❓ Mr. Katsambanis questions the Minister for Corrective Services regarding the monitoring of Edward Latimer, a dangerous sexual offender, specifically how officers assessed the risk when he breached his conditions. The Minister defends the monitoring process, citing police CCTV surveillance, leading to heated exchanges and interventions from the Speaker.
AnsweredQoN 789Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
DANGEROUS SEXUAL OFFENDERS — EDWARD LATIMER
789. Mr P.A. KATSAMBANIS to the Minister for Corrective
Services:
I have a supplementary question. When the corrections
officers found out that this man was breaching his conditions, how did they
know that he was not committing a serious criminal offence; did they simply
rely on his word when they rang him, and does this meet community expectations?
789. Mr P.A. KATSAMBANIS to the Minister for Corrective
Services:
I have a supplementary question. When the corrections
officers found out that this man was breaching his conditions, how did they
know that he was not committing a serious criminal offence; did they simply
rely on his word when they rang him, and does this meet community expectations?
AnswerView source ↗
I will again remind the member of what I just said to him.
This person was not complying with an order that had been put in place by his
monitoring officer not to go into Northbridge—not the court order, but
the order that had been put in place by his monitoring officer.
Mr P.A. Katsambanis : That is an order of the court—to
follow that order.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : That is what he was not following.
Mr P.A. Katsambanis : Yes, that is an order of the
court.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : It was supported by an order of the
court. The order not to go into Northbridge was put in place by his monitoring
officer. If the member had listened to what the Attorney General told him
yesterday —
Mr P.A. Katsambanis : He's not listening
either.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : If the member had listened, more
importantly, he would have heard the Attorney General tell him that the police
were monitoring by CCTV what that person did after they became aware —
Mr P.A. Katsambanis : Not on
that day.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I know.
The SPEAKER : Member!
Mr P.A. Katsambanis interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Hillarys!
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Member for
Hillarys, do not try to beef up something into a grandiose statement of the
community being at danger —
Mr P.A. Katsambanis interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Hillarys, I call you to order for the first time!
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member
knows that the evidence the police got does not conform with the allegations
that he is trying to make.
Mr P.A. Katsambanis : How did
you know at the time?
The SPEAKER : Member for
Hillarys, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : It was
because the CCTV footage proves it.
The SPEAKER : That is the end
of question time.
This person was not complying with an order that had been put in place by his
monitoring officer not to go into Northbridge—not the court order, but
the order that had been put in place by his monitoring officer.
Mr P.A. Katsambanis : That is an order of the court—to
follow that order.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : That is what he was not following.
Mr P.A. Katsambanis : Yes, that is an order of the
court.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : It was supported by an order of the
court. The order not to go into Northbridge was put in place by his monitoring
officer. If the member had listened to what the Attorney General told him
yesterday —
Mr P.A. Katsambanis : He's not listening
either.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : If the member had listened, more
importantly, he would have heard the Attorney General tell him that the police
were monitoring by CCTV what that person did after they became aware —
Mr P.A. Katsambanis : Not on
that day.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I know.
The SPEAKER : Member!
Mr P.A. Katsambanis interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Hillarys!
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Member for
Hillarys, do not try to beef up something into a grandiose statement of the
community being at danger —
Mr P.A. Katsambanis interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Hillarys, I call you to order for the first time!
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member
knows that the evidence the police got does not conform with the allegations
that he is trying to make.
Mr P.A. Katsambanis : How did
you know at the time?
The SPEAKER : Member for
Hillarys, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : It was
because the CCTV footage proves it.
The SPEAKER : That is the end
of question time.
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