Police let 45 men who admitted rape walk away with a caution
7 years, 10 months ago

Police let 45 men who admitted rape walk away with a caution

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Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Police reportedly let 45 men to walk away with a caution after they admitted to rape. In the last five years, police forces in England and Wales cautioned 45 adults for rape and 1,585 for sexual assault, The Mirror reports. Theresa May says rape clause forcing victims to prove they were attacked is about 'fairness' Anyone over 10 can be given a caution, but offenders must admit to the offence to be given the reprimand. Thames Valley Police, which issued cautions to nine men for rape, told the paper rape cautions are given to adults in some historic cases and where it is not in the best interests of the victim for the case to go to court.

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Man jailed for attacking woman abused others as police ‘failed to heed rape threats’
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Only 6% of all crimes result in charge, as rape prosecutions hit record low
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Rape ‘decriminalised’ as only 1.4% of reported attacks prosecuted in England and Wales
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Men are 230 times more likely to be raped than wrongly called a rapist
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Metropolitan Police let hundreds of officers accused of sex attacks escape sanction, figures reveal
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Woman who reported rape to police arrested over her immigration status
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Rapists among hundreds of sex offenders let off with a caution in London
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More people being prosecuted for sexual offences than ever before in England and Wales, CPS reveals
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Man 'raped 81-year-old pensioner after following her off the bus'
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Alleged rape victims 'being quizzed about sexual history' in court
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NYPD captain says he is 'not too worried' about rape increase as only rapes by strangers are 'the troubling ones'
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9 years, 10 months ago

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Peer calls for radical steps to reduce rapes
15 years, 4 months ago

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Rapists escape justice 'because of police attitudes to women'
18 years, 1 month ago

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