Domestic violence offences too lenient in the ACT: DPP

10 May 2021
10 May 2021
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Opposition leader Elizabeth Lee has released a draft bill that would increase penalties for offences committed in the context of domestic or family violence. Photo: Michelle Kroll.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has warned that sentences for domestic violence offences are too lenient in the ACT, putting the Territory out of step with most other Australian jurisdictions.
Aggravated offences that increase the penalty for offending in a family violence context were necessary to tackle the “evil” crime, deputy director of public prosecutions Anthony Williamson wrote in a letter to the chairperson of the Victims Advisory Board, Richard Glenn.

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