N.S. woman says court system failing her as intimate partner violence case drags on
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A Nova Scotia woman says she doesn't feel the court system supports victims of intimate partner violence.
Four months after intimate partner violence survivor, Brandi Whynot, first shared her story with Global News, not much has changed.
Her case is still slugging through the justice system with no end in sight.
“It feels like the victim is put through more hoops than what the accused is,” she said.
Whynot alleges she was attacked by her partner in 2021. While he was charged, she is still waiting for him to be tried in court five years later.
She says her ex-partner has skipped out on dozens of court dates and has faced few consequences.
“(It) is exhausting because there are court dates that I am mandated to show up to. So my nerves get bad,” she said.
“I can’t sleep with my anxiety to look this man in the face, to drive two hours for him not to show up and there have been no repercussions to that.”
She says it puts a spotlight on how the justice system doesn’t support victims.
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