Punchard drafted for him an email that was intended to "send to the bitch that will hopefully make her shit herself". He also advised, "you've been quiet for too long. I know you're screaming on the inside. Let loose on her". Jodie’s abuser threatened to kill her, strap bombs to their two children and blow them up as "martyrs". He fled to Greece after failing to appear in court to face a charge of breaching a domestic violence order and will be arrested if he ever returns to Australia. Punchard pleaded guilty to nine counts of using a restricted computer in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday.

Loading He received a wholly suspended two-month jail sentence, with a conviction recorded. Speaking with Brisbane Times after Punchard's sentencing Jodie said she was "really disappointed" he escaped jail time, but was glad a conviction had been recorded. "I have to tell you it had been an uphill battle for three years to find some justice," she said. "I am still terrified and I will still look over my shoulder every day. If it wasn't for the media I would be dead, if they were not courageous in showing their support to report on this, he could have very well gotten away with it.

"I believe there should have been a more serious penalty imposed, however it is a start to make some much-needed change." Jodie met with Brisbane Times last year and described the beatings she took during her pregnancies, to the point she thought she may miscarry or die. She was kicked, punched and spat on. She had a knife held to her stomach and had her hair pulled back so hard that her neck cracked, requiring medical treatment. Jodie said she was present in court during Punchard's sentencing and felt "anxious, scared and uneasy". "He purposefully looked over at me and smirked at me as if he was thinking 'I am better than you and I am getting away with this'," she said.

"He is absolutely disgusting and showed no remorse. He is an abhorrent monster, only a monster could have done this. Loading "It is shocking that a police officer could breach the trust of an innocent woman and her children to then aid and enable a violent offender to commit further acts of domestic violence and abuse. Punchard was stood down from official police duty late last year. He was previously disciplined and dropped a pay point. A tribunal found earlier this year that Queensland police could have done more to prevent Punchard from leaking Jodie's details.

As the QPS did not have a proper auditing system, it may have never found Senior Constable Punchard had passed on her address, the tribunal found. Punchard’s texts were discovered only when Jodie’s young son found them during a visit to his father’s house. “The evidence before me is that the QPS had no systematic auditing procedures of access to the QPRIME system – even for at-risk groups such as domestic violence victims," Tribunal member Susan Gardiner found. An email issued by then-Commissioner Ian Stewart in March 2016, after Jodie's details were leaked, warned members of the QPS that there had been a shift in community attitudes towards misuse of information. Since the email was sent, there has been an increase in accusations of officers "hacking" into sensitive databases.

A police spokeswoman has previously said police took information privacy very seriously. "The QPS provides significant training to all members on the use and access to confidential information contained on QPS databases," she said. *Not her real name - with AAP If this article raises any issues for you, or someone you know, contact 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732) or contact DV Connect Womensline in complete confidence on 1800 811 811.