“Suspected rapists may have to be let free because of the landmark European ruling over the storing of ‘innocents’ DNA, a Home Office minister warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Nine members of a schoolboy gang who raped a 14-year-old girl in a punishment attack after she insulted their leader, have been jailed.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
R v A [2008] EWCA Crim 2908; [2008] WLR (D) 374
“The expression ‘new and compelling evidence … in relation to the qualifying offence’ in s 78(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 was not restricted to further evidence either from an individual who suggested that the defendant had admitted after the trial that he was guilty of the offence or from newly emerging witnesses who said that they had heard or seen something at the time which directly supported the relevant complaint.”
WLR Daily, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“An 82-year-old rapist with dementia has avoided a jail sentence for an attack he committed in 1993 because of his diminished mental state.”
BBC News, 27th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Child protection agencies in Lincolnshire and Sheffield are bracing themselves for damning criticism over the case of a man who raped and impregnated his daughters, as details of ‘unspeakable’ abuse against the two women begin to emerge.”
The Guardian, 27th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Where a defendant raised delay to undermine the credibility of a complainant in a rape case, an appropriate warning to the jury was necessary to ensure fairness to the complainant. ”
The Times, 26th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“An independent review is to investigate the contact agencies had with the victims of a man who raped his two daughters over a period of years.”
BBC News, 26th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who repeatedly raped his two daughters was jailed for life today at Sheffield Crown Court. He made them pregnant 19 times and seven of the children are still alive.”
The Independent, 25th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The man convicted of kidnapping, raping and strangling teenager Hannah Foster – before going on the run to India – has been sentenced to a minimum of 24 years in jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A rapist dubbed ‘the British Josef Fritzl’, is to be sentenced after admitting to repeatedly raping his two daughters and getting them pregnant 19 times.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An inquest is to be opened into the death of a woman murdered by a convicted rapist who had used the Human Rights Act to convince a panel he should be freed from jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman has spoken out after a man accused of raping her became the latest to be cleared because he was sleepwalking.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Women jurors are more likely to clear rape defendants because they believe the alleged victim is likely to have been ‘asking for it’, Dame Helen Mirren has claimed.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man cleared by the court of appeal of raping a woman cannot sue her for damages, the high court said yesterday.”
The Guardian, 15th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years for raping a woman at a railway station in Kent 13 years ago.”
BBC News, 4th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who spent two years in jail before being cleared of rape has had his attempt to claim damages from his accuser denied at the High Court.”
BBC News, 30th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who spent two years in jail before being cleared of rape has started a High Court bid to claim damages from his accuser.”
BBC News, 27th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has said new Government-funded Sexual Assault Referral Centres across the country will improve the support given to victims.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
” Solicitor General welcomes Court of Appeal Rape Judgment in R v Doody.”
Attorney General’s Office, 24th October 2008
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“A taxi driver has been jailed after being convicted of raping a teenage student in Brighton who could not afford to pay her £6.80 fare home.”
BBC News, 22nd October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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