Domestic violence campaigners appalled that the force wants to consider suggestions Rowan Baxter was ‘driven to it’ when he set fire to his family in their car in Brisbane
Source: Queensland police spark anger with ‘open mind’ comment on murder of Hannah Clarke and children
Det Insp Mark Thompson: “Is this an issue of a woman suffering significant domestic violence and her and her children perishing at the hands of the husband, or is it an instance of a husband being driven too far by issues he’s suffered by certain circumstances into committing acts of this form?”
Can I suggest that Det Insp Mark Thompson be let go from the police.
There is a reason why women don’t get DVO and don’t report or withdraw sexual assault reports … Det Insp Mark Thompson (and officers like him) may well be a large part of this. Worth investigation, right?
As a follow up: they got rid of him.
Brisbane car fire detective taken off the case after suggesting killer Rowan Baxter may have been ‘driven too far’
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-21/qld-police-commissioner-apologises-detectives-camp-hill-comments/11987426