Sir, – A man sexually assaults a woman after “rugby tackling” her, and receives a six- year sentence of which he is to serve only six months in prison, another man punches three women and stamps on one of them, and receives no imprisonment at all despite six previous convictions. A judge rebukes victims of domestic violence for “wasting time” by not pursuing their cases.
With sentences and comments like the above, which trivialise both the suffering and pain of victims and the courage they show in testifying, why would any woman waste her time with the present judicial system? – Yours, etc,