Opinion by Peter Gleeson
Premium Content Queensland is in the grip of a domestic violence crisis, and a little-known judicial loophole is stopping police from keeping known perpetrators behind bars. The sobering reality is that Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman could change the law today and help save the lives of innocent women. Yet despite pleas from the Queensland Police Union and senior domestic violence lawyers, the loophole remains. Here s how it works: Domestic violence offenders who strangle, assault or sexually assault their partners are not being charged with these offences because they are not dealt with in the criminal courts. Instead, they are dealt with under the Domestic and Family Violence Act.
The legal loophole letting DV offenders walk free
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The legal loophole letting DV offenders walk free
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Crime by Elise Williams, Hayden Johnson 19th May 2021 10:46 AM
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Subscriber only Police could not have predicted a man would allegedly set fire to his partner s home hours after his release from custody, Queensland s police chief said as she commended her troops for their thorough actions. Commissioner Katarina Carroll has vouched for her officers, saying they acted in accordance with legislation when Curtis Shea Mickan was released from police custody without charge a few hours after an alleged high-level disturbance with his wife at their Wooloowin home at the weekend.   Mickan would hours later return to the address where police allege he set the house alight with his wife and her mother inside.