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Watchdog blasts Met over blunders that let sex attacker Kirk Reid roam free Officers ‘who laughed at rape victim’ face new watchdog investigation 14 police could face prosecution over botched sex attack probes Jailed for life: rapist stalker who may have attacked 100 women

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'My daughter has seen her rapist several times... He just grins at her'

26.11.10
Mother takes a stand to raise awareness of poor police handling of rape cases, saying they did nothing to protect her daughter when she was attacked... more

Rape case police 'faked evidence to improve Met's clear-up rate'

10.11.10
EXCLUSIVE: Three Metropolitan Police officers are facing prosecution over allegations that they used fake evidence to halt a rape inquiry... more

Met will boost its sex crime squad as rape reports rocket

15.10.10
Scotland Yard is boosting a specialist sex offences squad in response to a shock rise in rapes reported in London... more

Watchdog blasts Met over blunders that let sex attacker Kirk Reid roam free

28.06.10
Three senior Scotland Yard officers are facing the sack for a catalogue of blunders which allowed a serial sex attacker to roam free... more

Scotland Yard officers face misconduct hearing over handling of rape inquiries

16.06.10
Three Scotland Yard officers could possibly face the sack over the handling of two separate rape inquiries, it was revealed... more

Independent advisers 'should support every rape victim'

15.03.10
Every victim of rape should be offered the support of a specialist adviser to help them keep faith in the criminal justice system, a landmark review recommends... more

Officers ‘who laughed at rape victim’ face new watchdog investigation

20.01.10
Video: Met Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson asks police watchdog to take a second look at its inquiry into black-cab rapist John Worboys... more

Rape convictions in London fall despite rise in reported attacks

15.12.09
Number of rapists convicted in London last year fell by 12 per cent as fewer cases were brought to court... more

Drunk men who force partners to have sex are rapists, says baroness

14.12.09
Drunken men who demand sex from their wives or girlfriends are guilty of rape and should no longer be allowed to use alcohol as an excuse, it was claimed... more

Met launches £1.3m squad to tackle sex attacks

01.12.09
Scotland Yard is launching a unique specialist unit to identify serial sex attackers in London after a series of police failures in rape cases... more

New Police rape unit staffed by untrained detectives

21.10.09
Scotland Yard came under fire for staffing a new unit aimed at catching more rapists with untrained detectives... more

14 police could face prosecution over botched sex attack probes

12.10.09
Fourteen Met police officers face possible prosecution for errors which allowed two serial sex attackers in London to escape detection for years... more

Jailed for life: rapist stalker who may have attacked 100 women

04.06.09
A stalker suspected of attacking nearly 100 women and allowed to roam free by police blunders was jailed for life today with a minimum term of seven and a half years.... more

Victims quizzed in bid to raise rape convictions

14.05.09
Rape victims are to be interviewed by the criminal justice system to find out why so few win justice... more

Two-thirds of CID detectives in Met are not trained detectives

12.05.09
Scotland Yard is short of almost 2,000 trained detectives, it has been revealed... more

Two-thirds of CID detectives in Met are not fully trained

12.05.09
Scotland Yard is short of almost 2,000 trained detectives, it has been revealed... more

Boris ‘betrayal’ as he breaks his promise

21.04.09
Boris Johnson was accused of "betrayal" as it was revealed he has ditched plans for three rape crisis centres... more

Victims of black cab rapist John Worboys in court to see him jailed indefinitely

21.04.09
Black cab rapist John Worboys was jailed indefinitely and told to hand over cash and his taxi to pay his victims for their trauma... more

Checks on rape police after Worboys fiasco

15.04.09
Police forces will face regular assessments of how well they are investigating rape cases following a string of high profile failures... more

Mother of Sally Anne Bowman: Store everyone's DNA on a national database

31.03.09
The mother of murdered London model Sally Anne Bowman called for a DNA database of everyone in Britain to help police catch rapists and other serious criminals... more

Failure to catch rapist Kirk Reid 'a Lawrence moment', says chief

26.03.09
One of Britain's most senior police officers has compared the failures to catch rapist Kirk Reid to the blunders in the investigation into the race murder of Stephen Lawrence... more

‘I could hear footsteps, I started to panic’

26.03.09
Tewnty-six of Kirk Reid’s victims gave evidence in court and their “strength and courage” in helping to secure his conviction were praised by police today... more


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