The woman says that name suppression is protecting only her ex-husband. Photo / Glenn Jeffrey
The former wife of a man who faked his own death says she is living in fear he will "swindle" their children before he is sentenced on Friday.
She also wants a name suppression order lifted "so people know exactly what a mongrel he is".
The woman said
she had become "paranoid, tense and stressed" from watching out for their two boys, aged 13 and 9, "24/7" since the man was granted bail two months ago.
The man, who supposedly drowned at Port Waikato in 2002, was uncovered living in Christchurch in January. He has not seen the boys since he "died".
The woman said she had little faith the man would comply with a bail condition that he not contact them.
"If he can do crafty things like swindle everybody for six years, he could swindle the police and get up here and try to get his kids or at least see them again before he goes into jail for however long," she told the Herald.
The man could receive a prison sentence when he is sentenced in the Christchurch District Court on the four charges of fraud he admitted relating to his disappearance and life insurance policies left for the family to claim more than $1.12 million.
The woman said she had panicked after some confusion about where the 9-year-old was playing recently, and came close to ringing the police.
She said she was angry the man's identity remained covered by a suppression order and had engaged a lawyer to have it lifted before Friday.
"His name needs to be out there so people know exactly what a mongrel he is and what he's done to his kids.
"[The order] is protecting him and what he's done. It is not protecting us."
The woman's call to name the man is supported by his business partner in Christchurch and another family affected by his fraud.
"I just want him to know he'll have a fight on his hands because he's not getting near his kids,"the ex-wife said.
"I hope he rots in there ... I hope they throw away the key."
