Brothel raids - Victim must get equal thought

THE criminal justice system has often been a cruel place for victims.

It is only in recent years that their voices have been allowed to be heard in court and recognition given to their needs, and only in recent weeks that the Director of Public Prosecutions has conceded they sometimes deserve answers to their questions about the decisions his office makes.

These are all welcome, if belated, developments, but they do little for a particular kind of victim whose plight has come into sharp focus in the past few days.