“The attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, is considering an appeal against a sentence given to a man for raping a 10-year-old girl.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Royal Navy chief petty officer who was jailed for five years for the rape of a female colleague on board a warship at sea had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal yesterday.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government has dropped plans to clarify the law on consent in rape cases, a senior source confirmed yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government is to press ahead with plans to reform the rape laws in an attempt to increase the low conviction rate, despite strong opposition from the judges who will have to put them into effect, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 18th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Alice Vachss was a brilliantly successful sex crime prosecutor in New York, winning 80% of cases. In Britain, the conviction rate for rape is only 5%. She tells Julie Bindel what we need to learn – and fast.”
The Guardian, 1st June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who was cleared of rape after a complaint that a judge fell asleep at his trial later raped two other young women, a court heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Capacity to consent after drink
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Voluntary consumption of substantial quantites of alcohol did not by itself remove a woman’s capacity to consent to sexual intercourse.”
The Times, 7th May 2007
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.
“Rapists whose victims withdrew their consent to sexual activity at the last moment may receive lighter sentences under guidelines published yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Less than six per cent of all rapes reported to the police result in conviction, and juries are often blamed for letting rapists walk free. So what’s it like to sit on a jury at a rape trial? An anonymous juror offers his unique insight.”
The Guardian, 12th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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