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MP chairing an inquiry on women in the armed forces says she has heard ‘some terrible stories’ from veterans and women currently serving (Getty)
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odging danger is to be expected during a career in the armed forces. Less known, however, is the threats faced by female soldiers from within their own ranks.
From the time she knocked out a male colleague who followed her to her room, to the time fellow soldiers kicked down her door in the middle of the night, Lieutenant Colonel Diane Allen says she narrowly dodged danger on more occasion than one.
CAMPAIGNERS are demanding that Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick address shocking reports that hundreds of officers accused of sexual assault have been spared disciplinary action.
Only one in every 18 Met officers accused of sexual offences is subject to formal action, according to an investigation by the Independent.
Forty-three officers out of 562 accused of sexual assault between 2012 and June 2 2018 subsequently faced proceedings. Of those, 31 had formal action taken against them. The remaining 12 received only informal “management action” notices, while 85 cases are still pending.
The accusations came from 313 members of the public and 249 fellow police officers.
The figures, obtained through freedom of information requests, also suggest that the number of police accused of sexual assault is increasing, jumping 65 per cent between 2012 and 2017.
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Case over alleged CPS change in rape prosecution policy rejected
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March 16, 2021
LONDON: A legal challenge against the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) over an alleged change in policy on prosecuting alleged rapes and other serious sexual offences has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal.
The End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) argued the CPS moved away from a “merits-based approach” to deciding which cases of alleged rape and other serious sexual assault should be prosecuted, which it said has given rise to “systemic illegality”.
The group claimed that, between 2016 and 2018, prosecutors became more risk-averse and shifted towards an “unlawful predictive approach when deciding whether to charge” alleged sexual offences. Their lawyers said this unlawful approach has led to a “shocking and unprecedented decline in both the rate and volume of rape offences charged by the CPS”.