The student, identified as 22-year-old Sarah, is accused of attacking her boyfriend, 24-year-old David, in their shared apartment. The incident occurred on the evening of August 18th, 2023, and police were called to the scene. Police allege that Sarah, in a fit of rage, used knives to inflict multiple wounds on David. The severity of the injuries sustained by David is not yet known.
The man was walking down the street when he saw a man with a knife. The man with the knife was advancing towards him. The man with the knife was a suspect in a robbery. The man with the hands up was a witness to the robbery.
Ferraro’s arrest followed a series of incidents that began with a verbal altercation between her and a man she was in a relationship with. This altercation escalated into a physical altercation, resulting in injuries to the man. The man was taken to hospital for treatment. The police investigation revealed that Ferraro had also damaged property belonging to the man during the altercation.
The Crown’s written submission opposed bail arguing it would be a ‘serious and unacceptable risk of harm to the community and to the complainant’. Ferraro is also accused of throwing things at her boyfriend. She also allegedly hurled his PlayStation 4 games console and an internet router over a balcony ‘The applicant appears to display a propensity toward violent and aggressive behaviour,’ the Crown told the court. Ferraro’s defence lawyer Kon Papanicolaou submitted that the boyfriend’s injury was ‘not severe, being a cut to the victim’s right pinky finger which caused a deep laceration’. ‘On instructions received from the applicant, she had locked herself in the bathroom and the victim attempted to gain entry,’ Mr Papanicolaou wrote.
‘This is to be corroborated by the bathroom door being punched and a hole in the bathroom door … There is the prospect of self-defence being raised.’ Mr Papanicolaou also said pre-existing mental health conditions might make a custodial sentence inappropriate and said the long delays currently bedeviling the legal system could make any time custody awaiting trial ‘a heavy burden’. Ferraro has been diagnosed with complex ADHD, anxiety and bipolar disorder. Justice Hament Dhanji granted Ferraro bail but placed strict conditions. She must report daily to police, surrender her passport, obey a 6pm-9am curfew while living with her mother, abstain from drugs and alcohol and get a medical mental healthcare plan.
* **Protecting Victims: A Legal Tool Against Domestic Violence**
* **Domestic Violence Orders:
This order is in place because of a history of domestic violence. The order is a legal document that outlines specific restrictions on the defendant’s behavior. The apprehended violence order (AVO) is a legal tool used to protect victims of domestic violence.
‘I’ve been detached from my emotions mentally and focused on the love for music only,’ she wrote in a post earlier this year.
