Counter Pedophilia Investigate Unit

Previous acts of violence will be presented

ESCANABA – Previous acts of violence by an Escanaba woman – accused of seriously abusing her baby – will be allowed to be presented as evidence of domestic violence during her trial in March, the court decided Friday.

Angel Dawn Micheau, 21, accused of first-degree child abuse, is scheduled to go to trial on the 15-year felony March 12-15. Micheau was arrested on Oct. 21, 2011, for child abuse stemming from an April 11, 2011 incident involving burns on her three-month-old daughter. (more…)

A welfare group has criticised the South Australian Government’s response to the Mullighan Inquiry into the abuse of Aboriginal children on the APY Lands.

Former Supreme Court Judge, the late Ted Mullighan, released his findings in 2008, attaching 46 recommendations. The inquiry found evidence of child abuse and violence against women. A report into the Government’s progress is released annually.

But Jonathan Nicholls from Uniting Care Wesley says the latest report is skewed and contains little useful information. (more…)