a supervised visit and then handed to police should have been investigated.
* Livingstone drove to the Kiwi St property with a red fuel container full of petrol, a shotgun stolen from his former flatmate and ammunition. There were beers in the car, but blood tests would later show he was not over the legal limit. Livingstone entered the house through a side door using a key before shooting his children in their bedrooms.
* Police investigations showed Livingstone claimed he was abused at a boys' school in Sydney and had a violent father. His mother left the family when he was very young. He has a younger sister called Suzanne.
* Police received information, probably on August 8 last year, that Livingstone was harassing his former wife's neighbour by phone calls and text messages mainly wanting to know if his wife was still wearing her wedding ring. Police were also told Livingstone was sneaking around his former family home when his wife was at work. The informant (name suppressed) told police Livingstone was, "f...... nuts".
* The general practitioner treating Livingstone says she doubts the drugs she prescribed on May 16, 2013 (zyban and escitalopram) could have caused a psychotic episode leading him to rape his wife. He had not reported problems with past use of zyban. Livingstone's psychiatrist Chris Wisely believes Livingstone had an adverse reaction to the drugs that led to the rape his wife. The couple separated after the rape.
KEY POINTS FROM DAY THREE
* Livingstone deceived his psychotherapist by not telling her fully about his past or the full details of the incidents relating to his first breach of a protection order. The psychotherapist, whose name is suppressed, did not seek details of the police case and provided a letter, which was later produced in court, saying she did not believe Livingstone was a violent man, despite knowing he had raped Webb. Livingstone once told the psychotherapist he was a "sex addict".
* Barnardos employee Rebecca Cadogan, who supervised five of Livingstone's six arranged visits with Bradley and Ellen, said she was not surprised to learn he had killed his children. Cadogan said she had seen Livingstone become very aggressive and dominating during one of the sessions and instinctively thought of him when she heard about the shooting.
* Former flatmate Philip Mans said Livingstone's drinking increased while they lived together to a point, in the months before the shooting, where he could hardly stand some evenings and went to bed very depressed. Livingstone stole the gun used in the shooting from Mans' locked gun safe. Mans said he felt Livingstone had deceived and manipulated him.
* Forensic psychiatrist Dr David Chaplow said a clinical review identified that elements of Livingstone's care were inadequate. The review's main finding was that information held by various clinicians about Livingstone could have been shared better. Collectively they failed to ascertain Livingstone's danger to Webb. He had deceived them. However, while Livingstone's care could have been better, the review found there was nothing clinicians could have done to change the end result.
* Mark Godwin, from the Department of Corrections, said during Livingstone's recruitment for a job at Otago Correctional Facility checks indicated he had no criminal convictions, nor did he declare any. If the department had been aware Livingstone had an historic conviction for arson in Australia he may not have been hired. In December 2013, Livingstone received a final warning from Corrections after he was was discharged without conviction for breaching a protection order. If Livingstone had been convicted he may have lost his job, Godwin said.
Coster said Mel Foot's claim she told the police on August 8, 2013, about Livingstone wanting to kill his family with an axe emerged through the media.
Police investigated the claim thoroughly but nothing was available to verify the claim.
Police had gone through the calls made by Foot from her telephone and she had accepted no call had been made to convey the information.
She now maintained she had told police in person when officers called at the address on August 7, Coster said..
However the officers had no recollection of that information and believed they would have recorded such a significant thing.
Coster said Mel Foot's claim she told the police on August 8, 2013, about Livingstone wanting to kill his family with an axe emerged through the media.
Police investigated the claim thoroughly but nothing was available to verify the claim.
Police had gone through the calls made by Foot from her telephone and she had accepted no call had been made to convey the information.
She now maintained she had told police in person when officers called at the address on August 7, Coster said..
However the officers had no recollection of that information and believed they would have recorded such a significant thing.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Dad jailed for raping 4-year-old daughter (New Zealand)
Wow. Check out all the sympathy for UNNAMED DAD, the child rapist. And notice there is no mention of a mother in the home. Which makes me think there wasn't one.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/10304939/Father-jailed-for-raping-daughter
Father jailed for raping daughter
Last updated 09:20 24/07/2014 .
A father with an intellectual disability has been sentenced to 4 years 7 months imprisonment for raping his then 4-year-old daughter and indecently assaulting her.
The man, who has automatic name suppression, appeared before Judge Tony Zohrab yesterday in the Nelson District Court.
The court heard that the man raped the child in the presence of the girl's slightly older brother. The rape took place while the man was bathing with the children. All three assaults took place between April to December 2011.
Defence lawyer Steven Zindel argued there was little or no impact on the 4 year old victim and there was no coercion.
"There's not the coercion, I know that is because she is young. There is also no immediate effect on her."
However, he said it was a "gross" act.
He pointed to other cases which he deemed worse, including violent coercion and home invasion.
Judge Zohrab said the situations could not be compared and this was a serious breach of trust as the girl was very vulnerable.
"You are meant to be protecting her from things like this."
The man had an intellectual disability and a low IQ however, he knew the difference between right and wrong, Judge Zohrab said.
He said it was a "very serious offence which involved serious violence," and there was a high level risk of further offending on pre-pubescent children.
The son said he saw one indecent act and then the man volunteered information on the rape as well as another indecent act.
When sentencing the man, Judge Zohrab said he was taking into account the man had a mental disability, pleaded guilty and volunteered information to the police.
He said he was "sympathetic" to the man's own sexual abuse history.
"You have also been a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of your father. I am sympathetic, as this has undoubtedly shaped your thinking."
However, he said the man knew what he did was wrong, and needed to be held to account to the impact the rape would have on the victim, family and community.
- The Nelson Mail
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/10304939/Father-jailed-for-raping-daughter
Father jailed for raping daughter
Last updated 09:20 24/07/2014 .
A father with an intellectual disability has been sentenced to 4 years 7 months imprisonment for raping his then 4-year-old daughter and indecently assaulting her.
The man, who has automatic name suppression, appeared before Judge Tony Zohrab yesterday in the Nelson District Court.
The court heard that the man raped the child in the presence of the girl's slightly older brother. The rape took place while the man was bathing with the children. All three assaults took place between April to December 2011.
Defence lawyer Steven Zindel argued there was little or no impact on the 4 year old victim and there was no coercion.
"There's not the coercion, I know that is because she is young. There is also no immediate effect on her."
However, he said it was a "gross" act.
He pointed to other cases which he deemed worse, including violent coercion and home invasion.
Judge Zohrab said the situations could not be compared and this was a serious breach of trust as the girl was very vulnerable.
"You are meant to be protecting her from things like this."
The man had an intellectual disability and a low IQ however, he knew the difference between right and wrong, Judge Zohrab said.
He said it was a "very serious offence which involved serious violence," and there was a high level risk of further offending on pre-pubescent children.
The son said he saw one indecent act and then the man volunteered information on the rape as well as another indecent act.
When sentencing the man, Judge Zohrab said he was taking into account the man had a mental disability, pleaded guilty and volunteered information to the police.
He said he was "sympathetic" to the man's own sexual abuse history.
"You have also been a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of your father. I am sympathetic, as this has undoubtedly shaped your thinking."
However, he said the man knew what he did was wrong, and needed to be held to account to the impact the rape would have on the victim, family and community.
- The Nelson Mail
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Police protected dad who assaulted 11-year-old son, and reduced charges against him (New Zealand)
UNNAMED DAD since Judge Josephine Bousier got Daddy's named suppressed to protect his "reputation."
This kind of abusive daddy coddling is rampant everywhere--but is seldom dragged into the open.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/10237131/Police-mishandle-assault-on-11-year-old
Police mishandle assault on 11-year-old
TONY WALL
Last updated 05:00 06/07/2014
SORRY: Mark Loper of Bay of Plenty police apologised to the boy’s mother.
Police have apologised for their handling of a child assault case where a prominent professional escaped conviction and had his name permanently suppressed.
In a letter of apology to the mother of the 11-year-old victim, a senior officer admitted police had watered down the summary of facts, failed to keep her and her son informed of the fact they were reducing the charge against the offender, the boy's father, and failed to return the woman's phone calls.
"We pride ourselves on being victim focused and in your case we fell short of what we expect of our staff and of our processes," wrote Detective Inspector Mark Loper of Bay of Plenty police.
The offender, a Tauranga professional in his 50s involved in charity work, has subsequently pleaded guilty to charges of breaching protection and parenting orders by making unauthorised contact with his son. He will be sentenced in the Auckland District Court later this month.
The boy told police that after a dispute over a phone in November, 2012, his father slammed his head twice on to the concrete floor of their garage, dragged him up some stairs, banged him against the walls, dragged him across the lounge floor, sat him down and slammed his head on to the kitchen table.
He ran from the address, went to his grandmother's house and was taken to Tauranga Hospital with bruising to his neck and arms and swelling and bruising to his head.
He also complained of headaches and sore eyes and according to his mother, still suffers headaches, nausea and fatigue.
Police admit their summary of facts presented in court, which talked about the victim "falling over a suitcase" as his father "marched him to the dining room . . . to join the rest of the family for the evening meal . . . did not reflect the full seriousness of the assault".
The summary was written by one of the Bay of Plenty's most senior officers, Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Turner. Loper and Turner last month visited the boy's mother at her home in Auckland and apologised during a meeting that lasted more than two hours.
The boy's mother, who has full custody of him, said the apology came only after she complained to the Independent Police Conduct Authority.
"As far as I'm concerned they don't understand the nature of abuse," she said. "They say family violence is not OK and yet they do this. It's easier to let a woman and child take the [fallout] than confront a man who's connected, with power. It's the old-boy network.''
Ruth Money of the Sensible Sentencing Trust, who supported the woman during the meeting with police, said: "In today's culture of family violence awareness and so-called proactivity, the detective senior sergeant's conduct here is appalling."
The offender was originally charged with assault on a child, which carries a maximum penalty of two years' imprisonment, but police did a plea bargain and reduced the charge to common assault.
The father pleaded guilty last year and was discharged without conviction. Judge Josephine Bouchier permanently suppressed his name, after his Queen's Counsel argued that convicting and naming him would damage his reputation and affect his charity work.
Police further enraged the boy's mother last week when Loper said in a statement to the Sunday Star-Times that the charge was reduced because police believed there was no prospect of a conviction on the original charge due to a lack of "evidential sufficiency".
"I'm shocked and disbelieving," said the mother. "In the time they sat with me they never once said lack of evidence was why they downgraded the charge.
"They said it was to protect my son from going to trial. He wanted to go to trial and to tell the judge what happened to him. His words were ‘apparently I'm just a child and what I say doesn't matter'."
It is the latest Tauranga prosecution to cause concern, after an accused rapist who had a violence charge dropped went on to offend again, and a man who assaulted a woman, causing injuries that led to her death, was charged with only a minor offence.
Loper said in his apology letter that Turner would make time to meet the victim, now 13, and explain the decision to change the charge was "based on securing an acknowledgement of guilt only and was not reflective of the content of [the victim's] interview."
Loper told the Star-Times the assault was thoroughly investigated and the inquiry team "remained focused on securing a conviction and acknowledgement of guilt from the offender and achieved that outcome for the victim".
He said "police take all assaults on children extremely seriously and this was no exception".
Police had expended significant resources to the case but he accepted they could have kept the mother better informed. - Sunday Star Times
This kind of abusive daddy coddling is rampant everywhere--but is seldom dragged into the open.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/10237131/Police-mishandle-assault-on-11-year-old
Police mishandle assault on 11-year-old
TONY WALL
Last updated 05:00 06/07/2014
SORRY: Mark Loper of Bay of Plenty police apologised to the boy’s mother.
Police have apologised for their handling of a child assault case where a prominent professional escaped conviction and had his name permanently suppressed.
In a letter of apology to the mother of the 11-year-old victim, a senior officer admitted police had watered down the summary of facts, failed to keep her and her son informed of the fact they were reducing the charge against the offender, the boy's father, and failed to return the woman's phone calls.
"We pride ourselves on being victim focused and in your case we fell short of what we expect of our staff and of our processes," wrote Detective Inspector Mark Loper of Bay of Plenty police.
The offender, a Tauranga professional in his 50s involved in charity work, has subsequently pleaded guilty to charges of breaching protection and parenting orders by making unauthorised contact with his son. He will be sentenced in the Auckland District Court later this month.
The boy told police that after a dispute over a phone in November, 2012, his father slammed his head twice on to the concrete floor of their garage, dragged him up some stairs, banged him against the walls, dragged him across the lounge floor, sat him down and slammed his head on to the kitchen table.
He ran from the address, went to his grandmother's house and was taken to Tauranga Hospital with bruising to his neck and arms and swelling and bruising to his head.
He also complained of headaches and sore eyes and according to his mother, still suffers headaches, nausea and fatigue.
Police admit their summary of facts presented in court, which talked about the victim "falling over a suitcase" as his father "marched him to the dining room . . . to join the rest of the family for the evening meal . . . did not reflect the full seriousness of the assault".
The summary was written by one of the Bay of Plenty's most senior officers, Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Turner. Loper and Turner last month visited the boy's mother at her home in Auckland and apologised during a meeting that lasted more than two hours.
The boy's mother, who has full custody of him, said the apology came only after she complained to the Independent Police Conduct Authority.
"As far as I'm concerned they don't understand the nature of abuse," she said. "They say family violence is not OK and yet they do this. It's easier to let a woman and child take the [fallout] than confront a man who's connected, with power. It's the old-boy network.''
Ruth Money of the Sensible Sentencing Trust, who supported the woman during the meeting with police, said: "In today's culture of family violence awareness and so-called proactivity, the detective senior sergeant's conduct here is appalling."
The offender was originally charged with assault on a child, which carries a maximum penalty of two years' imprisonment, but police did a plea bargain and reduced the charge to common assault.
The father pleaded guilty last year and was discharged without conviction. Judge Josephine Bouchier permanently suppressed his name, after his Queen's Counsel argued that convicting and naming him would damage his reputation and affect his charity work.
Police further enraged the boy's mother last week when Loper said in a statement to the Sunday Star-Times that the charge was reduced because police believed there was no prospect of a conviction on the original charge due to a lack of "evidential sufficiency".
"I'm shocked and disbelieving," said the mother. "In the time they sat with me they never once said lack of evidence was why they downgraded the charge.
"They said it was to protect my son from going to trial. He wanted to go to trial and to tell the judge what happened to him. His words were ‘apparently I'm just a child and what I say doesn't matter'."
It is the latest Tauranga prosecution to cause concern, after an accused rapist who had a violence charge dropped went on to offend again, and a man who assaulted a woman, causing injuries that led to her death, was charged with only a minor offence.
Loper said in his apology letter that Turner would make time to meet the victim, now 13, and explain the decision to change the charge was "based on securing an acknowledgement of guilt only and was not reflective of the content of [the victim's] interview."
Loper told the Star-Times the assault was thoroughly investigated and the inquiry team "remained focused on securing a conviction and acknowledgement of guilt from the offender and achieved that outcome for the victim".
He said "police take all assaults on children extremely seriously and this was no exception".
Police had expended significant resources to the case but he accepted they could have kept the mother better informed. - Sunday Star Times
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Major Domestic Violence/Child Abuse study released (New Zealand)
Notice the key role that the authorities and the family courts played in perpetuating the violence and protecting the abusive father. This is typical in every country.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/national-news/10162711/Harrowing-abuse-revealed-in-report
Harrowing abuse revealed in report
Last updated 12:04 16/06/2014
JOHN KIRK ANDERSON/Fairfax NZ
Accounts of people being dragged by the hair, slammed into walls, bitten, strangled and nearly drowned have been revealed in a report on child abuse and domestic violence in New Zealand.
The revelations come in the release today of the long-awaited Glenn Inquiry Report into child abuse and domestic violence.
The $2 million inquiry, set up in late 2012 with funding from millionaire Sir Owen Glenn, aimed to address New Zealand's appalling record of child abuse and domestic violence by giving those most affected a voice, inquiry patron and former Governor General Dame Cath Tizard said.
The People's Report summarised the experiences of about 500 survivors of abuse, frontline workers and offenders who told their stories to the inquiry.
Abuse resulted in broken teeth, noses, fingers and ribs. In one case, a child was burnt to death.
A woman told the inquiry her her son had witnessed her partner sitting on her daughter's face so she couldn't breathe.
When his sister turned pale, the boy was scared she would die.
"Their dad thought that was funny", the woman said.
The report also offered harrowing accounts of sexual violence, victims of which were often ignored or dismissed.
One person said: "You say your father had sex with you before you were two, people just sort of go, 'Oh, yeah'."
Another said their sister was used as a sex slave by five of her foster fathers.
"The file said she plays up to the men, is very promiscuous child [sic], and nothing was ever done."
One woman said her father would tie her mother to a bed and let his friends rape her.
Abuse also took the form of neglect, which was used by some fathers as a way to punish their former partners.
One recounted: "The kids have gone seven days without a shower when they're with their dad. And for a 13-year-old girl going through her menstrual cycle and stuff that's disgraceful."
One person said childhood emotional abuse had scarred her for life.
"The belittling, shame and humiliation, and the people doing and saying to the child: 'you're worthless', 'you're bad', 'you're a mistake', yelling at them, threatening them, bullying them, ignoring them for a punishment, the silent treatment, they won't talk, no hugs, no kisses, no affection, neglect, emotional abuse, calling them stupid," the person said.
"As for me, I was the devil's daughter and I'll go to hell. Guilt, that's what comes into the child, and shame."
One mother said the court system was responsible for the breakdown of her children's relationship with their father.
"The sad thing is, if the court had taken the domestic violence seriously from day one, there were things that could've been put in place to make the contact with the kids and their dad safe and healthy," she said.
"But instead, they hate him now, they really hate him. "They shouldn't feel that way about their father, even if he was abusive towards me."
There were calls from victims for more support: "Not everybody has a family, and from what I know of other people that have been abused in childhood, it is ongoing, it is the rest of their life, it is the rest of my life. I will die because of it."
- Stuff
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/national-news/10162711/Harrowing-abuse-revealed-in-report
Harrowing abuse revealed in report
Last updated 12:04 16/06/2014
JOHN KIRK ANDERSON/Fairfax NZ
Accounts of people being dragged by the hair, slammed into walls, bitten, strangled and nearly drowned have been revealed in a report on child abuse and domestic violence in New Zealand.
The revelations come in the release today of the long-awaited Glenn Inquiry Report into child abuse and domestic violence.
The $2 million inquiry, set up in late 2012 with funding from millionaire Sir Owen Glenn, aimed to address New Zealand's appalling record of child abuse and domestic violence by giving those most affected a voice, inquiry patron and former Governor General Dame Cath Tizard said.
The People's Report summarised the experiences of about 500 survivors of abuse, frontline workers and offenders who told their stories to the inquiry.
Abuse resulted in broken teeth, noses, fingers and ribs. In one case, a child was burnt to death.
A woman told the inquiry her her son had witnessed her partner sitting on her daughter's face so she couldn't breathe.
When his sister turned pale, the boy was scared she would die.
"Their dad thought that was funny", the woman said.
The report also offered harrowing accounts of sexual violence, victims of which were often ignored or dismissed.
One person said: "You say your father had sex with you before you were two, people just sort of go, 'Oh, yeah'."
Another said their sister was used as a sex slave by five of her foster fathers.
"The file said she plays up to the men, is very promiscuous child [sic], and nothing was ever done."
One woman said her father would tie her mother to a bed and let his friends rape her.
Abuse also took the form of neglect, which was used by some fathers as a way to punish their former partners.
One recounted: "The kids have gone seven days without a shower when they're with their dad. And for a 13-year-old girl going through her menstrual cycle and stuff that's disgraceful."
One person said childhood emotional abuse had scarred her for life.
"The belittling, shame and humiliation, and the people doing and saying to the child: 'you're worthless', 'you're bad', 'you're a mistake', yelling at them, threatening them, bullying them, ignoring them for a punishment, the silent treatment, they won't talk, no hugs, no kisses, no affection, neglect, emotional abuse, calling them stupid," the person said.
"As for me, I was the devil's daughter and I'll go to hell. Guilt, that's what comes into the child, and shame."
One mother said the court system was responsible for the breakdown of her children's relationship with their father.
"The sad thing is, if the court had taken the domestic violence seriously from day one, there were things that could've been put in place to make the contact with the kids and their dad safe and healthy," she said.
"But instead, they hate him now, they really hate him. "They shouldn't feel that way about their father, even if he was abusive towards me."
There were calls from victims for more support: "Not everybody has a family, and from what I know of other people that have been abused in childhood, it is ongoing, it is the rest of their life, it is the rest of my life. I will die because of it."
- Stuff
Friday, May 16, 2014
Dad with violent criminal history charged with abusing 27-day-old infant daughter; baby almost drowned in her own blood (Auckland, New Zealand)
Once again, we see an odd omission: there is absolutely no mention of the baby's mother.
We know UNNAMED DAD was alone with the baby in "their home" when this sicko piece of sh** STUCK HIS FINGERS DOWN HER THROAT, and caused her to ALMOST DROWN IN HER OWN BLOOD. We know that he broke her ribs.
And we know the maternal grandmother now has custody.
So what happened to Mom? It's as if she had never existed. Makes me wonder if this father with a violent criminal history either physically harmed her, and/or took the baby away from her.
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/552734/20140516/auckland-new-zealand-newborn-injury-child-abuse.htm#.U3ZZP9fD9Yd
Auckland Dad 'Breaks Ribs' of Newborn Daughter
By Reissa Su | May 16, 2014 4:53 PM EST
An Auckland man is currently facing charges for injuring his newborn baby. The father had stuck his finger down her throat.
The 27-day-old baby almost drowned in her own blood from the injury.
The incident occurred in February 2013 when the dad was alone with his daughter in their home in Auckland, New Zealand. Doctors feared at first that they wouldn't be able to revive the child since the wound was heavily bleeding. The baby's father, whose identity will remain anonymous to protect the baby's privacy, was found guilty by the High Court at Auckland. The injury was most likely caused by his finger when he jammed it in the baby's throat.
According to reports, x-rays of the baby taken from the Starship Children's Hospital revealed the newborn also suffered from broken ribs which the father had caused when he tried to squeeze her. The father continued to plead he was innocent during his sentencing in the High Court on May 16.
The man was sentenced to 6 and ½ years in prison for the charge of wounding with reckless disregard and another charge for injuring with reckless disregard.
His daughter has recovered from the injuries and now under the care of her maternal grandmother. Crown Prosecutor Tiffany Cooper said the baby's throat had "quickly filled" with blood after the incident. Cooper said her life was "put in the balance."
Defense Atty. Kelly-Ann Stoikoff said her client would carry out his sentence despite protesting his innocence. She said he wanted to start his life again once he left jail and plans to be a part of his daughter's life.
In the sentence, Lang said the child's life was at risk because she was drowning in her own blood. He told the man that by injuring her, he had abused his position as the caregiver of his daughter.
According to reports, Lang was appalled by the man's actions. He said he was "left at a loss" on how a father could treat his baby. The judge remained unimpressed with the man's criminal history with five convictions for aggravated robbery in 2009 and other charges of violent offenses.
We know UNNAMED DAD was alone with the baby in "their home" when this sicko piece of sh** STUCK HIS FINGERS DOWN HER THROAT, and caused her to ALMOST DROWN IN HER OWN BLOOD. We know that he broke her ribs.
And we know the maternal grandmother now has custody.
So what happened to Mom? It's as if she had never existed. Makes me wonder if this father with a violent criminal history either physically harmed her, and/or took the baby away from her.
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/552734/20140516/auckland-new-zealand-newborn-injury-child-abuse.htm#.U3ZZP9fD9Yd
Auckland Dad 'Breaks Ribs' of Newborn Daughter
By Reissa Su | May 16, 2014 4:53 PM EST
An Auckland man is currently facing charges for injuring his newborn baby. The father had stuck his finger down her throat.
The 27-day-old baby almost drowned in her own blood from the injury.
The incident occurred in February 2013 when the dad was alone with his daughter in their home in Auckland, New Zealand. Doctors feared at first that they wouldn't be able to revive the child since the wound was heavily bleeding. The baby's father, whose identity will remain anonymous to protect the baby's privacy, was found guilty by the High Court at Auckland. The injury was most likely caused by his finger when he jammed it in the baby's throat.
According to reports, x-rays of the baby taken from the Starship Children's Hospital revealed the newborn also suffered from broken ribs which the father had caused when he tried to squeeze her. The father continued to plead he was innocent during his sentencing in the High Court on May 16.
The man was sentenced to 6 and ½ years in prison for the charge of wounding with reckless disregard and another charge for injuring with reckless disregard.
His daughter has recovered from the injuries and now under the care of her maternal grandmother. Crown Prosecutor Tiffany Cooper said the baby's throat had "quickly filled" with blood after the incident. Cooper said her life was "put in the balance."
Defense Atty. Kelly-Ann Stoikoff said her client would carry out his sentence despite protesting his innocence. She said he wanted to start his life again once he left jail and plans to be a part of his daughter's life.
In the sentence, Lang said the child's life was at risk because she was drowning in her own blood. He told the man that by injuring her, he had abused his position as the caregiver of his daughter.
According to reports, Lang was appalled by the man's actions. He said he was "left at a loss" on how a father could treat his baby. The judge remained unimpressed with the man's criminal history with five convictions for aggravated robbery in 2009 and other charges of violent offenses.
Friday, February 28, 2014
Dad of toddler admits having child porn (New Zealand)
In this case the dad is actually identified by name, which is rare. Usually they are creepoids are protected. This one is named CONAN MCCLELLAND.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/9778083/Father-collected-child-porn
Father collected child porn
JONO GALUSZKA
Last updated 09:00 01/03/2014
The father of a toddler has admitted having hundreds of explicit videos and images of children - some of them featuring sadism and bestiality - stored on his computer.
In the Palmerston North District Court yesterday, Conan McClelland, an auto-electrical mechanic , 34, of Palmerston North, pleaded guilty to 29 representative charges of possessing objectionable material, which included sexual images of children on their own, children and adults involved in bestiality, and children being penetrated.
Other material was described in the summary of facts as showing children involved in sadism, in which people derive pleasure from watching others in painful, degrading or humiliating scenarios.
There were also images of children taking part in sexual activities with other children.
Some of the children were featured in videos seen by United States law enforcement officers.
According to documents provided by those officers, one of the children in the explicit videos on McClelland's computer was between eight and nine years of age at the time the film was made.
A total of 984 images and 383 videos were found on McClelland's computer when his house was raided in January last year. McClelland, who is married and has a young child, told police he had been downloading the material for four years by using file sharing software Shareaza.
He downloaded explicit images and videos for two years before deleting all he had, but got back on the bandwagon soon after. He told police he downloaded "everything, all ages" until he was discovered.
Crown prosecutor Daniel Flinn said McClelland co-operated with the investigation, giving police passwords to his computer and programmes to ensure all material was found.
McClelland had name suppression, but defence lawyer Peter Coles said there were no grounds to continue it after the guilty pleas.
Judge Les Atkins remanded McClelland on bail until April for sentencing. While on bail, McClelland cannot use the internet outside of work or be alone with children under 16.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/9778083/Father-collected-child-porn
Father collected child porn
JONO GALUSZKA
Last updated 09:00 01/03/2014
The father of a toddler has admitted having hundreds of explicit videos and images of children - some of them featuring sadism and bestiality - stored on his computer.
In the Palmerston North District Court yesterday, Conan McClelland, an auto-electrical mechanic , 34, of Palmerston North, pleaded guilty to 29 representative charges of possessing objectionable material, which included sexual images of children on their own, children and adults involved in bestiality, and children being penetrated.
Other material was described in the summary of facts as showing children involved in sadism, in which people derive pleasure from watching others in painful, degrading or humiliating scenarios.
There were also images of children taking part in sexual activities with other children.
Some of the children were featured in videos seen by United States law enforcement officers.
According to documents provided by those officers, one of the children in the explicit videos on McClelland's computer was between eight and nine years of age at the time the film was made.
A total of 984 images and 383 videos were found on McClelland's computer when his house was raided in January last year. McClelland, who is married and has a young child, told police he had been downloading the material for four years by using file sharing software Shareaza.
He downloaded explicit images and videos for two years before deleting all he had, but got back on the bandwagon soon after. He told police he downloaded "everything, all ages" until he was discovered.
Crown prosecutor Daniel Flinn said McClelland co-operated with the investigation, giving police passwords to his computer and programmes to ensure all material was found.
McClelland had name suppression, but defence lawyer Peter Coles said there were no grounds to continue it after the guilty pleas.
Judge Les Atkins remanded McClelland on bail until April for sentencing. While on bail, McClelland cannot use the internet outside of work or be alone with children under 16.
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Chronically unemployed violent dad kills two children despite being granted SUPERVISED visitation; idiotic reporter praises killer as a "loving father" (New Zealand)
This is how an FR-sympathetic reporter spins the story of a killer dad.
Lots of over-the-top drama, how a "loving father" became "a killer." Lot of handwringing pontification as to whether he was really "a monster" given the Latin etymology. What a bunch of convoluted, irrelevant garbage. Has nothing to do with what this dude really was.
In reality, ONCE AGAIN, we have a chronically unemployed (now called "stay-at-home") dad who had to have total power. That this Mom--especially in a traditionally patriarchal country like New Zealand--was able to get an PERMANENT order of protection AND supervised visitation says A LOT. But notice that our reporter refuses to fully explain the circumstances behind this. After all, that wouldn't fit the preconceived Grand Narrative he presumed from the start: the "loving father" and his fall from grace. It's all total bullsh**.
The only thing he grudgingly admits to is some controlling behavior after the separation--not letting the mother leave the house, that sort of thing. Which I'm sure was just the tip of the iceberg, but the reporter is not interested in what this guy was really like with his wife and family. Nah. We're just given this unfathomable mystery: that this "loving father" was suddenly and inexplicably limited to supervised visitation. There HAD to be a reason for this, but apparently the reporter is too lazy to find out.
So he spends more time with the Clueless Neighbors, who really have no idea what he is like beyond Nice Bloke platitudes.
Any expert in domestic violence could have told you that the Nice Bloke impressions mean nothing. Sociopathic violent men are TYPICALLY adept at putting on the charm when it suits them. It is totally irrelevant to how or why this piece of crap killed two children.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11208525
How a loving father turned into a killer
5:30 AM Monday Feb 24, 2014
The death in Dunedin of two young children at the hands of their father sent David Fisher in search of a monster. He found something more unsettling - a man.
Part one of a two-part series
Monster. There's that word. Peter Scott says it when speaking of Ed Livingstone, brother-in-law, mate and killer-of-children.
"People will make him out as a monster," he says of the father who killed Bradley, 9, and Ellen, 6, on January 15 before shooting himself.
"And probably, in the last minutes of his life, he was. But the guy we knew? Absolutely not."
It was a monstrous act. That final hour of Livingstone's life would eradicate any good he had ever wrung from his existence, including the lives of his children.
"Monster" comes from a Latin word which describes a disruption of the natural order - some perverse malfunction of nature.
Livingstone was unrecognisable at the end. In a corruption of nature, he killed the children he raised.
Left alone was the woman he fell in love with at first sight. Katharine Webb - she uses her maiden name now - was robbed of everything except that which would torture her.
Life.
'See that girl there? I'm going to marry her.'
If he was a monster, Ed Livingstone was one whose roots were Kiwi. He was born in Christchurch in 1962 and moved to Australia when very young. His father, Duncan Livingstone, a Scottish merchant seaman, went to New South Wales with his son and daughter Suzanne (Suzie) in search of work in the mid-1960s. Edward Livingstone. Edward Livingstone.
There is no record of the children's mother travelling with them and he wasn't long settled in Australia before marrying Shirley Crease, whose daughter Karen Scott expanded the family to five.
"He was part of a family," says Pete Scott, who married Karen years later. He remembers a young Livingstone leaving school, working as an unskilled labourer or office worker, before shifting to running pubs.
"We all showed each other respect. There was nothing out of the ordinary way back then," says Mr Scott, a train driver. They rocked around the Central Coast, north of Sydney, socialising together, even after the marriage with Mrs Crease dissolved. "Life was pretty good." Considering how it ended, looking back is like "putting a jigsaw puzzle together" but none of the pieces fit. "We just knew him as Ed," says Mr Scott, a little helplessly.
Livingstone's best mate - really, now, his only mate - was Rob McFarlane.
They met in 1984 and worked together at clothing chain David Jones. Livingstone was assistant office manager while Mr McFarlane, another Kiwi, worked as assistant loss prevention manager.
They had a solid foundation for friendship. "At one stage, he saw me having a bit of a hassle with a client. He dumped everything and came to give me a hand. In the process, he almost got stabbed with a paper spike." Others piled in to help but the bond forged lasted. They would work together three times, twice with Livingstone as Mr McFarlane's boss.
Livingstone worked at David Jones for several years, then turned to working in pubs. He was still doing that more than a decade later when he met Katharine Webb, the woman who became mother to Bradley and Ellen. She caught his eye as she entered the pub. "He actually turned to one of the bar staff there at the time and said: 'See that girl there? I'm going to marry her'."
Until then, no relationships had really stuck. This did. Bradley was born and New Zealand beckoned.
For Livingstone, the appeal was simple.
"It was all about bringing Bradley up in a quieter atmosphere ... Plus, all of Katharine's family are here and Ed doesn't have much of a family."
They started in a rented house on Franklin St, high on the hills in the north of Dunedin, an easy commute for Ms Webb to her public service job in the centre. Her parents lived just up the road. "I don't think there was a lot of love lost there," Mr McFarlane says of Livingstone's relationship with his in-laws.
It was a big shift, not just geographically but in lifestyle. "It was very late for them to have children, both of them. They were both in their forties when Bradley was born."
For Livingstone, the move was the beginning of an isolation which lasted until he died. As Mr McFarlane says: "He was fairly much a loner. He didn't have a lot of mates down there."
Across the fence at Franklin St was Geoffrey Vine, retired Presbyterian minister, and his wife, Gillian, who also worked in social services. They recall the family of three, as it was then, moving in about nine years ago. Livingstone, who wasn't working, would farewell Katharine each morning and turn to caring for Bradley. The Vines watched him grow into fatherhood and, when thinking on it after the killings, were confounded as news reports wove the threads of January 15 into a horrifying tapestry. "It was a totally alien picture," says Mr Vine. "It was hard to believe that someone could have changed and become diametrically the opposite of what you know.
"He was a lovely man. He was just the sort of neighbour you hope to get."
Livingstone was a "firm father", says Mr Vine, but not in a restrictive or rough way. Mrs Vine: "He was an absolutely devoted father and that's why what he did is incredibly inexplicable. One wonders what pressures drove him to do what he did."
Mr Vine: "The only thing I could think of when this happened is he couldn't handle being separated from Bradley because he'd been so devoted to him."
They would chat over the fence, share a cuppa, watching Bradley growing. There was a dog, Spencer.
"He always had to be busy," says Mr Vine. They watched Livingstone spend hours in the garden of the rented house, learning about local plants and growing conditions from green-thumbed Mrs Vine. He pruned with vigour - and having pruned his side, asked if he could hop the fence and do the other. He was quick to help out - and good with computers. When the Vines got a new one, he came up with training videos to help them navigate new software. It became a project, eventually stretching beyond their capacity to keep up.
Bradley grew and Livingstone gloried in it. Far too early, he was trying to teach his son how to kick a football. For Guy Fawkes, he delighted Bradley with a stack of fireworks, although the Vines suspected it was Livingstone who drew the most joy from fireworks, which are banned in Australia. "He was really so excited about it," recalls Mr Vine.
It was a bright point among mundane daily tasks, with Livingstone preparing meals, often as not, doing housework and shopping.
"Edward didn't have a lot of friends," says Mr Vine. He didn't know anyone locally and as a stay-at-home parent, had limited opportunities to meet new people. "He didn't know anyone here," says Mr Vine. And, says Mrs Vine, it's different for men - dads at home don't slot into the coffee groups and social circles mothers enjoy.
Asked if he was clever, Mr Vine said Livingstone "persevered with things". "He was prepared to give anything a go. He had a curiosity about things. He wasn't intellectual but neither was he a dummy. He was a good conversationalist."
He hunted for work, says Mr Vine, straining against his inability to find a job in New Zealand. "When he was looking for work, he wasn't the type who sat around twiddling his thumbs. He really did want to work. One of the things that delighted him about the job at Milburn [at the prison] was that he was going to have people to socialise with." Not even that, adds Mrs Vine. "Contact with adults," she says.
Court documents list Livingstone as earning $58,000 at the time of his death, working as a property officer on reception at the Otago Correctional Facility about 30 minutes south of Dunedin.
The job came about the time Ellen was born and about the time they bought a home. Property records show the Livingstone family buying the house on Kiwi St in 2008 (the listed settlement date is June 17).
They had a home. Livingstone had a job. The children had the rest of their lives. Their mother still does.
Mr Vine: "The big unanswered question for me is what drove the transition from a thoroughly nice man to a monster. You don't become that overnight."
Monster.
There's that word.
The house on Kiwi St
The house on Kiwi St is plain to look at. Like many in Dunedin, it sits hunched into the land, braced against the weather. One storm blew in late on January 15, 2014, through the back door, bringing with it fatal results.
But before then, the bungalow offered hope and opportunity. Seen in the media images that followed, the pale blue house looked as if it were shrinking from the violence that had happened inside.
But turn the other way and there were wonders to behold. Livingstone's friend Rob McFarlane captured the best of it when visiting. His photograph looks across Otago Harbour, the sea calm and still, stretching off towards the distant harbour mouth. Above, a wide sky is azure-blue fading to white-blue on the horizon. McFarlane posted it to Facebook and Livingstone wrote on August 2: "Rob, what made you post a photo of my front garden, nice isn't it :-) You are making me home sick."
By then, it was no longer his front garden. He was banned from the St Leonards home he once lived in, with only supervised access allowed to his children.
The relationship ended in early 2013. Livingstone moved next door to Chris and Mel Foot's home for a few weeks but it didn't work. He'd pace and mutter, eyes turned to the house just up the hill.
Ellen's bedroom looked down on his temporary exile. As in the bedroom of any girl just starting school, a mosaic of stickers climbs up glass.
The separation escalated on May 27, when Livingstone visited the house, an argument followed and he tried to stop Ms Webb from leaving.
The court was later told "he would not let the victim take the family vehicle when she became concerned for hers and her children's safety due to the defendant's behaviour".
Livingstone was put in the care of Southland Health Board's Emergency Psychiatric Service. It was here a protection order was actually served on May 31.
The temporary protection order was made permanent on June 18.
Three days later, Livingstone made contact with Ms Webb through her Facebook site. "Your are beautiful [sic]," he wrote at 11.14pm, tagging the comment to a picture of her with her arms around their children.
Livingstone's access to his children was now restricted to visits supervised by Barnados.
Lots of over-the-top drama, how a "loving father" became "a killer." Lot of handwringing pontification as to whether he was really "a monster" given the Latin etymology. What a bunch of convoluted, irrelevant garbage. Has nothing to do with what this dude really was.
In reality, ONCE AGAIN, we have a chronically unemployed (now called "stay-at-home") dad who had to have total power. That this Mom--especially in a traditionally patriarchal country like New Zealand--was able to get an PERMANENT order of protection AND supervised visitation says A LOT. But notice that our reporter refuses to fully explain the circumstances behind this. After all, that wouldn't fit the preconceived Grand Narrative he presumed from the start: the "loving father" and his fall from grace. It's all total bullsh**.
The only thing he grudgingly admits to is some controlling behavior after the separation--not letting the mother leave the house, that sort of thing. Which I'm sure was just the tip of the iceberg, but the reporter is not interested in what this guy was really like with his wife and family. Nah. We're just given this unfathomable mystery: that this "loving father" was suddenly and inexplicably limited to supervised visitation. There HAD to be a reason for this, but apparently the reporter is too lazy to find out.
So he spends more time with the Clueless Neighbors, who really have no idea what he is like beyond Nice Bloke platitudes.
Any expert in domestic violence could have told you that the Nice Bloke impressions mean nothing. Sociopathic violent men are TYPICALLY adept at putting on the charm when it suits them. It is totally irrelevant to how or why this piece of crap killed two children.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11208525
How a loving father turned into a killer
5:30 AM Monday Feb 24, 2014
The death in Dunedin of two young children at the hands of their father sent David Fisher in search of a monster. He found something more unsettling - a man.
Part one of a two-part series
Monster. There's that word. Peter Scott says it when speaking of Ed Livingstone, brother-in-law, mate and killer-of-children.
"People will make him out as a monster," he says of the father who killed Bradley, 9, and Ellen, 6, on January 15 before shooting himself.
"And probably, in the last minutes of his life, he was. But the guy we knew? Absolutely not."
It was a monstrous act. That final hour of Livingstone's life would eradicate any good he had ever wrung from his existence, including the lives of his children.
"Monster" comes from a Latin word which describes a disruption of the natural order - some perverse malfunction of nature.
Livingstone was unrecognisable at the end. In a corruption of nature, he killed the children he raised.
Left alone was the woman he fell in love with at first sight. Katharine Webb - she uses her maiden name now - was robbed of everything except that which would torture her.
Life.
'See that girl there? I'm going to marry her.'
If he was a monster, Ed Livingstone was one whose roots were Kiwi. He was born in Christchurch in 1962 and moved to Australia when very young. His father, Duncan Livingstone, a Scottish merchant seaman, went to New South Wales with his son and daughter Suzanne (Suzie) in search of work in the mid-1960s. Edward Livingstone. Edward Livingstone.
There is no record of the children's mother travelling with them and he wasn't long settled in Australia before marrying Shirley Crease, whose daughter Karen Scott expanded the family to five.
"He was part of a family," says Pete Scott, who married Karen years later. He remembers a young Livingstone leaving school, working as an unskilled labourer or office worker, before shifting to running pubs.
"We all showed each other respect. There was nothing out of the ordinary way back then," says Mr Scott, a train driver. They rocked around the Central Coast, north of Sydney, socialising together, even after the marriage with Mrs Crease dissolved. "Life was pretty good." Considering how it ended, looking back is like "putting a jigsaw puzzle together" but none of the pieces fit. "We just knew him as Ed," says Mr Scott, a little helplessly.
Livingstone's best mate - really, now, his only mate - was Rob McFarlane.
They met in 1984 and worked together at clothing chain David Jones. Livingstone was assistant office manager while Mr McFarlane, another Kiwi, worked as assistant loss prevention manager.
They had a solid foundation for friendship. "At one stage, he saw me having a bit of a hassle with a client. He dumped everything and came to give me a hand. In the process, he almost got stabbed with a paper spike." Others piled in to help but the bond forged lasted. They would work together three times, twice with Livingstone as Mr McFarlane's boss.
Livingstone worked at David Jones for several years, then turned to working in pubs. He was still doing that more than a decade later when he met Katharine Webb, the woman who became mother to Bradley and Ellen. She caught his eye as she entered the pub. "He actually turned to one of the bar staff there at the time and said: 'See that girl there? I'm going to marry her'."
Until then, no relationships had really stuck. This did. Bradley was born and New Zealand beckoned.
For Livingstone, the appeal was simple.
"It was all about bringing Bradley up in a quieter atmosphere ... Plus, all of Katharine's family are here and Ed doesn't have much of a family."
They started in a rented house on Franklin St, high on the hills in the north of Dunedin, an easy commute for Ms Webb to her public service job in the centre. Her parents lived just up the road. "I don't think there was a lot of love lost there," Mr McFarlane says of Livingstone's relationship with his in-laws.
It was a big shift, not just geographically but in lifestyle. "It was very late for them to have children, both of them. They were both in their forties when Bradley was born."
For Livingstone, the move was the beginning of an isolation which lasted until he died. As Mr McFarlane says: "He was fairly much a loner. He didn't have a lot of mates down there."
Across the fence at Franklin St was Geoffrey Vine, retired Presbyterian minister, and his wife, Gillian, who also worked in social services. They recall the family of three, as it was then, moving in about nine years ago. Livingstone, who wasn't working, would farewell Katharine each morning and turn to caring for Bradley. The Vines watched him grow into fatherhood and, when thinking on it after the killings, were confounded as news reports wove the threads of January 15 into a horrifying tapestry. "It was a totally alien picture," says Mr Vine. "It was hard to believe that someone could have changed and become diametrically the opposite of what you know.
"He was a lovely man. He was just the sort of neighbour you hope to get."
Livingstone was a "firm father", says Mr Vine, but not in a restrictive or rough way. Mrs Vine: "He was an absolutely devoted father and that's why what he did is incredibly inexplicable. One wonders what pressures drove him to do what he did."
Mr Vine: "The only thing I could think of when this happened is he couldn't handle being separated from Bradley because he'd been so devoted to him."
They would chat over the fence, share a cuppa, watching Bradley growing. There was a dog, Spencer.
"He always had to be busy," says Mr Vine. They watched Livingstone spend hours in the garden of the rented house, learning about local plants and growing conditions from green-thumbed Mrs Vine. He pruned with vigour - and having pruned his side, asked if he could hop the fence and do the other. He was quick to help out - and good with computers. When the Vines got a new one, he came up with training videos to help them navigate new software. It became a project, eventually stretching beyond their capacity to keep up.
Bradley grew and Livingstone gloried in it. Far too early, he was trying to teach his son how to kick a football. For Guy Fawkes, he delighted Bradley with a stack of fireworks, although the Vines suspected it was Livingstone who drew the most joy from fireworks, which are banned in Australia. "He was really so excited about it," recalls Mr Vine.
It was a bright point among mundane daily tasks, with Livingstone preparing meals, often as not, doing housework and shopping.
"Edward didn't have a lot of friends," says Mr Vine. He didn't know anyone locally and as a stay-at-home parent, had limited opportunities to meet new people. "He didn't know anyone here," says Mr Vine. And, says Mrs Vine, it's different for men - dads at home don't slot into the coffee groups and social circles mothers enjoy.
Asked if he was clever, Mr Vine said Livingstone "persevered with things". "He was prepared to give anything a go. He had a curiosity about things. He wasn't intellectual but neither was he a dummy. He was a good conversationalist."
He hunted for work, says Mr Vine, straining against his inability to find a job in New Zealand. "When he was looking for work, he wasn't the type who sat around twiddling his thumbs. He really did want to work. One of the things that delighted him about the job at Milburn [at the prison] was that he was going to have people to socialise with." Not even that, adds Mrs Vine. "Contact with adults," she says.
Court documents list Livingstone as earning $58,000 at the time of his death, working as a property officer on reception at the Otago Correctional Facility about 30 minutes south of Dunedin.
The job came about the time Ellen was born and about the time they bought a home. Property records show the Livingstone family buying the house on Kiwi St in 2008 (the listed settlement date is June 17).
They had a home. Livingstone had a job. The children had the rest of their lives. Their mother still does.
Mr Vine: "The big unanswered question for me is what drove the transition from a thoroughly nice man to a monster. You don't become that overnight."
Monster.
There's that word.
The house on Kiwi St
The house on Kiwi St is plain to look at. Like many in Dunedin, it sits hunched into the land, braced against the weather. One storm blew in late on January 15, 2014, through the back door, bringing with it fatal results.
But before then, the bungalow offered hope and opportunity. Seen in the media images that followed, the pale blue house looked as if it were shrinking from the violence that had happened inside.
But turn the other way and there were wonders to behold. Livingstone's friend Rob McFarlane captured the best of it when visiting. His photograph looks across Otago Harbour, the sea calm and still, stretching off towards the distant harbour mouth. Above, a wide sky is azure-blue fading to white-blue on the horizon. McFarlane posted it to Facebook and Livingstone wrote on August 2: "Rob, what made you post a photo of my front garden, nice isn't it :-) You are making me home sick."
By then, it was no longer his front garden. He was banned from the St Leonards home he once lived in, with only supervised access allowed to his children.
The relationship ended in early 2013. Livingstone moved next door to Chris and Mel Foot's home for a few weeks but it didn't work. He'd pace and mutter, eyes turned to the house just up the hill.
Ellen's bedroom looked down on his temporary exile. As in the bedroom of any girl just starting school, a mosaic of stickers climbs up glass.
The separation escalated on May 27, when Livingstone visited the house, an argument followed and he tried to stop Ms Webb from leaving.
The court was later told "he would not let the victim take the family vehicle when she became concerned for hers and her children's safety due to the defendant's behaviour".
Livingstone was put in the care of Southland Health Board's Emergency Psychiatric Service. It was here a protection order was actually served on May 31.
The temporary protection order was made permanent on June 18.
Three days later, Livingstone made contact with Ms Webb through her Facebook site. "Your are beautiful [sic]," he wrote at 11.14pm, tagging the comment to a picture of her with her arms around their children.
Livingstone's access to his children was now restricted to visits supervised by Barnados.
Friday, February 14, 2014
Custodial dad subjected kids to "regime of violent discipline" (New Zealand)
So what do we have here?
1) We have a "solo father" (i.e. single, custodial father).
2) We have a father who has gained and retained custody despite a "regime of violent discipline" lasting "nearly two years"--and he somehow also secured custody while having a serious drug/alcohol problem.
What we don't have here:
1) Any explanation as to what happened to the mother of these children. Is she deceased? If so from natural causes? Is she "missing"? If so, do we know for sure that Daddy had nothing to do with it? Was she outgunned in family court?
Whenever you have a custodial father who turns out to be an abusive control freak as this one is, these questions must be asked. Most of the time, the father has also been abusive to the mother.
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/latest-edition/latest-news/9724811/Children-subjected-to-regime-of-violent-discipline
Children subjected to 'regime of violent discipline'
Last updated 05:00 15/02/2014
A solo father who smacked his children and hit them with a wooden spoon has accepted it was the wrong way to parent them, his lawyer says.
The Porirua man, 40, who cannot be named, assaulted his son using an open hand, and regularly hit him round his legs with the spoon, Wellington District Court was told yesterday.
During one incident, the boy tried to cover himself with a blanket but was hit with the spoon, leaving significant bruises.
Another time the boy tried to run away from him and was hit by the door as the father tried to shut it, ending up with a head injury.
Judge Denys Barry also said the man smacked his daughter on the legs with an open hand and at least once round the head.
His lawyer, Craig Smith, said he had now accepted it was the wrong way to parent his son and daughter, who were no longer in his care.
Judge Barry said the man had gone to extraordinary lengths to rehabilitate himself and he had no doubt he would no longer resort to force.
The man pleaded guilty to two representative charges of assault on a child under 14 using an open hand, three representative charges of assault using a wooden spoon, and one charge of injuring with reckless disregard for the safety of the child.
Judge Barry sentenced him to five months' home detention and 200 hours' community work.
"It was a regime of violent discipline over nearly two years. You subjected them to a reign of harsh and painful assaults.
"It was not just about hitting the children but about the climate of fear in which they lived." The judge said the man was now attending Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous almost daily. "You must be greatly commended for getting a hold on your problems and committing yourself for getting beyond them. It's a remarkable change."
The Crimes Act was amended in 2007, removing the defence of reasonable force for parents charged with assaulting their children. It gave police discretion over whether they prosecute.
In a review last year, police said 46 prosecutions had been brought for "minor acts of discipline" - slapping a child on the face or any other part of the body aside from the buttocks or legs. In addition, eight prosecutions were brought for "smacking" on the buttocks or legs.
1) We have a "solo father" (i.e. single, custodial father).
2) We have a father who has gained and retained custody despite a "regime of violent discipline" lasting "nearly two years"--and he somehow also secured custody while having a serious drug/alcohol problem.
What we don't have here:
1) Any explanation as to what happened to the mother of these children. Is she deceased? If so from natural causes? Is she "missing"? If so, do we know for sure that Daddy had nothing to do with it? Was she outgunned in family court?
Whenever you have a custodial father who turns out to be an abusive control freak as this one is, these questions must be asked. Most of the time, the father has also been abusive to the mother.
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/latest-edition/latest-news/9724811/Children-subjected-to-regime-of-violent-discipline
Children subjected to 'regime of violent discipline'
Last updated 05:00 15/02/2014
A solo father who smacked his children and hit them with a wooden spoon has accepted it was the wrong way to parent them, his lawyer says.
The Porirua man, 40, who cannot be named, assaulted his son using an open hand, and regularly hit him round his legs with the spoon, Wellington District Court was told yesterday.
During one incident, the boy tried to cover himself with a blanket but was hit with the spoon, leaving significant bruises.
Another time the boy tried to run away from him and was hit by the door as the father tried to shut it, ending up with a head injury.
Judge Denys Barry also said the man smacked his daughter on the legs with an open hand and at least once round the head.
His lawyer, Craig Smith, said he had now accepted it was the wrong way to parent his son and daughter, who were no longer in his care.
Judge Barry said the man had gone to extraordinary lengths to rehabilitate himself and he had no doubt he would no longer resort to force.
The man pleaded guilty to two representative charges of assault on a child under 14 using an open hand, three representative charges of assault using a wooden spoon, and one charge of injuring with reckless disregard for the safety of the child.
Judge Barry sentenced him to five months' home detention and 200 hours' community work.
"It was a regime of violent discipline over nearly two years. You subjected them to a reign of harsh and painful assaults.
"It was not just about hitting the children but about the climate of fear in which they lived." The judge said the man was now attending Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous almost daily. "You must be greatly commended for getting a hold on your problems and committing yourself for getting beyond them. It's a remarkable change."
The Crimes Act was amended in 2007, removing the defence of reasonable force for parents charged with assaulting their children. It gave police discretion over whether they prosecute.
In a review last year, police said 46 prosecutions had been brought for "minor acts of discipline" - slapping a child on the face or any other part of the body aside from the buttocks or legs. In addition, eight prosecutions were brought for "smacking" on the buttocks or legs.
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Dad who repeatedly abused daughter released on parole (New Zealand)
We've reported on this father before. He repeatedly abused his infant daughter, causing multiple fractures, and then didn't seek medical care. Total coddling of an abusive father. Dad is identified as JAMES ROBERT HALL.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11194716
Father released on parole
7:45 AM Friday Jan 31, 2014
A Hastings man sentenced to two years and five months' jail after breaking his daughter's legs has been released on parole after serving just over a year of his sentence.
James Robert Hall, 21, was jailed as a result of a rare Solicitor-General's appeal against the original sentence of 12 months' home detention.
The original sentence was imposed by Justice Mary Peters in the High Court in Napier on August 13, while the appeal was later heard by three judges in Wellington.
Hall admitted causing harm to the child and later pleaded guilty to one charge of causing grievous bodily harm on March 20, 2011, with intent to injure, and a charge of causing grievous bodily harm with reckless disregard for his daughter's safety, representing older injuries.
Earlier reports said a Parole Board decision this month said Hall had "worked hard" to address the issues which led to "his very sad offending".
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11194716
Father released on parole
7:45 AM Friday Jan 31, 2014
A Hastings man sentenced to two years and five months' jail after breaking his daughter's legs has been released on parole after serving just over a year of his sentence.
James Robert Hall, 21, was jailed as a result of a rare Solicitor-General's appeal against the original sentence of 12 months' home detention.
The original sentence was imposed by Justice Mary Peters in the High Court in Napier on August 13, while the appeal was later heard by three judges in Wellington.
Hall admitted causing harm to the child and later pleaded guilty to one charge of causing grievous bodily harm on March 20, 2011, with intent to injure, and a charge of causing grievous bodily harm with reckless disregard for his daughter's safety, representing older injuries.
Earlier reports said a Parole Board decision this month said Hall had "worked hard" to address the issues which led to "his very sad offending".
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Dad appeals sexual abuse charges involving 11-year-old son (New Zealand)
UNNAMED DAD. No mention of a mother in the home.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/9481999/Man-accused-of-child-abuse-appeals
Man accused of child abuse appeals
KATIE KENNY
Last updated 17:14 05/12/2013
A man accused of turning his garage into a den for child abuse appealed his charges today at the Supreme Court, in a case that will go on to frame the boundaries of child sex offending in New Zealand.
The father, who has name suppression, allegedly forced his 11-year-old son and his son's two friends, aged 11 and 12, to masturbate in front of him. The alleged offences took place in the man's garage where he stored computers, remote control models, a flight simulator and pornography.
Defence lawyer Chris Wilkinson-Smith condemned the man's behaviour as "repugnant", but argued that it was not illegal under New Zealand legislation.
Court documents state the accused would lock the garage doors and show his son and his son's friends pornographic movies. He provided the boys with lubricant, and encouraged them to masturbate, which they "eventually" did. Meanwhile, the man would stand back and watch them.
Wilkinson-Smith argued this was not a breach of the Crimes Act because the man did not touch the boys, or "indulge in any sexual activity" during the incidents.
At the man's trial in the Auckland District Court in January last year, his defence lawyers successfully argued the accused had not committed a crime, with the judge "reluctantly" dismissing the case after ruling the man did not carry out sexual acts "with" the boys. I
In a rare move, the Court of Appeal in October 2012 overturned the acquittal, finding the act criminal because the man had "actively encouraged" the boys to masturbate.
At today's appeal, Wilkinson-Smith said: "While most people would think [the accused's actions] should be criminal, by the state of the law as it's been interpreted, they aren't. The courts can raise the flag and say [the law] needs changing, but that cannot be done during this case."
He said the case was unusual in that it showed you could not charge a man based simply on his misbehaviour, unless those actions aligned with a breach of the law.
In response, the Crown said the law quite clearly targeted the exploitation of children, and "no extension of the law is required to criminalise this conduct".
"If you force someone to masturbate using threats of force you'll be guilty of indecent assault, but if you do the same thing to a child - not needing to use force because the child is respectful of the adult - and there is no criminality, that is quite absurd."
All names are suppressed in the case to avoid identifying the victims. The judges' decision is reserved.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/9481999/Man-accused-of-child-abuse-appeals
Man accused of child abuse appeals
KATIE KENNY
Last updated 17:14 05/12/2013
A man accused of turning his garage into a den for child abuse appealed his charges today at the Supreme Court, in a case that will go on to frame the boundaries of child sex offending in New Zealand.
The father, who has name suppression, allegedly forced his 11-year-old son and his son's two friends, aged 11 and 12, to masturbate in front of him. The alleged offences took place in the man's garage where he stored computers, remote control models, a flight simulator and pornography.
Defence lawyer Chris Wilkinson-Smith condemned the man's behaviour as "repugnant", but argued that it was not illegal under New Zealand legislation.
Court documents state the accused would lock the garage doors and show his son and his son's friends pornographic movies. He provided the boys with lubricant, and encouraged them to masturbate, which they "eventually" did. Meanwhile, the man would stand back and watch them.
Wilkinson-Smith argued this was not a breach of the Crimes Act because the man did not touch the boys, or "indulge in any sexual activity" during the incidents.
At the man's trial in the Auckland District Court in January last year, his defence lawyers successfully argued the accused had not committed a crime, with the judge "reluctantly" dismissing the case after ruling the man did not carry out sexual acts "with" the boys. I
In a rare move, the Court of Appeal in October 2012 overturned the acquittal, finding the act criminal because the man had "actively encouraged" the boys to masturbate.
At today's appeal, Wilkinson-Smith said: "While most people would think [the accused's actions] should be criminal, by the state of the law as it's been interpreted, they aren't. The courts can raise the flag and say [the law] needs changing, but that cannot be done during this case."
He said the case was unusual in that it showed you could not charge a man based simply on his misbehaviour, unless those actions aligned with a breach of the law.
In response, the Crown said the law quite clearly targeted the exploitation of children, and "no extension of the law is required to criminalise this conduct".
"If you force someone to masturbate using threats of force you'll be guilty of indecent assault, but if you do the same thing to a child - not needing to use force because the child is respectful of the adult - and there is no criminality, that is quite absurd."
All names are suppressed in the case to avoid identifying the victims. The judges' decision is reserved.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Dad arrested for abusing 15-year-old daughter, forcing her to hid facial injuries by wearing a burqa (New Zealand)
UNNAMED DAD.
I hate it when the press refers to the father's "partner." Is this the girl's mother? Or is it a step or girlfriend? No way of knowing.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11174745
Father arrested for abuse after burqa teen's injuries exposed
By Sam Boyer
5:30 AM Thursday Dec 19, 2013
The father of a 15-year-old Muslim teenager has been arrested after allegedly beating and detaining her, and forcing her to hide her facial injuries beneath a burqa.
It is alleged he broke his daughter's nose with an umbrella, broke her teeth with a stick in a separate incident, and locked her in the house by nailing a door shut.
The man's partner was also arrested yesterday, when police and the armed offenders squad swooped on the family's Auckland home.
The girl's father, who cannot be named as it would identify his victim, appeared in Manukau District Court yesterday afternoon, charged with kidnapping, wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and injuring with intent.
His partner was charged with failing to keep the girl safe. She will appear in court on Friday.
Other children at the property - ranging from pre-school to intermediate-school age - have been removed from their care by Child, Youth and Family.
The 15-year-old was previously removed from the adults' care and placed in "secure care" with another Muslim family.
Detective Inspector Jim Gallagher, officer in charge of Counties Manukau child abuse and sexual violence, said the girl's injuries and the alleged abuse were serious.
The armed offenders squad was included in the arrest because police anticipated hostility from the father.
However, the arrest was without incident, Mr Gallagher said.
Police claim the 15-year-old was subjected to sustained physical abuse over two or more months.
The court charges reveal the alleged abuse occurred through August and September.
The kidnapping charge faced by the father relate to the police allegation the daughter was unlawfully detained for a period after her injuries were sustained.
The alleged abuse only came to light after a school friend of the girl became worried about her whereabouts, borrowed a cellphone from another friend at a neighbouring school and called 111.
When officers visited her home, police allege the girl was instructed by family members to cover up with a burqa that left only her eyes exposed - a covering the girl told police that she would not usually wear.
The alleged abuse was known to some people in the Auckland region, who chose not to report it, police claim.
I hate it when the press refers to the father's "partner." Is this the girl's mother? Or is it a step or girlfriend? No way of knowing.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11174745
Father arrested for abuse after burqa teen's injuries exposed
By Sam Boyer
5:30 AM Thursday Dec 19, 2013
The father of a 15-year-old Muslim teenager has been arrested after allegedly beating and detaining her, and forcing her to hide her facial injuries beneath a burqa.
It is alleged he broke his daughter's nose with an umbrella, broke her teeth with a stick in a separate incident, and locked her in the house by nailing a door shut.
The man's partner was also arrested yesterday, when police and the armed offenders squad swooped on the family's Auckland home.
The girl's father, who cannot be named as it would identify his victim, appeared in Manukau District Court yesterday afternoon, charged with kidnapping, wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and injuring with intent.
His partner was charged with failing to keep the girl safe. She will appear in court on Friday.
Other children at the property - ranging from pre-school to intermediate-school age - have been removed from their care by Child, Youth and Family.
The 15-year-old was previously removed from the adults' care and placed in "secure care" with another Muslim family.
Detective Inspector Jim Gallagher, officer in charge of Counties Manukau child abuse and sexual violence, said the girl's injuries and the alleged abuse were serious.
The armed offenders squad was included in the arrest because police anticipated hostility from the father.
However, the arrest was without incident, Mr Gallagher said.
Police claim the 15-year-old was subjected to sustained physical abuse over two or more months.
The court charges reveal the alleged abuse occurred through August and September.
The kidnapping charge faced by the father relate to the police allegation the daughter was unlawfully detained for a period after her injuries were sustained.
The alleged abuse only came to light after a school friend of the girl became worried about her whereabouts, borrowed a cellphone from another friend at a neighbouring school and called 111.
When officers visited her home, police allege the girl was instructed by family members to cover up with a burqa that left only her eyes exposed - a covering the girl told police that she would not usually wear.
The alleged abuse was known to some people in the Auckland region, who chose not to report it, police claim.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Judge praises dad with history of domestic violence as a "responsible parent"--despite being found guilty of kidnapping and assaulting his 15-month-old son and son's mother (New Zealand)
Ladies and Gentlemen: This is almost a parody of the standard domestic violence/child abuse news story.
Start with the headline. Makes it sound like Daddy just forgot to fasten Junior in his car seat, doesn't it? All while driving just a wee bit too fast.
Not even close.
Dad CHARLIE NGAPERA is a freaking total menace.
He is no longer in a relationship with his son's mother (note language about "former" partner), and yet he has the freaking nerve to accuse her of "seeing other men." What, jackass. You own her for life now?
Next:
1) He grabs the mom by the throat, puts her in a head lock and threatens to use a butcher's knife on her.
2) He abducts her 15-month-old son--apparently after Mom flees for her life.
3) At some point, Mom and Dad meet up again, and she confronts him over the abduction. She tries to get the child out of the car, but is not successful.
4) Mom supposedly jumps in the car as Dad is speeding away.
5) Dad proceeds to drive like a total f**king lunatic at high rates of speed, because he's all angry you know. The whole time the poor baby is on Daddy's knee or the center console. He refuses to hand the baby over to the mother.
5) Dad runs a stop sign yelling "watch this." Total Daddy Drama.
6) Dad threatens Mom that he intends to take her and the child "down with him."
7) When the car stops, Mom manages to jump out of the car. Dad chases her, grabs her by the hair, and pulls her back in the car. Apparently that doesn't work, so he tries to force her into the trunk. But she escapes.
8) Daddy takes off again, and throws the baby from the driver's seat to the passenger's seat. Baby suffers "minor" injuries.
Daddy later caught and arrested.
Daddy eventually goes to trial, and now we have the Idiot Judge. Check this out:
Judge Mackintosh acknowledged that Ngapera acted out of character. He had just one previous conviction for assaulting a female in 2007.
What the f***! Just one other conviction for assault? So Daddy acted "out of character"? Well, if you figure in all the times he wasn't convicted, or somebody was afraid to press charges, I bet we're looking at a guy who was acting VERY MUCH IN CHARACTER.
Then Judge Moron, er, Mackintosh, praises this menace as a "responsible parent"!!!
The mind boggles. Of course, Daddy's family are total enablers too. So surprised....
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/father-jailed-high-speed-chase-son-unrestrained-5717660
Father jailed for high-speed chase with son unrestrained
Published: 11:02AM
Wednesday November 20, 2013
Source: Fairfax
A man who led police on a car chase with his 15-month-old son unrestrained in the car has been sent to jail.
Charlie Ngapera, 32, was sentenced in the Napier District Court today to two years seven months in jail. He was found guilty of eight charges including kidnap, assaulting a child, assaulting a female, threatening to kill, reckless driving and theft.
On the morning of August 2 Ngapera, understood to be a Black Power member, accused his former partner, Tessa Rollinson, of seeing other men. He grabbed her throat, put her in a head lock and threatened to use a butcher's knife on her, the police summary said.
She fled the house and arranged to meet a friend, Natasha Brocklebank, at the Napier police station to lay charges.
While they were waiting, Ngapera pulled up outside in his car. Brocklebank went out to confront him and tried to get the child out of the car. She jumped in as it drove away.
Ngapera drove at speeds of up to 180kmh while the infant sat either on his knee or on the centre console. He refused to let Brocklebank take the child from him.
Ngapera shouted "watch this" as he sped past a stop sign and through an intersection, making no attempt to stop, the summary said. He told Brocklebank he intended to take her and his son "down with him".
Brocklebank managed to jump out when the car stopped briefly. Ngapera chased her, grabbed her by the hair and pulled her back to the car. He then tried to put her in the boot but she escaped.
At the sound of police sirens, he got back in the car and flung the child violently from the driver's seat to the passenger's seat.
He drove off, leaving Brocklebank behind. He drove through an orchard gate in Whakatu before running away, carrying his son. He then tried to disguise himself by putting on a hooded jacket from an unlocked lorry cab.
By this time, police had placed cordons around the Whakatu area and Ngapera was found in a car after asking for a ride to a nearby address.
The car owner said she was worried for the baby's safety and recognised the address, so put the baby in her car seat and gave the man a lift.
The child suffered only minor injuries and was reunited with his mother shortly after.
Ngapera pleaded guilty last month and wrote a letter of apology which was given to Judge Bridget Mackintosh. He handed up a second letter today.
Judge Mackintosh acknowledged that Ngapera acted out of character. He had just one previous conviction for assaulting a female in 2007. Judge Mackintosh said Ngapera was generally a responsible parent having cared for his two sons - letters from health professionals and the boy's school backed this up.
Judge Mackintosh said it was an appalling state of affairs that bought Ngapera before the court. In addition to the jail sentence, she disqualified him from driving for 12 months and issued a three strikes warning. The disqualification will be served while he is behind bars.
Family called out in support as Ngapera left court.
Start with the headline. Makes it sound like Daddy just forgot to fasten Junior in his car seat, doesn't it? All while driving just a wee bit too fast.
Not even close.
Dad CHARLIE NGAPERA is a freaking total menace.
He is no longer in a relationship with his son's mother (note language about "former" partner), and yet he has the freaking nerve to accuse her of "seeing other men." What, jackass. You own her for life now?
Next:
1) He grabs the mom by the throat, puts her in a head lock and threatens to use a butcher's knife on her.
2) He abducts her 15-month-old son--apparently after Mom flees for her life.
3) At some point, Mom and Dad meet up again, and she confronts him over the abduction. She tries to get the child out of the car, but is not successful.
4) Mom supposedly jumps in the car as Dad is speeding away.
5) Dad proceeds to drive like a total f**king lunatic at high rates of speed, because he's all angry you know. The whole time the poor baby is on Daddy's knee or the center console. He refuses to hand the baby over to the mother.
5) Dad runs a stop sign yelling "watch this." Total Daddy Drama.
6) Dad threatens Mom that he intends to take her and the child "down with him."
7) When the car stops, Mom manages to jump out of the car. Dad chases her, grabs her by the hair, and pulls her back in the car. Apparently that doesn't work, so he tries to force her into the trunk. But she escapes.
8) Daddy takes off again, and throws the baby from the driver's seat to the passenger's seat. Baby suffers "minor" injuries.
Daddy later caught and arrested.
Daddy eventually goes to trial, and now we have the Idiot Judge. Check this out:
Judge Mackintosh acknowledged that Ngapera acted out of character. He had just one previous conviction for assaulting a female in 2007.
What the f***! Just one other conviction for assault? So Daddy acted "out of character"? Well, if you figure in all the times he wasn't convicted, or somebody was afraid to press charges, I bet we're looking at a guy who was acting VERY MUCH IN CHARACTER.
Then Judge Moron, er, Mackintosh, praises this menace as a "responsible parent"!!!
The mind boggles. Of course, Daddy's family are total enablers too. So surprised....
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/father-jailed-high-speed-chase-son-unrestrained-5717660
Father jailed for high-speed chase with son unrestrained
Published: 11:02AM
Wednesday November 20, 2013
Source: Fairfax
A man who led police on a car chase with his 15-month-old son unrestrained in the car has been sent to jail.
Charlie Ngapera, 32, was sentenced in the Napier District Court today to two years seven months in jail. He was found guilty of eight charges including kidnap, assaulting a child, assaulting a female, threatening to kill, reckless driving and theft.
On the morning of August 2 Ngapera, understood to be a Black Power member, accused his former partner, Tessa Rollinson, of seeing other men. He grabbed her throat, put her in a head lock and threatened to use a butcher's knife on her, the police summary said.
She fled the house and arranged to meet a friend, Natasha Brocklebank, at the Napier police station to lay charges.
While they were waiting, Ngapera pulled up outside in his car. Brocklebank went out to confront him and tried to get the child out of the car. She jumped in as it drove away.
Ngapera drove at speeds of up to 180kmh while the infant sat either on his knee or on the centre console. He refused to let Brocklebank take the child from him.
Ngapera shouted "watch this" as he sped past a stop sign and through an intersection, making no attempt to stop, the summary said. He told Brocklebank he intended to take her and his son "down with him".
Brocklebank managed to jump out when the car stopped briefly. Ngapera chased her, grabbed her by the hair and pulled her back to the car. He then tried to put her in the boot but she escaped.
At the sound of police sirens, he got back in the car and flung the child violently from the driver's seat to the passenger's seat.
He drove off, leaving Brocklebank behind. He drove through an orchard gate in Whakatu before running away, carrying his son. He then tried to disguise himself by putting on a hooded jacket from an unlocked lorry cab.
By this time, police had placed cordons around the Whakatu area and Ngapera was found in a car after asking for a ride to a nearby address.
The car owner said she was worried for the baby's safety and recognised the address, so put the baby in her car seat and gave the man a lift.
The child suffered only minor injuries and was reunited with his mother shortly after.
Ngapera pleaded guilty last month and wrote a letter of apology which was given to Judge Bridget Mackintosh. He handed up a second letter today.
Judge Mackintosh acknowledged that Ngapera acted out of character. He had just one previous conviction for assaulting a female in 2007. Judge Mackintosh said Ngapera was generally a responsible parent having cared for his two sons - letters from health professionals and the boy's school backed this up.
Judge Mackintosh said it was an appalling state of affairs that bought Ngapera before the court. In addition to the jail sentence, she disqualified him from driving for 12 months and issued a three strikes warning. The disqualification will be served while he is behind bars.
Family called out in support as Ngapera left court.
Friday, October 11, 2013
Dad jailed for 3 1/2 years for assaulting 4-month-old son (New Zealand)
Note that this piece of sh** also has a history of domestic violence against his "partners" and that he threw the mother of this baby out of the house.
Dad is identified as ROBERT HAAMI BOYNTON.
Once again, we see why batterers should not have access to children.
http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=175201&cat=980&fm=newsmain%2Cnarts
Dad of nine jailed for attacking baby son
A father of nine has been sentenced to three years and six months' imprisonment for assaulting his son.
10 October 2013
"Love you dad" and "bye darling" family members called to Robert Haami Boynton as he was led from the dock in the High Court at Rotorua.
He had just been jailed for three years six months for causing his then four-month-old son grievous bodily harm with reckless disregard for his safety at remote Matahi Valley near Te Urewera on April 28, 2011.
A jury found Boynton, 40, guilty at a retrial earlier this year. The child's name is suppressed.
Boynton is already serving 15 months' imprisonment for assaulting his former partner and perverting the course of justice.
Justice Kit Toogood on Thursday ruled the latest sentence be served cumulatively on the one imposed a year ago.
He described Boynton's attack on the baby, one of his nine children with three partners, as brutal and violent and his actions towards the child's teenage mother as domineering and manipulative.
"He [Boynton's son] was in every sense of the word vulnerable, defenceless and dependent on you," the judge said.
He outlined how Boynton had thrown the infant's mother out of their home while she was still breastfeeding him.
While staying with others after she left, he and other children had bathed the baby and put him to bed.
When he started crying while Boynton was having his dinner he'd gone into the bedroom where he was alone with him for about 30 seconds, before coming out with his son in his arms.
The child's lips were purple and his eyes rolling.
An ambulance was called but Boynton hadn't told officers how the child had come to be in that state and, after assessing that the baby had suffered a chocking fit that didn't require treatment, left.
However, during that night and into the next day the baby had ongoing seizures and the ambulance was again called, taking the baby to Whakatane Hospital.
He was later transferred to Starship in Auckland where severe bleeding on the brain and behind the eyes was detected. There was also evidence of bleeding on an early occasion and the baby was assessed as being abused.
Justice Toogood said were it not for the expert care received in the two hospitals the baby would have been permanently and seriously disabled ... "at the very least".
"He will never be a normal child, or adult for that matter," the judge said.
Dad is identified as ROBERT HAAMI BOYNTON.
Once again, we see why batterers should not have access to children.
http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=175201&cat=980&fm=newsmain%2Cnarts
Dad of nine jailed for attacking baby son
A father of nine has been sentenced to three years and six months' imprisonment for assaulting his son.
10 October 2013
"Love you dad" and "bye darling" family members called to Robert Haami Boynton as he was led from the dock in the High Court at Rotorua.
He had just been jailed for three years six months for causing his then four-month-old son grievous bodily harm with reckless disregard for his safety at remote Matahi Valley near Te Urewera on April 28, 2011.
A jury found Boynton, 40, guilty at a retrial earlier this year. The child's name is suppressed.
Boynton is already serving 15 months' imprisonment for assaulting his former partner and perverting the course of justice.
Justice Kit Toogood on Thursday ruled the latest sentence be served cumulatively on the one imposed a year ago.
He described Boynton's attack on the baby, one of his nine children with three partners, as brutal and violent and his actions towards the child's teenage mother as domineering and manipulative.
"He [Boynton's son] was in every sense of the word vulnerable, defenceless and dependent on you," the judge said.
He outlined how Boynton had thrown the infant's mother out of their home while she was still breastfeeding him.
While staying with others after she left, he and other children had bathed the baby and put him to bed.
When he started crying while Boynton was having his dinner he'd gone into the bedroom where he was alone with him for about 30 seconds, before coming out with his son in his arms.
The child's lips were purple and his eyes rolling.
An ambulance was called but Boynton hadn't told officers how the child had come to be in that state and, after assessing that the baby had suffered a chocking fit that didn't require treatment, left.
However, during that night and into the next day the baby had ongoing seizures and the ambulance was again called, taking the baby to Whakatane Hospital.
He was later transferred to Starship in Auckland where severe bleeding on the brain and behind the eyes was detected. There was also evidence of bleeding on an early occasion and the baby was assessed as being abused.
Justice Toogood said were it not for the expert care received in the two hospitals the baby would have been permanently and seriously disabled ... "at the very least".
"He will never be a normal child, or adult for that matter," the judge said.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Pedo dad jailed for sexually abusing, "selling" 13-month-old son (South Canterbury, New Zealand)
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8758506/Father-jailed-for-selling-son
Father jailed for abusing, 'selling' infant son
Last updated 15:47 05/06/2013
A paedophile has been jailed for sexual offending against his infant son.
The 27-year-old South Canterbury man was sentenced in the Oamaru District Court this afternoon to eight years and 10 months' jail by Judge Joanna Maze for offending that will have a profound effect on his child.
The man sat motionless in the dock as he was sentenced on a raft of pornography charges, including two of sexual violation and indecent assault, and selling the use of his then 13-month-old son for sexual gratification for $500.
A minimum non-parole period of five years was imposed.
He was granted permanent name suppression to protect the identity of his victim.
The charges also included eight of doing an indecent act, 15 of making, possessing and distributing objectionable material, and breaching a restraining order.
The child is in the care of his mother.
Judge Maze said the offender had offered pictures and videos of him exploiting his child in trade for photos of sexual offending against young girls.
Police found 815 objectionable images on his computer and 84 videos.
The man admitted his offending to police when questioned last July and later went back to the police and thanked them for saving his life.
The offender tried to take his own life before the charges were laid.
He said he could not identify any triggers that had led to the offending against his child.
"You were the one person that he was entitled to think would protect him,'' Judge Maze said. ''How does a 13-month-old child protect himself? He can't. He can't even make a complaint.
"The harm to the victim is difficult to quantify. The big difficulty will be keeping your part in his life from him as he grows up. There will be distress when he discovers the truth.''
He had traded his son like a commodity, she said.
"It is degrading and cruel. You created a trading commodity so you could get pornographic film back,'' she said.
Crown prosecutor Andrew McRae said the offending included recording by video and photographing his sexual offending against his son and using the internet to distribute the material.
The offender was given a three-strike warning.
He was caught in a bust of a North Island paedophile sting involving Aaron John Ellmers at the start of the year after New Zealand police infiltrated an international "spider web" of child abusers.
Ellmers offered $500 for sexual gratification with the man's son and had flown across the country to abuse the boy, but was arrested before he had the chance.
Police said the case showed parents needed to be aware of the dangers their children faced online.
Detective Sergeant Dan Keno said working on the Ellmers case had been challenging but also rewarding.
"It has been personally rewarding for me to work on a case where a key outcome is that a young child now has a positive future in a safe environment,'' he said.
''I chose to investigate these crimes because I find it personally rewarding to put paedophiles in jail.
"It is a difficult job and it does take a personal toll.
''The role demands that you get close to people so they can trust you. ''You've really got to care about the victims to do your job well."
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8758506/Father-jailed-for-selling-son
Father jailed for abusing, 'selling' infant son
Last updated 15:47 05/06/2013
A paedophile has been jailed for sexual offending against his infant son.
The 27-year-old South Canterbury man was sentenced in the Oamaru District Court this afternoon to eight years and 10 months' jail by Judge Joanna Maze for offending that will have a profound effect on his child.
The man sat motionless in the dock as he was sentenced on a raft of pornography charges, including two of sexual violation and indecent assault, and selling the use of his then 13-month-old son for sexual gratification for $500.
A minimum non-parole period of five years was imposed.
He was granted permanent name suppression to protect the identity of his victim.
The charges also included eight of doing an indecent act, 15 of making, possessing and distributing objectionable material, and breaching a restraining order.
The child is in the care of his mother.
Judge Maze said the offender had offered pictures and videos of him exploiting his child in trade for photos of sexual offending against young girls.
Police found 815 objectionable images on his computer and 84 videos.
The man admitted his offending to police when questioned last July and later went back to the police and thanked them for saving his life.
The offender tried to take his own life before the charges were laid.
He said he could not identify any triggers that had led to the offending against his child.
"You were the one person that he was entitled to think would protect him,'' Judge Maze said. ''How does a 13-month-old child protect himself? He can't. He can't even make a complaint.
"The harm to the victim is difficult to quantify. The big difficulty will be keeping your part in his life from him as he grows up. There will be distress when he discovers the truth.''
He had traded his son like a commodity, she said.
"It is degrading and cruel. You created a trading commodity so you could get pornographic film back,'' she said.
Crown prosecutor Andrew McRae said the offending included recording by video and photographing his sexual offending against his son and using the internet to distribute the material.
The offender was given a three-strike warning.
He was caught in a bust of a North Island paedophile sting involving Aaron John Ellmers at the start of the year after New Zealand police infiltrated an international "spider web" of child abusers.
Ellmers offered $500 for sexual gratification with the man's son and had flown across the country to abuse the boy, but was arrested before he had the chance.
Police said the case showed parents needed to be aware of the dangers their children faced online.
Detective Sergeant Dan Keno said working on the Ellmers case had been challenging but also rewarding.
"It has been personally rewarding for me to work on a case where a key outcome is that a young child now has a positive future in a safe environment,'' he said.
''I chose to investigate these crimes because I find it personally rewarding to put paedophiles in jail.
"It is a difficult job and it does take a personal toll.
''The role demands that you get close to people so they can trust you. ''You've really got to care about the victims to do your job well."
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Custodial alcoholic dad admits assault on 9-year-old son (New Zealand)
Not ONE WORD on what happened to this boy's mother, or how this piece-of-sh** of a father got custody. Typical...
Dad is identified as ALEXANDER PAUL HAYES.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8535219/Alcoholic-dad-admits-assault-on-young-son
Alcoholic dad admits assault on young son
Last updated 05:00 11/04/2013
An alcoholic father forcibly dragged his 9-year-old son off his bed causing him to hit his head so hard on the floor he thought he would lose consciousness, the New Plymouth District Court was told.
Alexander Paul Hayes, 52, pleaded guilty to one charge of assaulting a child between July and December last year at their flat and was sentenced on Monday.
The boy, who was also slapped and punched during the assault, has since been removed from his father's care.
Hayes' lawyer Julian Hannam told the court that Hayes had significant alcohol problems for most of his life and accepted the assault was a serious matter. He felt powerless to deal with his drinking and was now going to alcohol and drug services.
Judge Fred McElrea said Hayes was the sole caregiver of the boy at the time. The child was now a ward of the state.
Hayes had now accepted his alcohol addiction and the judge said he agreed with the recommendation for a term of supervision.
However, the judge said Hayes, who was given credit for his early guilty plea, should also be sentenced to community work to provide the punitive element to the offending.
Hayes had six drink-driving convictions which bore out his alcohol problem.
Hayes was sentenced to intensive supervision for six months, during which he was ordered to undergo an alcohol and drug rehabilitation programme and any other counselling needed to reduce the likelihood of reoffending.
He was also ordered to do 80 hours of community work.
Dad is identified as ALEXANDER PAUL HAYES.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8535219/Alcoholic-dad-admits-assault-on-young-son
Alcoholic dad admits assault on young son
Last updated 05:00 11/04/2013
An alcoholic father forcibly dragged his 9-year-old son off his bed causing him to hit his head so hard on the floor he thought he would lose consciousness, the New Plymouth District Court was told.
Alexander Paul Hayes, 52, pleaded guilty to one charge of assaulting a child between July and December last year at their flat and was sentenced on Monday.
The boy, who was also slapped and punched during the assault, has since been removed from his father's care.
Hayes' lawyer Julian Hannam told the court that Hayes had significant alcohol problems for most of his life and accepted the assault was a serious matter. He felt powerless to deal with his drinking and was now going to alcohol and drug services.
Judge Fred McElrea said Hayes was the sole caregiver of the boy at the time. The child was now a ward of the state.
Hayes had now accepted his alcohol addiction and the judge said he agreed with the recommendation for a term of supervision.
However, the judge said Hayes, who was given credit for his early guilty plea, should also be sentenced to community work to provide the punitive element to the offending.
Hayes had six drink-driving convictions which bore out his alcohol problem.
Hayes was sentenced to intensive supervision for six months, during which he was ordered to undergo an alcohol and drug rehabilitation programme and any other counselling needed to reduce the likelihood of reoffending.
He was also ordered to do 80 hours of community work.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Dad who sexually assaulted 8-year-old daughter faces jail (New Zealand)
UNNAMED DAD
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/father-sexually-abused-daughter-faces-jail-5394381
Father who sexually abused daughter faces jail
Published: 9:50AM Thursday April 04, 2013
A father who sexually assaulted his eight-year-old daughter has been told he can expect a significant jail sentence.
The 36-year-old man, who has name suppression, admitted in the Nelson District Court yesterday a charge of unlawful sexual connection on a girl under 12 and indecent assault on a girl under 12.
He was remanded in custody for sentencing on May 13.
Prosecutor Sergeant Graeme Eden said the man was in a relationship which ended in 2005 and they had two children together.
In early 2011 the children's mother went to hospital to have another child.
She was in hospital for some time and the man looked after the eight-year-old girl.
The father confronted the girl one evening as she walked back to her bedroom wearing only a towel after having a shower.
He yelled at her to get into her pyjamas in the living room and she refused.
Eden said the man went to the bedroom and grabbed the girl and dragged her to the lounge.
The girl was holding her pyjamas in her hand and he threw them on the floor and sexually assaulted her.
After he had finished he told her not to tell anyone.
The girl got into her pyjamas and her father put his hand down her pants and grabbed her buttocks.
She ran into her bedroom and started crying.
Lawyer Mark Dollimore said the man had alcohol and drug issues and was trying to get help through the STOP Adult Programme for sexual offenders.
Judge Tony Zohrab said the starting and end point for sentencing would be a significant term of imprisonment.
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/father-sexually-abused-daughter-faces-jail-5394381
Father who sexually abused daughter faces jail
Published: 9:50AM Thursday April 04, 2013
A father who sexually assaulted his eight-year-old daughter has been told he can expect a significant jail sentence.
The 36-year-old man, who has name suppression, admitted in the Nelson District Court yesterday a charge of unlawful sexual connection on a girl under 12 and indecent assault on a girl under 12.
He was remanded in custody for sentencing on May 13.
Prosecutor Sergeant Graeme Eden said the man was in a relationship which ended in 2005 and they had two children together.
In early 2011 the children's mother went to hospital to have another child.
She was in hospital for some time and the man looked after the eight-year-old girl.
The father confronted the girl one evening as she walked back to her bedroom wearing only a towel after having a shower.
He yelled at her to get into her pyjamas in the living room and she refused.
Eden said the man went to the bedroom and grabbed the girl and dragged her to the lounge.
The girl was holding her pyjamas in her hand and he threw them on the floor and sexually assaulted her.
After he had finished he told her not to tell anyone.
The girl got into her pyjamas and her father put his hand down her pants and grabbed her buttocks.
She ran into her bedroom and started crying.
Lawyer Mark Dollimore said the man had alcohol and drug issues and was trying to get help through the STOP Adult Programme for sexual offenders.
Judge Tony Zohrab said the starting and end point for sentencing would be a significant term of imprisonment.
Friday, February 8, 2013
Dad rents out infant son to pedophile (New Zealand)
What kind of UNNAMED DAD rents out his infant son to a pedophile?
http://www.hawkesbaytoday.co.nz/news/bay-children-abused-in-paedophile-ring/1744791/
Bay children abused in paedophile ring
Corey Charlton 6th Feb 2013 8:39 AM
The manipulations of Aaron John Ellmers were a carefully designed betrayal of trust.
He planned and plotted ways to steal children away from their parents so he could abuse them and then trade images of his crimes around the world.
The most sickening breach of trust was his last, he found a father willing to rent out his 13-month-old son for Ellmer's perverse use for $500.
As the 40-year-old paedophile jetted into Christchurch to meet the baby's father, police were waiting. At the Hastings District Court yesterday the Hastings man pleaded guilty to dozens of charges associated with abusing four children, aged 13 months to 13 years.
The father, 27, has been arrested. Also facing charges is an Auckland man who received images of abuse from Ellmers.
The specialist police team which first identified Ellmers (Oceanz - Online Child Exploitation Across New Zealand) has passed on 35 separate sets of details to law enforcement agencies around the world, traced through the illicit online traffic of the men facing charges.
Detective Senior Sergeant John Michael said he hoped it would be enough to stop images of the four Kiwi children Ellmers photographed himself abusing from joining the international traffic in child pornography.
But it could be that the chance to stop the spread of images has gone. "We can identify the first points ... subsequent ones, we won't be able to identify them."
Ellmers was convicted in Australia of raping an 8-year-old boy. Deported in 2008 after 18 months in prison, he later told detectives the prison sex offenders' course gave him new tools which he used to coerce children.
Ellmers wasted no time, according to court documents. In a conversation recorded in a Christchurch motel room in October 2012, as he waited for a baby to abuse, he spoke of a friend's 7-year-old boy to whom he had access since 2008. "He explained that the father trusts him with the boy," the court record said, before detailing awful abuse which had taken place since the boy was 3.
In the same conversation, Ellmers spoke of a 12-year-old victim, who he had abused for three years. He used alcohol, cannabis and payments of $100 a time as tools to engineer the abuse. Another victim, now 15, had also been the subject of abuse for two years.
It took a long time to get a father's trust, Ellmers was recorded saying, detailing how he lurked on children's online chat groups. He detailed how to manipulate children's trust, how the games of childhood could be perverted for a paedophile.
In the case of the 13-month-old he travelled to Christchurch for, the father was no obstacle but an accused fellow abuser he met online. Court documents show police found Ellmers had collected and traded thousands of images and movies of children being abused.
Mr Michael said images of fresh victims were valuable currency in the international sex trade in children.
"There are images out there and movies out there that have been circulated for a long time. What keeps it going is the demand for new material." He said the case showed the extraordinary steps some would take to secure children for abuse.
"If we look at the warning message to parents, it is 'don't be alarmed by this but be alert for suspicious behaviour'."
He accepted Kiwis might be surprised at the existence of domestic victims, as was he when he set the unit up in 2009.
"Everyone had thought it was an overseas phenomenon. But I guess we're like every other Western country."
Judge Bridget Mackintosh sent Ellmers for sentence in the High Court at Napier in May.
The Crown prosecutor, Steve Manning, said the abuse was at the "highest end of child sexual offending in this country".
Only the High Court can impose a sentence of preventive detention.
That would mean Ellmers would be sentenced to a minimum term, and only be released thereafter if authorities were satisfied he no longer represented a significant risk to the public.
http://www.hawkesbaytoday.co.nz/news/bay-children-abused-in-paedophile-ring/1744791/
Bay children abused in paedophile ring
Corey Charlton 6th Feb 2013 8:39 AM
The manipulations of Aaron John Ellmers were a carefully designed betrayal of trust.
He planned and plotted ways to steal children away from their parents so he could abuse them and then trade images of his crimes around the world.
The most sickening breach of trust was his last, he found a father willing to rent out his 13-month-old son for Ellmer's perverse use for $500.
As the 40-year-old paedophile jetted into Christchurch to meet the baby's father, police were waiting. At the Hastings District Court yesterday the Hastings man pleaded guilty to dozens of charges associated with abusing four children, aged 13 months to 13 years.
The father, 27, has been arrested. Also facing charges is an Auckland man who received images of abuse from Ellmers.
The specialist police team which first identified Ellmers (Oceanz - Online Child Exploitation Across New Zealand) has passed on 35 separate sets of details to law enforcement agencies around the world, traced through the illicit online traffic of the men facing charges.
Detective Senior Sergeant John Michael said he hoped it would be enough to stop images of the four Kiwi children Ellmers photographed himself abusing from joining the international traffic in child pornography.
But it could be that the chance to stop the spread of images has gone. "We can identify the first points ... subsequent ones, we won't be able to identify them."
Ellmers was convicted in Australia of raping an 8-year-old boy. Deported in 2008 after 18 months in prison, he later told detectives the prison sex offenders' course gave him new tools which he used to coerce children.
Ellmers wasted no time, according to court documents. In a conversation recorded in a Christchurch motel room in October 2012, as he waited for a baby to abuse, he spoke of a friend's 7-year-old boy to whom he had access since 2008. "He explained that the father trusts him with the boy," the court record said, before detailing awful abuse which had taken place since the boy was 3.
In the same conversation, Ellmers spoke of a 12-year-old victim, who he had abused for three years. He used alcohol, cannabis and payments of $100 a time as tools to engineer the abuse. Another victim, now 15, had also been the subject of abuse for two years.
It took a long time to get a father's trust, Ellmers was recorded saying, detailing how he lurked on children's online chat groups. He detailed how to manipulate children's trust, how the games of childhood could be perverted for a paedophile.
In the case of the 13-month-old he travelled to Christchurch for, the father was no obstacle but an accused fellow abuser he met online. Court documents show police found Ellmers had collected and traded thousands of images and movies of children being abused.
Mr Michael said images of fresh victims were valuable currency in the international sex trade in children.
"There are images out there and movies out there that have been circulated for a long time. What keeps it going is the demand for new material." He said the case showed the extraordinary steps some would take to secure children for abuse.
"If we look at the warning message to parents, it is 'don't be alarmed by this but be alert for suspicious behaviour'."
He accepted Kiwis might be surprised at the existence of domestic victims, as was he when he set the unit up in 2009.
"Everyone had thought it was an overseas phenomenon. But I guess we're like every other Western country."
Judge Bridget Mackintosh sent Ellmers for sentence in the High Court at Napier in May.
The Crown prosecutor, Steve Manning, said the abuse was at the "highest end of child sexual offending in this country".
Only the High Court can impose a sentence of preventive detention.
That would mean Ellmers would be sentenced to a minimum term, and only be released thereafter if authorities were satisfied he no longer represented a significant risk to the public.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Judge: Rapist dad's crimes "monstrous" --but sentenced to just 7 years of detention (Auckland, New Zealand)
Seriously? UNNAMED DAD is worse than a rabid dog. He should just be taken out and shot. This guy has no conscience and he is incapable of rehabilitation. Just put him down....
And who the hell would allow a convicted child rapist to live with his daughter after he got out of prison? People either don't give a crap or they are incredibly stupid.
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/rapist-father-s-crimes-monstrous-says-judge-5300330
Rapist father's crimes 'monstrous' says judge
Published: 5:57AM Friday December 21, 2012
Source: ONE News
A man who raped his six-year-old daughter has been jailed for a string of sexual crimes spanning 14 years against children as young as three.
The man, who was granted name suppression to protect his victims, was sentenced to a minimum of seven years preventative detention at the High Court in Auckland on Wednesday for the crimes which took place between 1979 and 1993 against several children.
He was sentenced on 24 charges - 10 of sexual violation by raping a child under the age of 12, four for unlawful sexual connection with a child under 12, six of indecent assault of a child under 12 and four of inducing an indecent act on a child under the age of 12.
Justice Peter Woodhouse labelled the man's crimes "monstrous" while he sat crying in the dock.
The man is currently in prison, serving the last of a 10-year minimum sentence for sexual offending against children between 1999 and 2002. The children, two step-daughters and a child in his wife's care, were aged between three and nine.
The crimes he was sentenced on this week began in 1979 when he raped his three-year-old niece on the floor of her parents' bedroom. His offending against her continued for nine years.
In 1986 he started raping his daughter - aged three - and stopped only when he was jailed in 1989 for sexual offending against other children. He started raping her again in 1991 - the same day he was released from prison.
The man raped his daughter at least once a week until 1993 when she left his care.
"She should never have been there in the first place," Justice Woodhouse said.
The man's crimes came to light earlier this year when his daughter watched a TV programme in which older women confessed they had been raped as children and thought, "if they can do it, I can do it".
But the repeated rapes had already "destroyed her childhood", the court heard.
"Your daughter said she is haunted with deeply ingrained memories. She was suicidal in her teen years and planned her own death so as not to torment herself with the memory of your actions," Justice Woodhouse said.
"She said living as a rape victim makes you feel like you're dying inside. She called your actions monstrous - and that's what they are."
The man admitted the crimes against his daughter earlier this year and when charged, confessed he had also raped his niece. He also raped two other nieces - one who would not come forward, and one who could not be found.
Justice Woodhouse said preventative detention was necessary in order to "send a strong message to the parole board" and the "need to protect the community" from him.
And who the hell would allow a convicted child rapist to live with his daughter after he got out of prison? People either don't give a crap or they are incredibly stupid.
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/rapist-father-s-crimes-monstrous-says-judge-5300330
Rapist father's crimes 'monstrous' says judge
Published: 5:57AM Friday December 21, 2012
Source: ONE News
A man who raped his six-year-old daughter has been jailed for a string of sexual crimes spanning 14 years against children as young as three.
The man, who was granted name suppression to protect his victims, was sentenced to a minimum of seven years preventative detention at the High Court in Auckland on Wednesday for the crimes which took place between 1979 and 1993 against several children.
He was sentenced on 24 charges - 10 of sexual violation by raping a child under the age of 12, four for unlawful sexual connection with a child under 12, six of indecent assault of a child under 12 and four of inducing an indecent act on a child under the age of 12.
Justice Peter Woodhouse labelled the man's crimes "monstrous" while he sat crying in the dock.
The man is currently in prison, serving the last of a 10-year minimum sentence for sexual offending against children between 1999 and 2002. The children, two step-daughters and a child in his wife's care, were aged between three and nine.
The crimes he was sentenced on this week began in 1979 when he raped his three-year-old niece on the floor of her parents' bedroom. His offending against her continued for nine years.
In 1986 he started raping his daughter - aged three - and stopped only when he was jailed in 1989 for sexual offending against other children. He started raping her again in 1991 - the same day he was released from prison.
The man raped his daughter at least once a week until 1993 when she left his care.
"She should never have been there in the first place," Justice Woodhouse said.
The man's crimes came to light earlier this year when his daughter watched a TV programme in which older women confessed they had been raped as children and thought, "if they can do it, I can do it".
But the repeated rapes had already "destroyed her childhood", the court heard.
"Your daughter said she is haunted with deeply ingrained memories. She was suicidal in her teen years and planned her own death so as not to torment herself with the memory of your actions," Justice Woodhouse said.
"She said living as a rape victim makes you feel like you're dying inside. She called your actions monstrous - and that's what they are."
The man admitted the crimes against his daughter earlier this year and when charged, confessed he had also raped his niece. He also raped two other nieces - one who would not come forward, and one who could not be found.
Justice Woodhouse said preventative detention was necessary in order to "send a strong message to the parole board" and the "need to protect the community" from him.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Deferred sentence for dad convicted of assaulting daughter (South Otago, New Zealand)
Typical abuser daddy coddling by the courts. UNNAMED DAD. No mention of a mother in the home.
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/balclutha/238942/deferred-sentence-father
Deferred sentence for father
A South Otago man appeared before Judge Stephen O'Driscoll in the Balclutha District Court on Tuesday for sentencing on a charge of assaulting a child aged 9 or 10.
Police said on an unknown day between April 1 and 30 last year, the man took his daughter aside to discipline her. He struck her about the face and body with a tea towel, and pushed her around the kitchen over a 10-minute to 15-minute period.
Judge O'Driscoll found the man guilty of assaulting a child aged 9 or 10, and deferred his sentence for 12 months.
At a defended hearing in October, the victim's older sister told the court her sister was acting silly and misbehaving when the assault happened.
''He got a tea towel from the oven and whacked her with it. He hit her in the head, the back and then her bottom.''
She said her father then pushed her sister against an oven, yelling that she had the devil inside her.
She said her sister had marks on her face the next day that were not there before her sister went into the kitchen with their father.
In his reserved judgement, Judge O'Driscoll said the man held on to the tea towel while he struck out at his daughter. He said the man pushed her, causing her head to hit the oven and he held her head down on the element on the range.
The judge said there was nothing to suggest the man had to use force to protect either himself or his other children. He also found the man was not acting to discipline his daughter, and was attempting to show her that he was in control, acting in a way and with such force that it was unreasonable in the circumstances.
Counsel Tina Williams said the man was extremely remorseful and had undertaken counselling at his own cost.
Ms Williams sought, and was granted, final name suppression for the man citing the need to protect the victim and the family.
Judge O'Driscoll said the victim had forgiven her father.
''The use of force against children is not appropriate, and I find you were not, at that particular stage, in the narrow confines that the law now allows.
''I hope you know and understand you cannot use force like you did on that day.''
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/balclutha/238942/deferred-sentence-father
Deferred sentence for father
A South Otago man appeared before Judge Stephen O'Driscoll in the Balclutha District Court on Tuesday for sentencing on a charge of assaulting a child aged 9 or 10.
Police said on an unknown day between April 1 and 30 last year, the man took his daughter aside to discipline her. He struck her about the face and body with a tea towel, and pushed her around the kitchen over a 10-minute to 15-minute period.
Judge O'Driscoll found the man guilty of assaulting a child aged 9 or 10, and deferred his sentence for 12 months.
At a defended hearing in October, the victim's older sister told the court her sister was acting silly and misbehaving when the assault happened.
''He got a tea towel from the oven and whacked her with it. He hit her in the head, the back and then her bottom.''
She said her father then pushed her sister against an oven, yelling that she had the devil inside her.
She said her sister had marks on her face the next day that were not there before her sister went into the kitchen with their father.
In his reserved judgement, Judge O'Driscoll said the man held on to the tea towel while he struck out at his daughter. He said the man pushed her, causing her head to hit the oven and he held her head down on the element on the range.
The judge said there was nothing to suggest the man had to use force to protect either himself or his other children. He also found the man was not acting to discipline his daughter, and was attempting to show her that he was in control, acting in a way and with such force that it was unreasonable in the circumstances.
Counsel Tina Williams said the man was extremely remorseful and had undertaken counselling at his own cost.
Ms Williams sought, and was granted, final name suppression for the man citing the need to protect the victim and the family.
Judge O'Driscoll said the victim had forgiven her father.
''The use of force against children is not appropriate, and I find you were not, at that particular stage, in the narrow confines that the law now allows.
''I hope you know and understand you cannot use force like you did on that day.''
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