Blessie: Sos to Simon Bridges to Change Law

6th August 2015

“Mr Bridges is now in a position to instigate a review of New Zealand’s Justice System to ensure a repeat of the Blessie Gotingco tragedy never happens again.” Garth McVicar

The Sensible Sentencing Trust is calling for Simon Bridges to change the law to prevent further victims and tragedies like the slaying of Blessie Gottingco.
In 2006 Simon Bridges was Crown Prosecutor after Tony Robertson had kidnapped and molested a 5-year-old girl as she walked to school in Tauranga, and says, "It was a chilling case. Robertson would be one of New Zealand's coldest and worst offenders."

Yet despite that Mr Bridges call for a sentence of preventive detention was ignored by Justice Keane who instead imposed a sentence of eight years in prison. Justice Keane’s decision that day allowed Robertson to kill and rape Blessie Gotingco.

McVicar says Justice Keane actions signed Blessie Gotingco’s death warrant.
“The debacle that has unfolded around this case is evidence that very little has changed and New Zealand’s justice System badly needs a major overhaul.”
“Simon Bridges is now in a position to instigate that review and prevent any further tragedies such as this.”

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