From the Guardian:
A major review of how the police handle rape cases has been shelved amid efforts by the government to save money, it was disclosed today.
The £441,000 study by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) had been prompted by a series of high-profile blunders by detectives…
Last year it emerged that John Worboys, a London taxi driver, had been left free to attack hundreds of women because officers did not believe victims’ reports of being assaulted.
Weeks after Worboys was jailed, Kirk Reid was convicted of more than 20 attacks, including two rapes. He had apparently come to the police’s attention 12 times before he was arrested and charged.
The Home Office defends itself thusly:
The Home Office insisted funding for the probe was withdrawn in June because it would merely have “duplicated” other reviews by Lady Stern and Sara Payne.
I don’t know enough to know whether this claim by the Home Office is true. But my level of trust in this government is low, and so I’m sceptical.
Thanks, Mr Jender!
I’m also sceptical. This is terrible.