Mark Thompson

An Australian police detective in the investigation into the murder of Hannah Baxter , and their children, Stand down from the case via comments, which were seen as a "victim shaming".

Baxter and her children died when her estranged husband put their cars On Fire on the inside. He also died.

In comments to the media on Thursday, Det TÜV Mark Thompson had said, it could be a case of A Man "too far by questions, which he suffered".

The remark causing anger in Australia.

Queensland police Commissioner Katarina Carroll said on Friday That Det TÜV Thompson was "dismayed" about his comments and "how it came", and had volunteered to stand to the side.

Hannah Baxter and their children were in The Car in Brisbane with her husband, Rowan Baxter, on Wednesday, when it caught fire.

Rowan Baxter and the Three children - Laianah, at the age of four, Aaliyah, six Trey, Three died in The Car . Hannah Baxter died later in the hospital with severe burns.

witnesses said she jumped out of the wagon and cried out That he had poured petrol on them.

later it turned out That Hannah Baxter had always sought had the help of the police domestic violence and secured, court orders, sparking anger in some of the media treatment of The Incident .

In a press conference on Thursday, Det TÜV Thompson had proposed, it could not be assumed That the case is straight forward, and it was the investigator "job," a completely Open Mind ".

He appealed for anyone with information about The Family to come to the front.

"We have to look at each piece of information, and, to put it bluntly, there are probably people Out There That speak in the community, the decision of which side to take, so, in this investigation," he said.

"Is That a Problem of a woman's suffering, significant domestic violence and their and their children's demise in the hands of the man, or the dangers of an instance of A Man too far by asking questions, which he suffered, due to certain circumstances in the perpetration of this form?"

Commissioner Carroll told ABC Radio in Brisbane That the comments were "victim-blame at its worst," and offered her sincere apology to the community and victims.

"The phraseology was completely wrong, and The Words and the way it was said, should not have been used. "

Det TÜV said was "an exceptionally good COP" and was "distressed" by the impact of the comments, but the "we want to remove The Noise and me on the subject of focus".

"So, the Problem is, there is a murder, there is A Mother and Three children were murdered. And I want to focus on. "

Source of news: bbc.com