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Friday, 12 March 2010
Après la plainte
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Après la plainte

I filed a complaint, what happens after?

After complaints, the police will investigate. You will meet with an investigator from the Sexual Assault Squad and answer questions.

The State pursues the criminal aggressor. This process costs you nothing financially. The individual convicted can be sentenced to imprisonment and will, without doubt, have a criminal record.

A civil suit against the perpetrator is also possible, but this time at your expense. The lawsuit will allow you to apply to the aggressor a sum of money for the damage it has caused.

The criminal and civil result in two trials independent of each other, the prosecutor is not the same (the state in a case, in the other) and the evidence to do is totally different.
 

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