Domestic violence related offences accounted for more than 40% of charges laid in the Richmond Police District last week.
Officers on Friday said they charged 45 people with 71 offences between 22 and 28 January and that 40.8% were domestic violence related.
Contravening a prohibition and/or restriction in an Apprehended Violence Order (Domestic) was the most common charge, accounting for more than sixteen per cent of offences recorded.
Seven per cent of the offences were for stalking and/or intimidation with intent to cause to harm (domestic/personal), placing it in the top seven most common arrests listed along with more than four per cent of arrests reported for using a carriage service to menace, harass and/or offend.
Man accused of breaching AVO and drunken threats shows up again
A 33-year-old man was reportedly due to face Ballina Local Court next month having had bail refused in relation to a domestic violence incident in January.
Officers said they responded to a Triple Zero call on 17 January from a distressed female requesting police come to a home in West Ballina.
A 33-year-old man is alleged to have been intoxicated and to have threatened to harm the woman and her children, and to have been in breach of an AVO and in breach of bail conditions.
Police said he fled prior to their arrival, triggering a new AVO to protect all three victims.
Officers said they found the accused at the same address in further breach of restrictions on 23 January whereupon they arrested him without incident and took him to Ballina Police Station.
He had bail refused to and was due to appear before Ballina Local Court on 5 February 2026.
DV offenders sent to jail
Meanwhile, police said a 43-year-old Ballina man was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of four months, for common assault (domestic) in the Ballina Local Court on the 23 January.
A 32-year-old man was also sentenced on 19 January in the Lismore Local Court to 22 months’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of fourteen months, for a string of domestic violence related offences, officer said.
His offences included common assault; destroying or damaging property; and three counts of contravening a prohibition and/or restriction in an AVO; and stalking and/or intimidation with intent to cause fear of physical etc harm, all charges being listed in a domestic violence context.
He was also found guilty of holding goods suspected of being stolen, but not a car; driving a motor vehicle during a disqualification period; failing to stop in a police pursuit; and driving at speed, among other charges.
Police said a severity appeal had been lodged in the case, which was due to be mentioned in Lismore Local Court on 23 March 2026.
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