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A former woman police constable who reported her fellow officer and partner for domestic violence has won a malicious prosecution lawsuit against the state after the court found she was wrongfully charged for wasting the police’s time.

In a ruling on May 23, Justice Carol Gobin held that the police officers who investigated their colleague’s report “ignored stark aspects” of evidence supporting her allegations against her former partner.

“The approach of the police confirmed the abuser’s disdainful view of the domestic violence order, that it was just a piece of paper, it meant nothing.