Arabic version: مدعٍ عام في الشرطة ينتظر الحكم بعد إدانته بجرائم عنف أسري

According to ABC News, a NSW police prosecutor convicted of 11 domestic violence-related offences has heard victim impact statements from his former wife and her two children in the NSW District Court.

MZ, whose identity was suppressed by the court to protect the victim, was taken into custody in July after a jury convicted him. The offences included two counts of sexual intercourse without consent, two counts of common assault, five counts of assault occasioning bodily harm, intentionally choking a person without consent, and sexually touching another person without consent.

His former wife told the court he assaulted her while she held their newborn baby and was recovering from complications following a C-section. She said the assaults changed the course of her life and the lives of her children, and said her eldest daughter had intervened to protect her during one incident.

The court heard the abuse left the two children with post-traumatic stress disorder and distrust of law enforcement. MZ, 50, had worked with the NSW Police Force for more than two decades and has been suspended without pay while his employment is reviewed.

Defence barrister Arjun Chhabra said MZ had experienced sexual abuse as a child and had been diagnosed with PTSD, arguing that mitigating factors should be considered. Crown barrister Rohan Cooley said MZ, as a serving police officer, should have known better and had shown no expression of remorse. Judge Philip Hogan adjourned the matter for sentencing at Gosford District Court on December 11.