Provincial Court

The first emergency responder on the scene of a traffic accident that killed a teenaged girl testified Monday that all he could see at the scene was a hand in front of a face and a body pinned underneath a car.

Students who report sexual assaults on campuses that result in arrests often deal with long, difficult criminal processes where the victims are subject to gruelling court cross-examinations.

The Richmond provincial family and youth court is not meeting the demands of the city’s legal cases and an increasing number of people with no legal training are representing themselves.