Ms Cooper’s report on Olga’s complaint also noted: “Police do not hold fears of safety and believe this may be a premeditated attempt to influence some future Family Court and divorce proceedings.”
Asked why she had written this, Ms Cooper said: “The delay in reporting the incidents to start with, because they were 12 months prior.”
“She made mention that she was in the process of divorcing. When she didn’t bring the children back I just thought it wasn’t as pressing as she thought it was.”
She agreed her view was based on “nothing more than the fact there were family law proceedings going on”.
I dont believe Jack would have been keen to see a father, he was so frightened of that he took a baseball bat to bed with him.At a hearing on December 22, 2016, Ms Morton advocated for John to be able to continue seeing Jack and Jennifer.
When she met with the children three days before the hearing, neither of them told her they were afraid of their dad, Ms Morton told the inquest on Thursday.
She has no file note of the meeting.
“I can recall that Jack was pretty keen. Jennifer was a bit more ambivalent,” she said.
Counsel assisting the coroner Kate Richardson SC described this as “surprising”.
“The evidence ... is that every other person they spoke to in the process, every therapist, family consultant, there’s at least four or five separate health professionals connected to the family law proceedings, they told their father was violent to them,” Ms Richardson said.
But asked “Are you sure?”, Ms Morton said “Absolutely”.
“I wouldn’t have recommended they spend a couple of hours with him if they had said something to me that had indicated that was not in their best interests,” she said.
Evil John Edwards who killed kids mistreated their pets
And their lawyers who enable them.I dont believe Jack would have been keen to see a father, he was so frightened of that he took a baseball bat to bed with him.
I think this lawyer is very lucky there is no one left alive who can contradict her.
I hope there is a special place in hell for fathers who are prepared to kill their children just to get at their ex partner.
I dont believe Jack would have been keen to see a father, he was so frightened of that he took a baseball bat to bed with him.
I think this lawyer is very lucky there is no one left alive who can contradict her.
I hope there is a special place in hell for fathers who are prepared to kill their children just to get at their ex partner.
I wonder what the statistics are of fathers murdering their families as opposed to mothers.
Males constituted 52 per cent (124) of offenders and females 48 per cent (114).
Why 'rather ordinary' people kill their children
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Published 8 Feb, 2019
At least one child in Australia is killed by a parent each fortnight, according to a report into filicide released by the Australian Institute of Criminology this week.
Between 2000-01 and 2011-12 there were 238 recorded incidents of filicide in Australia, with 260 offenders involved in these incidents. Males constituted 52 per cent (124) of offenders and females 48 per cent (114).
Why 'rather ordinary' people kill their children
Published 29 Feb, 2020
How many children die from family violence in Australia?
I'll never understand how anyone, especially a parent, can kill a child/children.
I read about this tragic story when it happened but only learned today that the children's mother was found deceased. These sort of stories break my heart and seem to be on the increase. The appalling murder of Hannah Clarke (Baxter) and her 3 children who were all burnt alive by her husband in February shocked me to the core.
However, within this, females were more likely to be responsible for neglect, whereas male offenders were responsible for physical, emotional and sexual abuse.
In terms of filicide, the recent report found the method of killing varied between genders, with males more likely to use more violent methods.