21 Dec 2016
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR CORRECTIONS v DOUGLAS [2016] NZHC 3184
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 3184
- Court
- High Court
All four s13(2) characteristics (intense sexual drive, limited self-regulation, absence of operative victim empathy, and poor interpersonal relationships/social isolation) were established by evidence to a high level and together demonstrate a severe disturbance in behavioural functioning; on the balance of probabilities the respondent therefore poses a very high risk of imminent serious sexual offending if unsupervised or released, and a Public Protection Order is warranted (PPO imposed rather than ESO due to primacy of protecting potential victims and insufficiency of certainty from a 12-mo…