. There are 23 part-heard matters, of which 13 involve children from seven to 17 years of age. Two matters involve elderly women who are traumatized and in a very poor state of health. . If the part-heard matters start afresh, the women and children involved in these matters will be subjected to secondary trauma. It would be difficult for some of them to recall the events of these cases, as some of the incidents happened many years ago. . It would not be practical to allocate these matters to other Regional Court Magistrates as there are only two courts equipped to hear children's cases.