Tag: rape
Jamie Wallis MP comes out as trans and speaks of rape ordeal
Jamie Wallis opens up about being victim of rape and blackmail, and fleeing scene of a crash.
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Lord Ahmed: Former peer guilty of trying to rape girl
Lord Ahmed of Rotherham is also convicted of a serious sexual assault on a young boy in the 1970s.
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Navy rape complainant backs civilian court trials for serious offences
The woman says there were serious failings in the handling of her rape case by a military court.
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Long delay for hundreds of rape cases, says report
The Crown Court backlog could remain a problem for years, severely affecting victims, says a watchdog.
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Ex-U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, sunk by ‘legitimate rape’ remark, dies
His comments sparked an outcry.
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Todd Akin, Whose Senate Bid Collapsed After a Rape Remark, Dies at 74
William Todd Akin, a six-term Republican representative from Missouri who gave up a safe seat to run for the Senate in 2012, only to see his campai [...]
Sarah Everard murder: Boris Johnson on police handling of rape cases
There are "too few successful prosecutions and two few convictions" in cases of rape and domestic violence, Boris Johnson has said.The prime minist [...]
PMQs: Truth-checking the controversy over low rape prosecution ranges
By Actuality Test crewBBC Informationpicture copyrightUK Parliament/Jessica TaylorThe sharp fall in rape prosecutions in England and Wales dominate [...]
PMQs: Johnson and Starmer on falling rape convictions
The Labour chief has requested the prime minister to elucidate why the variety of rape convictions and prosecutions has fallen to a “report low” la [...]
Cuts to not blame for failures in rape prosecutions – Boris Johnson
Labour chief Sir Keir Starmer - who's the previous head of the Crown Prosecution Service - stated: "On the prime minister's watch, rape prosecution [...]
Kind rape convictions or go, Labour tells Buckland
Labour says the justice secretary should resign if he can not reverse low rape convictions in a yr.
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Justice Secretary Robert Buckland 'sorry' for failing rape victims
"We have got to do quite a bit higher," says Robert Buckland, as he units out plans to deal with low conviction charges.
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Why is Biden’s DOJ backing Trump in E. Jean Carroll’s rape denial case?
The Biden administration simply did one thing lots of its supporters would’ve thought unthinkable: It backed the Trump administration in a court [...]
Victims let down by delayed rape overview – Labour
Ministers have signalled a serious examine in to rape and sexual violence might be printed subsequent month.
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PMQs: Starmer and Johnson on rape prosecution figures
Some 98.5% of rape claims don't result in a prosecution, which was a “surprising statistic”, the Labour chief has stated.Sir Keir Starmer, a former [...]