The Star: August 01, 2019
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and struggled . . .’<br />
“I do struggle to run in the<br />
mornings . . . but I remain on<br />
main roads . . . and constantly<br />
turn my head to look behind<br />
me. I hate running past a park<br />
area, I get jumpy and startled<br />
when someone is behind me. I<br />
have often stopped other women<br />
running to let them know to<br />
be aware of their surroundings<br />
and not wear headphones or<br />
go through parks alone in the<br />
dark,” she said.<br />
“It only takes being in the<br />
wrong place at the wrong time<br />
for a random attack to happen<br />
anywhere.”<br />
At the sentencing, Judge Neave<br />
said he expected public backlash<br />
for freeing Geros, website Court<br />
News reported.<br />
“No doubt there will be letters<br />
to the editor demanding my<br />
resignation.”<br />
A cultural report<br />
showed Geros had come from<br />
an unfortunate background and<br />
had needed to “deal with more<br />
things than most people could<br />
even contemplate.”<br />
“He has got some incredibly<br />
complex needs and unless and<br />
until they are dealt with he is<br />
going to be a significant problem<br />
to the community. If I send him<br />
to prison, absolutely zip will<br />
happen, quite apart from the<br />
fact that he will be out before we<br />
know it. I am not prepared to<br />
contemplate that.”<br />
He said imprisonment and<br />
post-release conditions would do<br />
nothing to address community<br />
safety issues.<br />
Instead, the judge will judicially<br />
monitor Geros with regular<br />
reports from Community Corrections<br />
while he is on intensive<br />
supervision for two years.<br />
Special conditions include<br />
restrictions on his movements<br />
around Christchurch, keeping<br />
away from the woman he attacked,<br />
and attending medical<br />
assessments and treatments as<br />
news online at www.star.kiwi<br />
VICTIMS: Marcel<br />
Geros attacked<br />
the mother-ofthree<br />
(left) last<br />
September. It<br />
wasn’t his first<br />
offence, beating<br />
elderly man,<br />
Alexander Cameron<br />
in 2008.<br />
directed. That includes treatment<br />
for post-traumatic stress<br />
disorder and mental issues.<br />
But the victim, who said she<br />
was once confident the appropriate<br />
outcome would prevail, called<br />
the sentence is “disappointing.”<br />
“Particularly based on his past<br />
history of crimes, convictions<br />
and the terrible savage attack on<br />
Mr Cameron. What message is<br />
this sending to our community?<br />
I was fortunate and lucky a good<br />
Samaritan was able to help me<br />
but what about the next person?”<br />
she said.<br />
•From the editor’s desk, p16<br />
NEWS 7<br />
Board members<br />
cleared; East<br />
inquiry continues<br />
• By Louis Day<br />
THREE OUT of the four<br />
individuals embroiled in code<br />
of conduct complaints<br />
over allegations city<br />
council staff tampered<br />
with the District Plan<br />
have been absolved.<br />
<strong>The</strong> city council<br />
has chosen not to<br />
proceed with code of<br />
conduct complaints<br />
over Linwood Central<br />
Heathcote Community<br />
Board member Darrell<br />
Latham, Coastal-<br />
Burwood Community<br />
Board chairwoman and<br />
deputy chairman Kim<br />
Money and Tim Sintes.<br />
A city council<br />
spokeswoman said they<br />
were close to concluding<br />
the remaining code<br />
of conduct complaint<br />
involving city councillor<br />
David East.<br />
Said Cr East: “I can continue<br />
with discussions with the council<br />
or I can indicate that I’m at<br />
a stalemate and I’m going to<br />
withdraw from further negotiations<br />
in which case a code of<br />
conduct hearing may or may not<br />
proceed.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> board members<br />
and city councillor<br />
David East, had<br />
been facing code of<br />
conduct complaints<br />
since September over<br />
their allegation city<br />
council staff had tampered<br />
with the District<br />
Plan which led to<br />
Greater Christchurch<br />
Regeneration Minister<br />
Megan Woods approving<br />
the city council’s<br />
proposal to amend it.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y alleged city<br />
council staff had omitted<br />
a clause which<br />
gives leeway to people<br />
in specific coastal areas,<br />
deemed at risk of<br />
flooding, to build and<br />
extend homes.<br />
However, an audit,<br />
which the city council<br />
commissioned, by Environment<br />
Canterbury councillor and<br />
former Environment Court<br />
judge Peter Skelton found there<br />
never was a missing clause.<br />
David East<br />
Darrell Latham<br />
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