Call for urgent victim rights review after sexsomnia rape case
The BBC uncovers 60 cases which the CPS admit wrongly dropping but a defendant cannot be re-tried. …
In all 60 cases, a victim won a review against proceedings being terminated, but this not have the same strength as winning an appeal overturning the decision. In each situation, the case had already been closed by the CPS “offering no evidence”, which means the accused was found officially not guilty – despite never appearing in front of a jury.
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