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DSW v T (13 September 1993) YC, Otahuhu, CYPF 139/93, Harvey DCJ

Name: DSW v T
Unreported
File Number: CYPF 139/93
Date: 13 September 1993
Court: Youth Court
Location: Otahuhu
Judge: Harvey DCJ
Charge:
CYPFA: s368, s371
Key Title: Secure Care

Summary: Application for secure care; grounds on both s368(a) and (b) CYPFA – evidence clearly justified application; clear indication from young person himself that he needed intensive counselling in a secure environment; protective environment required; conditions imposed; lengthy history of violence; necessity established as result of all other avenues being tried. [Note: s368 CYPFA repealed and substituted on 8/1/95 by 1994 No 121, s41].

Decision: Secure care and counselling ordered.