The Judicial Commission of Victoria has stood down a Victorian magistrate who once described an alleged rape victim as having “buyer’s remorse”, while it investigates a new complaint.
The Judicial Commission of Victoria has stood down a Victorian magistrate who once described an alleged rape victim as having “buyer’s remorse”, while it investigates a new complaint regarding his in-court behaviour., which he made after being told the woman called a sexual assault crisis line the morning after the alleged sexual assault.In 2021, the commission found the remark, which Pithouse made during a Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal hearing, to be highly inappropriate and insensitive.
The commission and Magistrates’ Court considered the matter closed in 2021 after Pithouse reportedly accepted the criticism of his conduct andThe commission has now revealed that a fresh complaint was lodged in September about Pithouse’s in-court behaviour.The commission will consider whether Pithouse’s conduct amounted to “proved misbehaviour or incapacity of the officer” and stood him down from court duties while it investigated.
In 2010 Pithouse denied a sexual assault survivor the right to have their victim impact statement read to the court on the grounds that it was provided too late for consideration before sentencing.
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