“A 12-year-old girl who was raped and murdered by her uncle in Manchester was failed by child protection agencies, an independent inquiry has found.”
BBC News, 13th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“As the director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer is responsible for prosecutions, legal issues and criminal justice policy. Since he took up the post in November 2008, he has had to contend with the case of the death of Ian Tomlinson at the 2009 G20 Summit, the controversy around assisted suicide and has been drawn into the News of the World phone hacking scandal. Now he faces another challenge.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Lancashire man has been jailed for life for a rape in Canterbury more than 20 years ago after latest scientific techniques helped to find a DNA match.”
BBC News, 14th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A businessman cleared of rape was told by social workers that he could not live with his young daughter and was then banned from asking his MP for help.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A teacher who raped and sexually assaulted one of his pupils after abducting her from a school disco was jailed for nine years today.”
The Independent, 7th April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who kidnapped and raped a 17-year-old girl almost 24 years ago has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 22nd March 2011
Source: www.bbb.co.uk
“A man jailed for seven years for raping a Northampton woman had been freed after the Court of Appeal ruled his conviction was unsafe.”
BBC News, 21st March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Night Stalker Delroy Grant was convicted today of being one of the most prolific and depraved sex attackers in British history.”
The Independent, 24th March 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A rapist who subjected a woman to an all-night ordeal after locking her in a flat has failed in an appeal against his indefinite jail sentence.”
BBC News, 15th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A paedophile whose partner is accused of murdering their two children in a Spanish hotel has been jailed for 16 years.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Victims of rape and sexual violence will receive the specialist help they need following Ministry of Justice funding for four new support centres in Hereford, Trafford, Dorset and Devon said Justice Minister, Crispin Blunt.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th March 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A man has been found guilty of leading a ‘satanic’ sex cult from his home in a small Welsh town. Colin Batley, 48, of Kidwelly, west Wales, presided over a group that preyed on young children and held occult rites.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who raped an unconscious woman who only learned of the attack when she saw footage of it on a mobile phone has won a cut in his prison sentence.”
BBC News, 3rd March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Rapists who attack their victims in their own homes should face at least 12 years in prison, the country’s top judge ruled yesterday as he called for a tougher stance on so-called ‘safe haven’ crimes.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government is running the risk of making it more difficult to convict rapists by relaxing the rules for retaining the DNA of suspects, the shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has warned.”
The Guardian, 28th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman has been jailed for lying that she had been abducted and raped after becoming worried her husband would find out about a one night stand.”
BBC News, 25th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 55-year-old man was jailed for 13 years today for the ‘degrading’ rape of a teenager committed 29 years ago.”
The Independent, 18th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Individuals who retract truthful allegations of rape or domestic violence out of fear are less likely to be prosecuted under proposed new guidance for prosecutors on the offence of perverting the course of justice, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, said today. But individuals who make malicious false allegations should know they risk prosecution, he said.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 10th February 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“A schoolgirl who was found guilty of falsely accusing a 14-year-old boy of rape when she was 15 was told by a judge she had only narrowly avoided a custodial sentence.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Individuals who retract truthful allegations of rape or domestic violence out of fear are less likely to be prosecuted under proposed new guidance for prosecutors on the offence of perverting the course of justice, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, said today. But individuals who make malicious false allegations should know they risk prosecution, he said.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 10th February 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
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