Male abuse victims withdraw charges
Thursday, November 06, 2014
Police are disturbed by this seeming growing trend of male victims of domestic violence withdrawing cases after laying charges against their perpetuators.
One of the victims informed police of his decision to withdraw charges while recuperating in hospital after sustaining injuries inflicted by his lover. The man’s partner reportedly poured boiling water over the victim at Distands location.
That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...