Domestic violence cases should be tried even when victims refuse to testify

Danuta Radzik

By Oluatoyin Alleyne

On July 10, 29-year-old Selina Ramotar was brutally stabbed ten times and left to die by the father of her child with whom she had severed a relationship. She was nursed to back to health and months later, she stepped into the witness

ox in the magistrate’s court and gave sworn testimony indicating that she did not want to offer evidence against her attacker.

Minutes later, the charge against Uttanpad Sewnarine was withdrawn and he left the court with the