Posted by Lou. The time is 12.04pm here in London, UK.
from Lou
to mike.brewer@dailynews.co.nz,
jonathan.mackenzie@dailynews.co.nz,
leighton.keith@dailynews.co.nz
date Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 12:02 PM
subject Great work on Paul Perez Coverage!
Hi guys,
Just wanted to congratulate you on the brilliant pun at the start of the item about Paul Perez! Hilarious to say "side-step", really helped maintain the light mood of a domestic violence incident in which a pregnant woman was strangled and punched in the face. I also note your fantastic headline: "No easy let off for Paul Perez". I can't help but agree - hasn't this man suffered enough? I'm sure it really hurt his hands to strangle and punch her so really I can't help but agree that a fine and a conviction is not in any way whatsoever an easy let-off for a domestic abuser. I mean, she probably deserved it right?
I'm also so glad that you went into such depth about how this might hurt his playing career and didn't once mention the welfare of the victim or the possibility that his behaviour caused developmental damage to their unborn child. I'm so sick of people acting like domestic violence is an offence that has effects on other people and isn't all about the poor man who was driven to commit it.
Fantastic reporting Leighton - you should really be nominated for a journalism award for your coverage of this.
Keep up the great work! Hopefully with more news items like this we can up those domestic violence rates and help keep New Zealand women in their place! All power to domestic abusers! They're victims too!
Best wishes,
Louise
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