“The Crown Prosecution Service is successfully prosecuting more cases than ever of offences of violence against women and girls.”
Crown Prosecution Service,
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
” A former soldier who raped a nine-year-old girl while serving in Germany 24 years ago was today jailed for seven years after justice finally caught up with him.”
The Independent, 10th November 2011
Source: www.indpendent.co.uk
“A woman jailed for falsely retracting rape charges against her husband has won the right to appeal her conviction for perverting the course of justice.”
BBC News, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judgment approved by the Court for handing down.
Julian Assange v. Swedish Prosecution Authority (pdf)
Judiciary of England and Wales, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, has lost his high court appeal against extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A double rapist caught nearly 20 years after his first rape was jailed for 16 years today.”
The Independent, 21st October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
HM Advocate v P [2011] UKSC 44; [2011] WLR (D) 290
“There was no absolute rule that evidence which had been obtained from an accused who had been questioned by police when he had not been given access to legal advice, but which existed independently of his answers, was inadmissible.”
WLR Daily, 6th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A man has been jailed after pleading guilty to the rape and indecent assault of a woman in her Ipswich home in 1987.”
BBC News, 5th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Rape already arouses serious anxiety because so few attacks are reported to the police, conviction rates are low, and victims are subject to intrusive questioning in court. But now concerns are growing that rapists are escaping justice because doctors are failing to properly examine victims or record their injuries, depriving police of crucial forensic evidence. In other words, senior doctors fear that some forensic medical examiners (FMEs) are simply not up to the job.”
The Guardian, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The European Court of Human Rights has held in AA v United Kingdom (no. 8000/08) that a young Nigerian man cannot be deported back to his country of birth after serving almost half of a four year sentence for the rape of a 13-year-old girl. The applicant was 15 at the time of the offence, and had shown exemplary conduct during his time in custody and beyond, studying for his A levels and completing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. However the government had argued that the applicant had been involved in luring the victim, showing a degree of planning and sophistication, and pointed out that his original plea of not guilty had forced the victim to relive the ordeal at trial. Some may feel that the seriousness of the crime warranted automatic deportation after the completion of sentence, and provision is made for this in the UK Borders Act 2007.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“A 21-year-old man who raped two students in Manchester and threatened one of his victims with a knitting needle has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An ex-soldier who raped a woman while on licence after serving a prison term for another rape was jailed for seven years today.”
The Independent, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Home Office’s ability to deport individuals who have committed crimes may be curtailed by a European court judgment banning the removal of a Nigerian man convicted of rape.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A convicted rapist who attacked a woman in Devon four months after being given early release has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 12th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
An ex-soldier has been jailed indefinitely for raping three teenagers and trying to abduct two schoolgirls.
BBC News, 8th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A paedophile who was said to have raped one of his victims up to 400 times has been jailed.”
BBC News, 2nd September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A TV licensing inspector who raped a pregnant woman on Teesside has been jailed for six years.”
BBC News, 2nd September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who lured two teenage girls on a night out so they could be raped by three men has been sent to a young offenders institute for seven years.”
BBC News, 2nd September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police failed to monitor a convicted rapist who disappeared for nearly a year before he went on to murder the teenager Ashleigh Hall after befriending her on Facebook.”
The Independent, 25th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A minicab driver has been jailed for 11 years for raping and threatening to kill an 18-year-old woman in Surrey.”
BBC News, 22nd August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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