Since the establishment of the specialised courts, sexual offence cases are being addressed more speedily by the judiciary and it has been found that complainants are also more likely to follow through with their complaints.
These improvement are being credited directly to the specialist nature of the courts, which are designed to give sexual offence cases the specialised treatment they require.
This was revealed by the two women who sit at the helm of the judiciary, acting Chancellor Yonette Cummings-Edwards and acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC, in their addresses to commemorate the third anniversary of the first Sexual Offences Court, located at the Georgetown High Court.
