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You can go to the accused person's court dates, but in cases where there are no-contact conditions or a protection order, it may be better to not attend. Many courthouses are small and not set up to keep complainants and accused persons separate. There may only be one waiting room and a limited number of sheriffs. Another consideration is that many court appearances are often not scheduled for a specific time, so you could be waiting all day to watch a quick adjournment with no new information being provided.
===If the criminal When charges are not pursued===
There is a good chance that crown counsel or the police will decide not to prosecute the charges against the acccused person. There are many reasons that criminal charges are not pursued, and many of them don't have anything to do with whether the events giving rise to the charges actually happened.