He only met Brown once in public for a walk along a beach during their affair, the 29-year-old told police. She eventually asked her boss for help, and he took her to the police to apply for a temporary protection order. They had been due to meet on September 8, the day Patea rammed her car off the road before beating her to death. Two police officers have since been disciplined for failing to grant a domestic violence protection order, despite Brown's pleas. Brown was issued with a protection order days later, but it did nothing to prevent her murder.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 03, 2017 02:19 UTC