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The effect on child abuse victims when their alleged abusers undergo multiple trials is being examined by a royal commission in Sydney.
The Director of Public Prosecutions in Victoria, John Champion SC, says individual victims of child sex abuse suffer when complaints are split into multiple trials.
Mr Champion will take the stand for a second day at the child sex abuse royal commission hearing into criminal justice issues.
In a statement to the commission on Wednesday, Mr Champion said the severance of charges in multi-complainant cases had “many very adverse consequences” for child sex assault victims, but also for the administration of justice generally.
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