BILLINGHAM MAN JAILED FOR BREACHING DOMESTIC ABUSE ORDER DESPITE BEING BANNED FROM CONTACT
An abuser identified as Paul Murray, aged 39, was caught by police in Billingham town centre with a woman on September 11, despite having been prohibited from contacting her by a Domestic Abuse Protection Order (DAPO).Subsequently, he was charged with breaching this court order and appeared at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on September 12.
He was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison for his actions.
The article describes how Murray was observed accompanied by the woman, which was a breach of the DAPO, a legal measure put in place to prevent further incidents of domestic abuse.
The orders are often implemented with or without the victim’s support and serve to ensure the safety of victims and monitoring of the perpetrator, with 200 DAPO orders currently in place across the Cleveland Police force area.
