What happens when the victim withdraws support for the prosecution or no longer wishes to give evidence?
4.4 Sometimes a victim will ask the police not to proceed any further with the case, or will ask to withdraw the complaint. This does not necessarily mean that the case will therefore be stopped — we will first consider what other evidence is available. 4.5 As a general rule we will prosecute all cases where there is sufficient evidence and there are no factors preventing us from doing so. 4.6 If the victim has decided to withdraw support, we have to find out why. This may involve delaying the court hearing to investigate the facts and decide the best course of action. 4.7 We will take the following steps: • we will ensure that a prosecutor experienced in domestic violence matters supervises the case; • if the information about the victim’s decision to withdraw support has come from the defendant, we will ask the police to find out from the victim whether this information is true; • if the victim confirms it is, we will ask the police to take a written statement from the victim explain
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