Declaring that “our menfolk are going berserk,” acting Chancellor of the Judiciary Justice Carl Singh yesterday said while he believes that perpetrators of domestic abuse should be prosecuted, there is need for a shift in focus from punishment to education.
Justice Singh made these remarks during the commencement of a two-day seminar focused on combatting domestic abuse in Guyana, hosted by the Commonwealth Secretariat in collaboration with the Judiciary of Guyana and the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association.
The seminar, hosted at the Marriott Hotel, was well attended by various members of the criminal justice fraternity, including judges and magistrates, Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum, several police prosecutors and
