“Tougher measures to prevent women being unfairly prosecuted after making and retracting rape claims are to be announced under new guidelines from the director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A council chief executive was cleared today of raping a female colleague he met when she was drunk in a bar.”
The Independent, 26th January 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A bus driver has been jailed for eight years for raping a female passenger who had taken his night bus in west London.”
BBC News, 25th January 2011
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“A girl who claimed she was raped when she was a 15-year-old virgin was today convicted of attempting to pervert the course of justice by making a false allegation.”
The Guardian, 25th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A rapist who broke into a Manchester hall of residence and attacked a terrified student at knifepoint has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 12th January 2011
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“A rogue policeman was jailed for life today after being convicted of raping and sexually assaulting vulnerable women.”
The Independent, 11th January 2011
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“The ringleaders of a gang which groomed and abused teenage girls in Derby have been given indeterminate jail terms.”
BBC News, 7th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 40-year-old man has been sent to jail for the rape of a woman in Essex 16 years ago.”
BBC News, 17th December 2010
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” ‘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
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“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
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“A serial rapist who used his minimum experience as a soldier to seduce women has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 25th November 2010
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“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
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“A gang of men from Derby has been convicted of systematically grooming and sexually abusing teenage girls.”
BBC News, 24th November 2010
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“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
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“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
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“A Metropolitan Police (Met) officer has been dismissed for raping a woman in a police locker room.”
BBC News, 18th November 2010
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“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
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