Key legal question
Whether the appellant had standing as a victim under the Victim Assistance Act for a nullity appeal against the non-prosecution decision.
Extracted holding
Yes. Given her age, dependency, and the alleged abuse, she qualified as a victim and could invoke the statute; her civil interest was sufficiently indicated.
Extracted reasoning
Victim status depends on the actual effects of the offence, not its legal label. A young child in a dependency relationship may suffer a sufficiently serious psychic impact even without documented physical injury.