The money...
...I have tried getting his income garnished but had no luck.
It bugs me something rotten that there was no real punishment - just a suspended sentence and some community service. I was warned by the police prosecutor that the offender was likely to receive a lighter sentence due to certain social factors. I was also advised that if I had committed the same offence, I would almost certainly have been given a custodial sentence.
My Victim Impact Statement never got read in court due to a police error, although my medical records were tendered in the case. My wife attended the court on the prescribed date only to be told that the case was now being heard in the next major provincial city - 400 kms away. This was at the request of the accused and his lawyer.
(emadex thinks the world will end on, Sat 7 Apr 2012, 10:38, Reply)