“Police officers are still refusing to take complaints of rape seriously if the victims come from ‘the wrong part of town’, if they have been drinking or if they have made previous allegations, according to a report by Sara Payne, the national victims’ champion.”
The Guardian, 25th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A review of rape victims’ experiences of the criminal justice system, published today, has been welcomed by the Home Secretary Alan Johnson.”
Home Office, 25th November 2009
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“One of the trio jailed over the death of Baby Peter is challenging his conviction for the rape of a two-year-old girl at the Court of Appeal today.”
The Independent, 24th November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Rapists will continue to walk free from British courts in the future, the peer leading a government review of sex crime admitted this weekend.”
The Independent, 22nd November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A teenage sex attacker who raped a five-year-old boy days after being spared a custodial sentence for a previous attack was locked up for almost three years today.”
The Independent, 11th November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating after it emerged a rape claim made four years ago was not acted on by police.”
BBC News, 3rd November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for the knifepoint rape of a 71-year-old retired teacher in woodlands in Wiltshire.”
BBC News, 2nd November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal said false allegations damage conviction rates of genuine rapes and are ‘terrifying’ for innocent victims.
The Daily Telegraph, 30th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A pensioner has been jailed indefinitely for raping and sexually assaulting three children in Nottinghamshire.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who raped a tourist in his home after offering her a place to stay through a travellers’ website has been jailed for 10 years, police said today.”
The Independent, 29th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Three men have been given long jail terms for raping a member of their own family as she grew up.”
BBC News, 16th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Lancashire man who admitted sexually assaulting an elderly woman has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 15th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A boy gangster who was arrested for two murders and a rape before reaching his 16th birthday was given a life sentence today.”
The Independent, 14th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A boy who was arrested for two murders and a rape before reaching his 16th birthday is facing life in jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who sexually abused his daughter for more than three decades, fathering two children by her, was jailed for 12 years yesterday for incest, rape and indecent assault.”
The Guardian, 7th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A paedophile who left a 12-year-old boy for dead after a violent rape has been given a life sentence after an appeal.”
BBC News, 6th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Judge is being investigated after he freed a child rapist who kidnapped and assaulted a five-year-old just eight days later.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A rapist who attacked two women in Sheffield in the mid-1980s has been jailed for 17 years.”
BBC News, 1st October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A review of the treatment of rape victims by the police and other agencies in England and Wales has been ordered by ministers.”
BBC News, 22nd September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Up to 240 murder and rape convictions are being reviewed following the discovery of one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British legal history.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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