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The stress of living just 1km from the man accused of killing their teenage son has forced the Borrell family to put their home on the market.
Charlie Borrell yesterday told the Herald on Sunday he was furious when he found out Haiden Davis had been bailed to an address near their house in South Auckland's Papatoetoe.
"I just felt like a knife had just been put through my back - the justice system doesn't care about the victim's family. There was no consideration of our circumstances."
Augustine, 17, died after being stabbed in the chest outside a party in Auckland's Herne Bay last September. Davis, 19, is charged with his murder and will stand trial in the High Court next year.
Borrell said he and his wife Agnes had considered moving their family across the Tasman. "We just felt the Government didn't care about us. But what brought me back to earth was Agnes. She said, 'if we go to Australia we're going to leave our son behind' and that really knocked me back."
Instead, the family are keen to move to nearby Pukekohe.
"South Auckland is no longer the comfortable place we loved," said Borrell.
"But the anchoring factor for us is Augustine's memory is here. He grew up here, he went to the local school and now he's buried here."
Borrell said their 4-year-old twins Li Tania and Edouard were due to start school opposite Davis' house next year. He also feared for his 20-year-old son Frank, who was still struggling to cope with his younger brother's death.
"He's at the age where he has nothing to lose. I worry... if he went out with his friends and had too much to drink he could do something silly, like take the law into his own hands."
Borrell said the family packaging business was also suffering because Augustine was one of his greatest helpers. "He was a hard worker, he always did what he was told."
