Petrina Hargrave's guest appearances

Petrina Hargrave

Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

The Mike Hosking Breakfast

Katrina Shanks

Michelle Dickinson

Michael Rowland

Mike Moore

Paula Bennett

Diana Sarfati

Kelvin Davis

Charles Croucher

Auckland Transport

Judith Collins

Gareth Kiernan

Dale Kirk

Tony Alexander

Chris Bishop

Julie Anne Genter

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A call for more rights for victims of criminals found not guilty by way of insanity.Victim support has made a submission on the rights for victims of insane offenders bill.The bill passed its first reading last year and would remove the phrase not guilty from insanity verdicts and would let victims know when a patient has unescorted community leave.Victim support spokesperson Patrina Hargrave told Mike Hosking verdicts like this are common here in New Zealand. "New Zealand had 40 cases of people being acquitted on account of insanity in 2019, and an annual average of 33 over the last 5 years." Hargrave compared New Zealand's statistics with Australia. "New South Wales had 24 over the last 5 years on average, and they have far more rights for their victims of insane offenders than we do." She told Mike Hosking victims of insane offenders are invisible. "Because even though it is proven that a defendant was responsible for the offending act, because they were legally insane, the victim is treated in the eyes of the law as if the crime never occurred." LISTEN ABOVE

A call for more rights for victims of criminals found not guilty by way of insanity. Victim support has made a submission on the rights for victims of insane offenders bill. The bill passed its first reading last year and would remove the phrase not guilty from insanity verdicts and would let victims know when a patient has unescorted community leave. Victim support spokesperson Patrina Hargrave told Mike Hosking verdicts like this are common here in New Zealand.  "New Zealand had 40 cases of people being acquitted on account of insanity in 2019, and an annual average of 33 over the last 5 years."  Hargrave compared New Zealand's statistics with Australia.  "New South Wales had 24 over the last 5 years on average, and they have far more rights for their victims of insane offenders than we do."  She told Mike Hosking victims of insane offenders are invisible.  "Because even though it is proven that a defendant was responsible for the offending act, because they were legally insane, the victim is treated in the eyes of the law as if the crime never occurred."  LISTEN ABOVE

Petrina Hargrave: Calls for more rights for victims of criminals found not guilty by way of insanity

There are hopes a Bill to better support victims of legally insane offenders will pass into law quickly - now that its passed its first reading.The Bill seeks to rename the verdict of "not guilty on account of insanity" to "the acts or omissions are proven but the defendant is not criminally responsible on account of insanity."Victim Support research and advocacy spokesperson, Petrina Hargrave, told Kate Hawkesby around 10 people a year are deemed not guilty on account of insanity.She says there are at least more than 20 victims for every case - so there are hundreds of New Zealanders right now who are affected by the Bill.LISTEN ABOVE

There are hopes a Bill to better support victims of legally insane offenders will pass into law quickly - now that its passed its first reading. The Bill seeks to rename the verdict of "not guilty on account of insanity" to "the acts or omissions are proven but the defendant is not criminally responsible on account of insanity." Victim Support research and advocacy spokesperson, Petrina Hargrave, told Kate Hawkesby around 10 people a year are deemed not guilty on account of insanity. She says there are at least more than 20 victims for every case - so there are hundreds of New Zealanders right now who are affected by the Bill. LISTEN ABOVE

Petrina Hargrave: Bill to support victims of legally insane offenders passes first reading