Patrick Power

Patrick John Piers Power (born 12 May 1952) is a former Senior Counsel in New South Wales, Australia. He was Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor at the NSW Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). In May 2007, he was convicted of possessing child pornography. Early life According to Who's Who in Australia, Power was educated at Barker College in Hornsby, an Anglican Church school. He lived in Turramurra during his formative years and Power obtained his law degree at the Australian National University (ANU), his master's degree at the University of Sydney and accomplished an MBA at the University of New South Wales. He returned to Sydney University to work on his PhD and he completed his PhD thesis at the ANU on comparative restorative justice practice. Legal career Power was admitted as a barrister and worked for 16 years as a prosecutor in serious criminal cases (including sex cases). He was also the chairperson of the New South Wales Youth Justice Advisory Committee and Power was instrumental in promoting and helping draft the Young Offenders Act 1997 (NSW) which instituted restorative justice conferencing for young offenders. He was a consultant to the New South Wales Government on the implementation of restorative justice processes for adults.