A woman who was abused by her police officer ex-husband is speaking out in the hope that he will be kept behind bars for his full sentence.
Twelve months ago, Stella Magnisalis stood outside the South Australian District Court and spoke about the five years of abuse she suffered at the hands of Matthew Alan Thomson.
Thomson, 43, was sentenced in June last year to two years and three months’ jail after pleading guilty to six counts of assault against his ex-wife between April 2013 and February 2018.
Thomson was with South Australia Police for about 12 years until he resigned in 2017.
Stella Magnisalis says she has struggled to navigate government bureaucracies as she attempted to find out when her ex-husband could be released after his non-parole period expires.
Ms Magnisalis said she also knew other women who had been victims of Thomson, and she feared the former police officer, who had a child with another woman just before he was sentenced, would offend again.
Ms Magnisalis said when she had initially attempted to tell police about the abuse, she, like many victims, had not received the help she needed.
The Parole Board expects to interview the man after October as part of his parole application.
Source: Stella Magnisalis fights to have ex-policeman husband kept behind bars – ABC News