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Sexual offence cases dominate 2014 first High court list
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Barbados national Justice Madame Nicole Byer and jurors have their hands full with cases of sexual offences that have dominated the list of matters to be tried in the High Court of the Virgin Islands for the first assizes for 2014.
‘Prevalence of sexual offences in VI appalling’– Tiffany R. Scatliffe
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – There was a loud reaction in the crammed room of the High Court this morning December 16, 2013 when Principal Crown Counsel Tiffany R. Scatliffe highlighted that 13 of the some 15 cases initially scheduled for the October 2013 assizes were for sexual offenses.