Magistrates prepare for Christmas disputes

Dec 09, 2018 News

As the Christmas season is here some feel a joy while some feel a fear towards persons who use this festive time to quench their thirst for criminal activities.
The impact that crime has is a bitter taste in the mouth of persons who are affected and persons looking not to be become a victim. Crime has an effect that not only affects one person but the nation as a whole; emotionally and financially.
As the police force prepares for persons with no regard for the law, the magistrates are also making preparations for these activities.
The magistrates who are in place to help upkeep the law and ensure justice is served have set themselves for the persons coming before them. Police had reported that there have been a four percent increase in robberies with violence and a 22% increase in robberies where no instruments were used by the perpetrators.
On the other hand, there has been a decrease in robbery under arms by three percent and robbery under arms where instruments other than firearms were used by 20%.
There was also a decrease in break and enter and larceny by 11%, burglary by 9%, robbery with aggravation by 36% and larceny from the person by 13%.
The courts have also recorded well over 400 cases where persons are threatened, verbally abused and assaulted. While serious attention will be given to hear these cases, the magistrates will be listening to ensure that the facts presented by the police prosecutors have been proven; justice is served to a victim and society.
Moreover, they will ensure that the accused learn from their mistake. The sentences will make them an example to others to deter them from thinking to commit the very act not only during the Christmas season but in the future.

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