” ‘Rape victims deserve justice and I am determined that we will deliver it,’ Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, said today. Mr Starmer was announcing a series of changes within the CPS intended to instil greater quality and consistency into the processes by which crimes of rape are prosecuted.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 16th December 2010
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“The director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, has ordered a change in the way government lawyers deal with cases against women who withdraw rape claims, acknowledging ‘failings’ in the handling of a recent victim.”
The Guardian, 16th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: Rape: justice will be done
“An 81-year-old man from Bedfordshire who admitted attempting to rape a 92-year-old woman in her home in 2000 has been jailed for five-and-a-half-years.”
BBC News, 14th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The idea that we are faced with the mutually exclusive objectives of protecting victims of rape and the innocent is false.”
The Guardian, 26th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: I accused my husband of rape. I was locked up – and he was set free
“A serial rapist who used his minimum experience as a soldier to seduce women has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 25th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Somali national jailed for rape and indecency with a child faces deportation following a ruling of the Supreme Court.”
The Independent, 25th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A gang of men from Derby has been convicted of systematically grooming and sexually abusing teenage girls.”
BBC News, 24th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mother jailed for falsely retracting allegations that she had been raped six times by her husband was freed today on appeal.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A murderer who killed a transgender prostitute has been given an indefinite jail term for raping another woman in Brighton five weeks earlier.”
BBC News, 22nd November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Metropolitan Police (Met) officer has been dismissed for raping a woman in a police locker room.”
BBC News, 18th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ministers have quietly shelved their much-vaunted pledge to grant anonymity to rape defendants after admitting there was no evidence to establish what impact it would have.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Three Metropolitan Police officers may face criminal charges over claims they altered an alleged rape victim’s statement so proceedings were dropped.”
BBC News, 10th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A judge who granted bail to a man who went on to murder his ex-girlfriend was told he was violent, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said.”
BBC News, 9th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman jailed for ‘falsely retracting’ allegations that she had been raped six times by her husband will today lodge an appeal against her eight-month prison sentence.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The parents of a nurse killed by her ex-boyfriend while he was on bail for alleged rape have called for the judge who freed him to be investigated.”
BBC News, 8th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 27-year-old woman has been jailed for 16 months after falsely claiming she was raped in a park in Surrey.”
BBC News, 5th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Five men were condemned as ‘sexual predators’ by a judge today as he handed down lengthy jail terms after they were found guilty of grooming teenage girls for sex.”
The Independent, 5th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A woman who falsely claimed her ex-boyfriend raped her after giving her a Pringles sandwich laced with diazepam was jailed for three years today.”
The Independent, 1st November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A taxi driver, Phillip Brindle, has been jailed for life after being convicted of drugging girls and filming himself attacking them.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A police force’s handling of a woman’s complaint that she was raped by a known sex offender was ‘so inept that it borders on the unbelievable’, an official report concluded today.”
The Guardian, 21st October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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