Posts Tagged ‘rape’

Number of ‘prominent’ paedophile suspects rise

  • February 10th, 2016
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  The following article By Chris Allen is reproduced from Police.Professional.com The number of people of public prominence or in institutions believed to have committed historical child abuse offences has increased substantially in the past nine months, new figures have…

Potential pitfalls in historic abuse cases

  • May 20th, 2015
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In the light of the revelations of the widespread abuse perpetrated by Jimmy Savile and others from that era there has been a huge surge in the number of claims made by the victims of historic sexual abuse. Whilst such…

Being too drunk to remember is not consent in rape case

Being too drunk to remember is not consent in rape case

  • February 13th, 2015
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“It is not a crime to drink,” she has said, “but it is a crime for a rapist to target someone who is no longer capable of consenting to sex though drink.” The above quote comes from Director of Public…