A ruling on an application to lift detention orders for a traumatised young woman, whose expressed desire to kill her mother and harm women is taken very seriously, has been deferred by theThe court heard the 18-year-old woman is concerned she might harm herself and others if she voluntarily goes immediately to an organised placement which she believes will not address her needs.
The adult wardship proceedings were initiated in late 2019 as she was about to turn 18. She opposed wardship but agreed to orders for her continuing detention so as to obtain therapies. The woman is separately on bail from the District Court in relation to assault charges and a file has been sent to the DPP concerning her alleged involvement in a Covid-19 related coughing incident.
She is currently in a low mood and is concerned, if placed in an open setting, she would harm herself or others, he said. She wants to address her long term trauma because she recognised it is not in her own interests not to do so but her concern was, what had always been a future desirable proposed change to another placement had now become an “immediate and stark” reality and she had only this week begun to engage with that.
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