‘This is an important summary of the principles applicable to HR damages, particularly in circumstances where there have been other payments already made arguably in respect of the acts in question. So it should be first port of call if you have an HR damages problem, not least because it gathers all the learning together.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th July 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Footballer Ched Evans has launched a fresh bid to get his rape conviction overturned.’
BBC News, 19th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 66-year-old man has been jailed for life for raping a three-year-old boy he was babysitting.’
BBC News, 18th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Swansea law student who beat and repeatedly raped a woman left stranded in the city centre on Black Friday has been jailed for 18 years.’
BBC News, 11th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The conviction rate for domestic violence cases has reached its highest ever level, with cases now making up 10.7% of the Crown Prosecution Service’s workload, the director of public prosecutions will announce on Wednesday.’
The Guardian, 2nd July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A law graduate who falsely accused her boyfriend of rape as an excuse for failing her exams has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 26th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two sex attackers from Peterborough who targeted teenage girls via Facebook have been jailed.’
BBC News, 20th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Measures aimed at improving the conviction rate for rape in courts in England and Wales have been launched by the Director of Public Prosecutions.’
BBC News, 6th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A babysitter has been jailed for 16 years for giving a three-year-old boy to a known paedophile who drugged and raped him.’
BBC News, 27th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who spent 17 years behind bars wrongfully convicted of attempted rape has received an apology from a body set up to examine miscarriages of justice.’
BBC News, 20th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Judges should warn juries about the common misconceptions people have about rape before they are allowed to hear any evidence, two of the leading figures in the fight against sex crime say today.’
The Independent, 6th May 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Nearly a million criminal offences including rape have gone unrecorded by police in a single year, according to a damning report that could see the 20-year decline in recorded crime reversed when accurate statistics are calculated.’
The Independent, 1st May 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Vulnerable witnesses can give evidence before a trial starts from Monday as part of a pilot scheme in three Crown Courts in England.’
BBC News, 28th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenage boy who carried out a “campaign of rape” against his younger sister has been given a 10-year custodial sentence.’
BBC News, 24th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The director of public prosecutions has defended the decision to bring sex assault and rape charges against Tory MP Nigel Evans by saying it would do the same again, despite a warning from its former director Lord Macdonald that it must not “lose perspective” over high-profile cases involving historic allegations.’
The Guardian, 11th April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The culture of fiddling crime statistics is ingrained within the upper echelons of the police service where target-chasing has led to the under-reporting of serious crimes including rape, according to a report by MPs out today.’
The Independent, 9th April 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Sex attacker Kelvyn Lester, 47, declined to take medication for erectile dysfunction so officers could photograph his penis for an identification procedure.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th April 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A child sex offender who fled to Cyprus after committing “the most shocking and appalling crimes imaginable” has been jailed for 11 years and six months.’
BBC News, 4th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother has described a decision to put her children up for adoption over fears that she may get back with her violent former partner as “barbaric”.’
BBC News, 27th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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