Victims of violent crimes endure worsening delays for compensation
A growing backlog in the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal is leaving victims of serious assaults waiting years for redress.
Just 31 payments were made to victims in 2017, a year in which there were 181 new applications, and only 10 victims were compensated up to the end of May this year when 73 new cases were lodged in the same period.
