Jan 13, 2025 06:07 PM IST
Connor Cude, 25, admitted three counts of breaching the order and is because of be sentenced on February 24.
A 25-year-old man has change into the primary particular person to be convicted of breaching a Home Abuse Safety Order in London. Connor Cude was caught making an attempt to go away his ex-girlfriend’s residence in south London by way of the again backyard on January 7. A Home Abuse Safety Order had been put in place in December, banning him from contacting the girl or going to her residence. The pair had been in a relationship for 3 months when police have been referred to as to a disturbance at her residence on December 28, the Crown Prosecution Service mentioned. Cude was arrested and appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court docket on Saturday, the place he pleaded responsible to a few counts of breaching the order. He will probably be sentenced at Croydon Crown Court docket on February 24. Lionel Idan, Chief Crown Prosecutor for London South, mentioned: “No domestic abuse victim should ever have to live in fear of their abuser. “Connor Cude flagrantly breached the order only a few days after it was imposed. “I hope this first prosecution in London for this breach of a Domestic Abuse Protection Order sends a strong message that offenders will be prosecuted. “We continue to work with our criminal justice partners to ensure that more of these orders are sought, and that anyone who breaches them is swiftly brought to justice.” The brand new Dapos, legislated for by the earlier authorities in 2021, started being trialled in elements of England and Wales in November. They have been launched within the London Boroughs of Croydon, Bromley and Sutton, in addition to Higher Manchester and by the British Transport Police. There will probably be additional pilots in Cleveland and North Wales early in 2025 previous to a nationwide rollout. Dapos may be imposed by any courtroom and are meant to cowl all types of home abuse. They don’t have any time restrict. Together with imposing exclusion zones, the orders could make constructive necessities of abusers equivalent to attending behaviour change programmes. Breaching the necessities of an order is a felony offence punishable by as much as 5 years in jail. Household courts can even have the ability to impose tagging for as much as 12 months in essentially the most critical circumstances, one thing that beforehand may solely be achieved by felony courts or the police. And victims’ family and friends can apply for an order on their behalf.
Home Abuse Safety Orders are being piloted in sure areas of England and Wales forward of a nationwide rollout (Dominic Lipinski/PA)