“The demonisation of young women is contributing to the failure to secure more convictions of suspected rapists, one of the country’s leading prosecutors warns on Monday.”
The Guardian, 30th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who raped women to ‘teach them a lesson’ for being out at night was jailed indefinitely yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A driving instructor has been jailed for eight years after being found guilty of raping a 21-year-old woman in Kent more than 25 years ago.”
BBC News, 26th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An unlicensed cab driver was jailed for five years at the Old Bailey today for raping a passenger nearly 17 years ago.”
The Independent, 17th January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A brutal rapist who terrorised elderly women in a suburb for more than a decade was told today he will live out his days behind bars.”
The Independent, 12th January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for life under the double jeopardy law three decades after raping his own grandmother.”
BBC News, 1st December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A serial rapist and paedophile who tried to evade justice by going on the run has been jailed for 18 years at Cardiff Crown Court.”
BBC News, 25th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“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
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