Domestic vioence victim Jeannie Blackburn is lobbying the government to release information regarding the whereabouts of violent criminals who have been released on parole.
A VICTIM of terrifying domestic violence has been told she is not allowed to know the area where her paroled attacker is living because of HIS right to privacy.
Jeannie Blackburn suffered 18-months of unprovoked violent abuse at the hands of Paul Francis McCuskey, culminating in her losing sight in one eye after he dragged her from her bed and stomped on her head.
Medical experts said her injuries were similar to that of a high impact car crash.
McCuskey was released from prison in April - with two and a half years to serve on parole - but pleas to the Adult Parole Board and Victims of Crime Register to know the area where he is living have been denied.
In a bizarre twist, McCuskey has been informed of where Ms Blackburn lives, as he is not allowed to go near her address.
"I don't want to know what street or even what suburb he is in, but just a general area to avoid for my own protection." Ms Blackburn said.
"I am being made to feel like a prisoner in my own home while he is free to walk the streets as he pleases.
"Why does he have more rights than I do, when I have done nothing wrong?"
Paul Francis McCuskey who is on parole for domestic violence against his ex-partner Jeannine Blackburn, who is fighting to know where her attacker is now living.
The woman beater also caused Ms Blackburn to miscarry after kicking her in the stomach in another sickening attack.
McCuskey, who received a bravery award for being one of several CFA volunteers who rescued an elderly woman at Cambarville during the 2009 Black Saturday bush fires, later had the honour stripped after intervention from the Governor General of Australia, Quentin Bryce.
He was sentenced to five years and six months in prison, with a minimum of three years, in April 2010.
Ms Blackburn said she contacted the Adult Parole Board to find out the general area of where he was living after his release on April 27 this year.
She claims she was told they could not tell her due to his right to privacy. The allegation is denied by the Adult Parole Board.
Ms Blackburn said she then contacted the Victims of Crime Register and wrote a letter requesting the information early last month without reply.
Domestic vioence victim Jeannie Blackburn is lobbying the government to release information regarding the whereabouts of violent criminals who have been released on parole.
Its website states: "Inclusion on the Register does not entitle you to information about… Where the prisoner / offender lives or intends
to live upon release from prison."
Ms Blackburn now intends to lobby the State Government to change the law.
"He lost his privacy rights when he pleaded guilty to intentionally, recklessly and seriously injuring me, at least while on parole" she said.
"Laws should be in place to protect the innocent, not the guilty."
A spokesman for the Adult Parole Board said McCuskey is subject to a "strict supervision regime."
"If Mr McCuskey fails to comply with any condition of his order, he will be immediately reported to the Board," he said.
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