Lobby groups are gobsmacked a family wall of silence is preventing a 21-year-old who fathered a child by his 13-year-old girlfriend being prosecuted.
The man admitted he began having sex with the girl when she was just 11. She became a mother two years later.
But
police are not laying charges, and the Children's Commissioner has come out saying police were hamstrung when family members refused to talk.
Family First spokesman Bob McCoskrie says unfortunately this is not the first time it has happened.
He says it is a case of deja vu after the Kahui case, and the law needs to be changed to bring people to account.
Bob McCoskrie says Child, Youth and Family need to be making sure cases like this are prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
He wants police to say why they are not prosecuting in a case that borders on child abuse.
He understands there is room for discretion, but wants to know on what grounds it could be used in this case.
Bob McCoskrie says a serious crime has taken place and it needs to be dealt with. He is also angry with Child, Youth and Family for not pressuring police to lay charges.
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