22 Mar 2019
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v MATAROA BARTON [2019] NZHC 544
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 544
- Court
- High Court
Although the respondent met the statutory thresholds for a PPO (including severe disturbance characteristics), the Court was not satisfied on the balance of probabilities that, if managed under his existing ESO with intensive monitoring at Spring Hill Village, he posed a very high risk of imminently committing a serious sexual offence over the short interval until the PPO hearing; because a less restrictive regime could reduce the opportunity to reoffend, an IDO was not justified and was refused.