The Court imposed a five-year supervision order under s 13(1) of the Serious Offenders Act 2018 on a respondent with a history of lethal and serious intimate partner violence, rejecting the respondent's submission for a two-year order. The Court held that electronic alcohol monitoring was warranted as an additional condition when the respondent is not residing at a supported residential service, given that alcohol consumption was identified by both expert witnesses as a central precipitant of the respondent's serious violent offending. A non-publication order was also made under s 279 of the Act to prevent identification of the respondent and his residential location, on the basis that publication could undermine rehabilitation and increase risk factors.
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