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Violence, sex crimes top talks

JUDICIAL officers gathered at the GPH in Suva yesterday to discuss issues surrounding cases of domestic violence, gender and sexual offences and how they could be dealt with.

The two-day workshop was attended by members of the judiciary and High Court judges.

Chief Justice Anthony Gates said the workshop was about the UK sentencing guideline procedure.

“It’s much more complicated and we have had one such session, but this is to have a more detailed session,” Justice Gates said.

“It’s two days. We norm­a­lly have one for the cri­m­­inal division and one for the civil division every ye­ar and then if we have anything extra for something that is important, we might have a maximum of four workshops here.”