Human trafficking victim says she was not given chance to testify

Minister Jennifer Webster

One of the victims in the recently dismissed hu-man trafficking cases against shop owner Ann Marie Carter has called upon the authorities to re-open the case and give her a chance to testify against the woman whom she alleges brutalized her.

The now 18-year-old victim and mother of a young baby boy recently told the Stabroek News that she was never informed by the authorities that she was needed in court to testify. The young woman, who has had a very difficult life and whose story was detailed in these pages recently, said she was awaiting information from the authorities and was shocked to hear that the matter had been dismissed against the woman without her being given a chance to testify.

“I really need justice because I can’t see them just finish my case just so without