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Archive for June 2011

Jun
30

Finchley Woman

by Jean Calder
Died 20th June 2011
A 60 year-old woman, as yet unidentified, has died by stabbing in Finchley, north London.

The victim was found injured at a house in Rosemary Avenue after police were called to the scene at 11.25pm on Monday 20th June 20, 2011. She was pronounced dead from multiple stab wounds an hour later.

Farrukh Pervez Malik (65) was arrested at the scene and has been charged with murder. It is reported that the house at which the woman died is his home.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact the incident room on 0207 321 9290 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Note: This report was compiled from Murder Maps and London 24.

0 Categories : Deaths in 2011, In Memorium, Murder
Jun
29

Karen Hilditch

by Jean Calder
Died 28th June 2011
Karen Hilditch (29) was found dead in Carrickfergus, County Antrim  on Tuesday 28th June 2011. She came from the Castlemara area of the town. Her body was discovered at a house in Patterson’s Row at around 6pm. A postmortem is due to take place.

A 38-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder, but he has since been released unconditionally.

Mayor Jim McClurg said:  ”I am deeply shocked and my heart goes out and my thoughts go out to the family of the young victim.”

Anyone with information has been asked to contact local detectives.

Note: This report was compiled from reports from BBC News.

0 Categories : Deaths in 2011, In Memorium, Unsolved Homicide
Jun
28

Deborah Langmead & Donna St John

by Jean Calder
Died 22nd August 2010
Deborah Langmead and her best friend, Donna St John, both 35 year old mothers, were stabbed to death in Fortmead Close in Barnstaple in August 2010.

Donna’s estranged husband Neil Langmead (41), a builder, brutally killed the women at the property before setting fire to it. A jury at Exeter Crown Court found him guilty in June 2011. He will serve a minimum of 30 years.

The women were found almost side by side in the blood-soaked kitchen of the burning house. Both had been sexually assaulted and Deborah had been stripped from the waist down and sexually mutilated by Langmead, either as she lay unconscious or after she was dead.

Forensic pathologist, Dr Russell Delaney, told the jury that Deborah Langmead had suffered a genital stab wound which could only have been made if she was unable to fight back. He said: “Had she been conscious and able to resist, I would have expected to have seen significant injuries to external surfaces.” Semen was found on her legs. Dr Delaney said 19 stab wounds to her front and back would have caused death within minutes.

Donna St John was found with 12 stab wounds and her breasts exposed.

The court had heard that Langmead had a long history of domineering behaviour towards his wife and had been unable to accept that she had moved out of the family home and was starting divorce proceedings.

The jury was told that he had been issued with a warning by police for harassment a week before the killings for following his wife and sending her hundreds of text messages. She had been so worried about her estranged husband’s “obsessive” behaviour in the days before she died that she had asked her step father Brian Hooper to fit extra bolts to the front and back doors of her house.

Langmead told the jury that he killed his wife in self-defence after she killed her best friend Donna.  Mr Justice Field, sentencing Langmead, said his defence at the trial had been a “tissue of lies” adding: “Both women were in their 30s, both had young children, both were entirely innocent. Neither did anything at all that could begin to justify what you did to them.”

The couple, who both had two children from previous relationships, began their relationship in 2005, moving in together with their children after three or four months together. However, Deborah left Langmead on several occasions. Her mother, Caroline Hooper, said she described him as a “control freak, obsessed with cleanliness” adding “She felt he was smothering her and she just wanted to breathe.”

After undergoing relationship counselling, they married in April 2009, but their  relationship further deteriorated. Deborah moved out on 19 May 2010 and did not tell her husband where she was living. However, the court was told he found her after following her and members of her family.

On the night of their deaths the two women appear to have bumped into Langmead. It is not clear how and why he was in the house, though Donna was reported to have telephoned her boyfriend in the early hours and have informed him that the Langmeads had sorted things out. She was then heard to say: “What the hell are you doing?” before the line went dead.

Note: This report was compiled from reports from BBC News and the Bearsden Herald.

0 Categories : Deaths in 2010, Domestic killing, In Memorium, Multiple Deaths, Murder, Sex Killing
Jun
18

Siariah Letang

by Jean Calder
Died 18th September 2010
Siariah Letang, a little girl of 19 months, was killed in a fire at her grandmother Brenda Ricketts’ home in Arnould Avenue, Camberwell, London at about 4.30am on 18th September 2010. Petrol was deliberately poured through the letterbox of the maisonette and set alight. Five people were asleep upstairs.

Ellisha Letang (23), her mother Brenda Ricketts (46), and two children aged four and eleven, who were asleep at the time, suffered serious injury but survived. Siariah, Ellisha’s baby daughter, died in hospital from smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning an hour after firefighters pulled the family from the blaze.

In June 2011, a jury at the Old Bailey heard allegations that Richard Kwakye (28) charged with murder, poured petrol through the letterbox and lit it in an act of revenge over the custody of a child and firearms allegations. Kwakye’s brother Dimitri John Lewis (19) is accused of supplying the petrol used for the attack.

According to the London Evening Standard, the Prosector Jonathan Rees QC, described it as “a truly dreadful case”  and said “A severe fire took hold in the hall entrance. Flames and hot gases quickly spread to the internal staircase, preventing escape. Neighbours were woken by terrifying screams and the noise of the fire. They could see smoke billowing from the windows and went out to do what they could.”

The eldest occupant, Brenda Ricketts was screaming that the children were going to die. Mr Rees said: “Somebody shouted to her to open the window and throw the children down but in her panic she could not operate the catch and in a few minutes was overcome by the smoke.”

She had 17 per cent burns to her body and had to have significant surgery.
A boy of four escaped with no burns but suffered smoke inhalation and needed intensive care.

The 11-year-old girl had five per cent burns to her face, scalp and hands, which needed skin grafts. She also suffered from smoke inhalation. Siariah’s mother Ellisha suffered 32 per cent burns to her body and needed extensive surgery, the court heard.

Mr Rees said: “It was Kwakye who started the fire, intending to kill some of the occupants. It was a revenge attack in respect of wrongs he believed had been done to him and his partner by Ellisha and another man.”

The court heard Kwakye was seen near Ellisha Letang’s flat in Thornton Heath, South London, on the night of the fire. She noticed her door had been tampered with and took the children to her mother’s flat in Camberwell.

The jury was shown CCTV footage of Kwakye’s brother Dimitri John-Lewis filling a petrol can, which is alleged to have been the fuel used.

Kwakye and Dimitri John-Lewis have denied murder, two counts of attempted murder and arson.

John-Lewis, the brothers’ mother Josephine Nicolas (46) and Kwakye’s partner Sasha Williamson (29) have denied attempting to pervert the course of justice.

The case continues.

Note: This report was drawn from reports from: BBC News, the London Evening Standard, Murder Maps and the Daily Mirror.

0 Categories : Deaths in 2010, In Memorium, Multiple Deaths
Jun
16

Lucinda Port

by Jean Calder
Died April 2011
Found 26th April 2011
Lucinda Port (29) of Brymay Close, London E3, was found stabbed to death at 06:54am on Tuesday 26 April 2011.

A post-mortem examination took place on Thursday 28th April. It revealed evidence of multiple stabbing.

On 24th April, prior to the discovery of Lucinda’s body, the body of her partner Paul Wright (31) was found hanged from a tree in Weavers Fields, Bethnal Green. This led police back to Lucinda’s flat in Brymay Close on 26th April when she was found dead. Police have confirmed that they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths. The investigation was led by the Homicide and Serious Crime Command under DCI John Sandlin.

Neighbours told local journalists on London 24 that the police had previously been called to their address.

There are reports that the police had been warned that her life was in danger nine days before her body was found.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating the actions of the two Tower Hamlets officers who visited Lucinda on 17th April, after a friend contacted police to express concerns about her welfare.

Reportedly Lucinda had told her friend that Wright was at her home on 17th April, in breach of his bail conditions. This was reported to police but, when officers arrived, he had already left. The IPCC will now investigate what action was then taken by the officers.

A neighbour reported that he had spoken with a close friend of Lucinda’s who said she believed she was killed on Good Friday – four days before her body was discovered.

He said the friend called for Lucinda that morning, but was told by Wright that she had gone back to bed. The friend reportedly received text messages from Lucinda’s phone saying that she had gone away which apparently stopped when Wright’s body was found on Easter Sunday.

A neighbour is reported to have said: “That girl possibly could have been saved. It’s such a waste.”

This report was drawn from reports from: London 24, Murder Maps, the Metropolitan Police and the BBC.

2 Categories : Deaths in 2011, Domestic killing, Homicide / Suicide, In Memorium
Jun
16

Emma Ewart

by Jean Calder
Died late May 2011
The body of Emma Ewart (27), a young mother, who lived in the Courthouse Green area of Coventry, was recovered from the Coventry Canal between Bulkington and Bedworth, north Warwickshire, on 2nd June 2011 after a member of the public alerted the police. Emma was reported to be hooded and bound. She had been missing for nine days.

Mazhar Rashid (42) of Stoney Stanton Road, Coventry is accused of her murder, reported West Midlands Police.

The family of the young mother said in a statement: “Emma was a bubbly friendly young woman, a fantastic mum, sister, daughter, niece and friend and will be greatly missed by all. She will be remembered as a beautiful bright happy girl that brought joy and happiness to others and was a pleasure to be around. We ask at this very difficult time for family and friends to be given time to grieve for our great loss.”

Detective Chief Inspector James Essex from Warwickshire Police said: “This is a tragic situation for the family and I would like to extend my sympathies to them at such a difficult time. We are currently building a picture of Miss Ewart’s last movements, where she went and who she spoke to. We know that she last talked to her mother near to Ikea in Coventry City Centre on May 24 at approximately 2.30pm, but we do need to find out where she went after that. Anyone who saw Miss Ewart between May 24 and June 2 should please contact the investigation team, by calling Warwickshire Police on 01926 415000.”

0 Categories : Deaths in 2011, In Memorium, Murder
Jun
12

Shehla Baig

by Jean Calder
Died 16th November 2010
Shehla Baig (27) was found stabbed to death in a Volkswagen Passat outside her home in Woodfield Road, Crawley, on 16th November 2010.

She bled to death after the femoral artery in her left leg was severed and also suffered stab wounds to her body and head, a post-mortem examination found. Paramedics were unable to save her.

Shehla’s husband Kashif Baig (30) of Woodfield Road, Crawley, appeared at Lewes Crown Court On 10th June 2011 where he pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility, but denied a charge of murder. Baig was remanded in custody. A provisional date for trial was set for 17th October 2011.

The court heard Baig suffers from paranoid schizophrenia.

Shehla, a classroom assistant who hoped to qualify as a teacher, had a degree in computer science and married Baig in 2007.

In a statement issued shortly after her death, her family said she possessed a “cheery personality, wonderful sense of humour and an infectious smile” and had been robbed of life while in her prime.

A report in the Argus newspaper at the time of her death stated that: “the  Woodfield Road address where the woman’s body was found is home to Mirza Mumtaz Baig (51), a landlord said to own other properties in Crawley.”

The report added that the house was shared with his wife and two sons Mirza Afbat (29) and Mirza Kashif and their wives. The Argus reported: “The family, from Pakistan, is Muslim and both of the sons’ marriages were said to be arranged.”

Detective Chief Inspector Nigel Smith, who led the Sussex Police Major Crime Branch enquiry into the murder, said at the time: “This is an intricate investigation and we need to establish the exact circumstances of how this lady died. We now know that the attack took place in the car, while three occupants were travelling in it, which then returned to Woodfield Road, from where the ambulance service was called. We are advised that the nature of her injury would have resulted in her death in a matter of minutes.”

It was reported that at the time of her death Shehla’s husband and father in law were both arrested at the scene.

Note: This report was drawn from reports in the Argus newspaper.

0 Categories : Deaths in 2010, Domestic killing, In Memorium, Murder
Jun
12

Burying Male Violence in Para 26

by Andy Winter
In today’s edition of my local paper, the Brighton Argus, there are three stories that caught my eye: ‘Woman is slashed in the street’, ‘Husband admits stabbing and killing his wife’ and ‘Retirement dream to a murder scene’. Each is an account of an assault or murder. In each the victim is female and the (I have to say “alleged”) perpetrator is male.

There is nothing unusual about this. On the very rare occasions when a man is the victim, the perpetrator is usually male.

This week I have been thinking about a report on BBC Radio 5 Live that focused on a doubling of convictions of women for domestic violence. Some have jumped on this as evidence of male inequality, that men are as likely to be victims as women. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The BBC report was based on figures obtained from the Crown Prosecution Service that showed that almost 4,000 women were successfully prosecuted in the past year, compared with 1,500 women in 2005, a 169% increase.

Sensational stuff, bound to be news-worthy, very much along the lines of ‘Man bites dog’. ‘Dog bites man’ is hardly news nor, so it seems for the BBC, is ‘man assaults woman’. Tucked away at the bottom of the story on the BBC website, paragraph 26 of 26, is the revelation that “men, though, remain by far the main offenders, with the numbers convicted increasing from more than 28,000 in 2005 to just over 55,000 in 2010.”

So, to be clear, there has been an increase of 2,500 in the number of women being convicted – headline news and worthy of a phone-in on the BBC’s premier radio news channel and syndicated to local papers throughout the country. Yet an increase of 27,000 – more than ten times greater – in the number of men being convicted, is worth merely a passing mention in paragraph 26.

Yes, all domestic violence is wrong, but the overwhelming majority of the victims are women, the overwhelming majority of homicide victims are women, and the overwhelming majority of perpetrators are men. People reading the websites of those men’s organisations highlighting so-called ‘discrimination’ against men should be aware of their misogyny and deeply sceptical of their aims. And as for the BBC and other media, some empathy would not go amiss for those groups that are least likely to be perpetrators and most likely to be victims – women and girls.

0 Categories : Guest Contributions, Media Coverage, Opinion
Jun
10

Linda Allen

by Jean Calder
Died 9th June 2011
Linda Allen (64) was found dead in her home in Nyetimber Lane, West Chiltington, near Storrington on 9th June 2011. She was found by police in an upstairs bedroom lying in a pool of blood.

A man, named locally as Bill Allen (66), her husband, was arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife. He remains in hospital with stab wounds to his legs. He was found by officers in his six-bedroom home after he called police at about 2.40pm on 9th June.

The cause of death is still to be established and a post mortem is due to be carried out.

Detective Chief Inspector Trevor Bowles from the Sussex Police’s Major Crime Branch who is leading the investigation said: “”We are not looking for anyone else in connection with this tragic incident.”

Neighbours said the road was closed for several hours as two ambulances, the police helicopter, and several police cars arrived in the street.

Neighbours described the couple as “really quiet and unassuming” and said that they had only lived in the street a “matter of weeks” and were barely seen leaving their home.

One of the neighbours commented that another murder had happened in the area a few years ago. Jamie Goossens said a man “murdered his wife about 100 yards from here.” In December 2007 Roger Goswell stabbed and bludgeoned his wife Susan to death. Police found her slumped on the lounge floor of their house with multiple stab wounds. Police said Goswell (66), who had a history of mental illness, had not been able to cope with the revelation that his wife had not been a virgin when they met. Police came to the conclusion that he murdered his wife and then killed himself by driving his car into a tree near their home in Silverwood, West Chiltington.

Note: This report was based upon a report in the Argus newspaper, but was altered to focus upon the death of Linda Allen rather than the injury to and arrest of Bill Allen.

1 Categories : Deaths in 2011, Domestic killing, In Memorium
Jun
9

Angelika Dries-Jenkins

by Jean Calder
Died Early June 2011
Angelika Dries-Jenkins (66) was found dead on 3rd June 2011 at her house in the Providence Hill area of Narberth in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Police have said that she may have been killed at any time in the previous week.

On 7th June Dyfed-Powys Police confirmed that they had arrested a 54-year-old local man on suspicion of murder in connection with the death.

A statement from Dyfed-Powys Police said: “Following a post-mortem examination conducted by a Home Office pathologist we can confirm that Angelika had sustained substantial head injuries.” They added “There does not appear to have been a sexual motive.” It has been reported that she was battered with a kitchen implement.

In a statement, her family described her as having “tremendous heart, spirit and fun”. They said: “Our mother was a quiet woman who led, as she herself said, a quiet life.

“She cherished her family and friends and where she loved, she loved deeply and with tremendous heart, spirit and fun. Over the last two years she fought against and overcame serious illness. She wanted to live. The violent nature of our mother’s death is in all too horrible a contrast with the way in which she lived her life. Quietly and gently.”

It is reported that Angelika’s body was found by her daughter who had planned a surprise visit ahead of her mother’s 67th birthday on 5th June.

Denise Davies, an employee at the Costcutter store where Angelika Dries-Jenkins regularly shopped said: “Her daughter no longer lives in the area but apparently travelled home on Friday to surprise her mother. From what we have heard she had been laying there dead for days and might not have been found for much longer if her daughter had not visited.” She added: “She had been quite ill recently but had got over that and recovered fully, she was back to her pleasant and polite self when this happened.”

Police have been reviewing forensic evidence taken both from Angelika’s home and from her car. The champagne-coloured Skoda Fabia, registration number GP05 LNY, was found abandoned just over 12 miles away at St Thomas Green, Haverfordwest, on Saturday 4th June. It had been taken from her home more than a week earlier and had reportedly been seen being driven in the area.

Det Supt Pam Kelly appealed to anyone with information about suspicious incidents or people in the area in the week up to Friday 3rd June to come forward.

Note: This report was drawn from reports from the BBC and Wales Online.

0 Categories : Deaths in 2011, In Memorium, Murder
Jun
6

Christine and Shania Chambers

by Jean Calder
Died 6th June 2011
Christine Chambers (34) and her daughter Shania (2) were shot dead on 6th June 2011 at their home in Bartram Avenue, Braintree, Essex.

The alarm was raised by the woman’s young daughter, Chelsea (variously reported to be 8 or 10) who escaped by jumping from a first floor window at the start of the incident and ran to her father’s house nearby.

Emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 3am and police officers shouted through the letterbox as they tried to persuade the gunman to give himself up.  At about 5.45am, neighbours said, two shots rang out and police stormed into the house.

An Essex Police spokeswoman said that David Oakes (50), reported to be the woman’s former partner and the father of Shania, was being kept under police guard in Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford while a double murder inquiry was opened. Nobody else is being sought.

Christine Chambers also had two sons, Guy Flitt (11) and Levi Bright (16). She had been due to attend a family court in Chelmsford for a custody hearing on the day she died.

Ian Flitt (50) Chelsea’s father, alerted police after being woken at his nearby home by his distraught daughter. Mr Flitt said: “She started screaming ‘he is there at the house with a gun, he has put it into Chrissie’s mouth’ .” Mr Flitt added that Mr Oakes had also forced the gun into Chelsea’s mouth and placed it into his own. “He would have shot [Chelsea] too if he could. He put the gun in his mouth and was saying ‘shoot me’ .”

Christine Chambers urged Chelsea to escape. “She said to her, ‘run, save yourself’, and that is what she did,” said Mr Flitt.

An ambulance spokesperson said: “East of England ambulance service crews were called at 3.16am to an address in Braintree to reports of serious injuries following a shooting incident. Sadly a woman and a child were found deceased on scene. A man was taken to hospital with injuries.” His gunshot injuries were not life-threatening.

A neighbour said: “I was woken up about 5am by the sound of dogs barking. There were loads of armed police outside. They had handguns and big rifles pointing at the front and back of the house. I heard the police shout that they might have to shoot. At about 5.45am the police went into the house, later I saw someone come out on a hospital bed.”

A friend who spoke to the Times described Christine as “a good mum”.  A neighbour Karen Ballisat told the BBC that Christine was “lovely, always laughing, a lovely lady”, while Shania was “a very happy, bubbly little girl”.

According to the BBC and the Times neighbours expressed concerns that police could have prevented the deaths. One reportedly shouted at police: “You knew this was going to happen.”

A neighbour who declined to be named, said: “She had called the police before on several occasions and there had been a lot of problems in the past…. We knew she was worried about what might happen to her and it seemed she was living in fear.”

Donna Garrod (20), also a neighbour, told the Times newspaper “Dave was really intimidating,” adding “He had threatened to kill Shania. It was a few weeks ago and they had rowed and he warned Chrissie that he was ready to hurt their daughter.” Ms Garrod said that the couple had been in a relationship for about six years but had split up a number of times — most recently about seven weeks ago. “If she tried to finish it he would get emotional and violent,” said Ms Garrod. “They had been rowing for months. Dave had started knocking her around in front of the children. He got Chrissie by the back of her hair and dragged her from the neighbour’s house. He brought her into the street and was screaming ‘Tell me you love me,’ in front of the children. After that she had to go to the hairdressers to have her hair cut short [because] he left her with bald patches.”

Oakes is believed to have moved to a caravan in Southminster, Essex, after the couple’s most recent split. Ms Garrod said that Christine had obtained a court order preventing her former partner from coming within 100 yards of her or their daughter.

Police have started an inquiry into the handling of the complaints. Gary Beautridge, assistant chief constable of Essex Police, said that the force was aware of a “number of incidents” during “two years of contact”, adding: “It’s too early to say things were done in the wrong way.”

Ms Chambers is thought to have given police more than 100 threatening or abusive text messages from Mr Oakes. Mr Flitt said officers had had “warning after warning” about what could happen.

Gary Beautridge told a press conference that a shotgun had been recovered from the scene. He said a post-mortem examination on Ms Chambers and her daughter would take place later to determine how they died. He confirmed they were found dead by police who had been called to the scene at about 03.00 am. He did not deny reports that armed officers did not enter the house for almost two hours.

Mr Beautridge paid tribute to the “absolute bravery” of Ms Chamber’s older daughter, who escaped out of a back window.

He acknowledged there had been two years of contact between the police, the family and Oakes.

Mr Beautridge added there would now be a “full and fundamental review into the circumstances surrounding this contact”.

Given that there had been previous contact over a two year period and serious injuries had already been reported, it is unclear to FOD why it took two hours for police officers to storm the premises. Police refused to say if Ms Chambers and her daughter were alive while armed officers waited outside.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission is expected to open an inquiry into Essex Police’s response.

Note: This report was compiled from information reported by the BBC and in the Times newspaper.

0 Categories : Deaths in 2011, Domestic killing, In Memorium, Multiple Deaths
Jun
4

Slutwalk in Cardiff

by Jean Calder
About 250 people took part in a “SlutWalk” in Cardiff, to support victims of sexual assault. The slutwalk protests began in Canada in April after a Toronto police officer said women should avoid wearing provocative clothing in order to avoid rape.

FOD wishes these walks were called something else, but understands the organisers’ point that it has brought them a huge amount of publicity which they would not otherwise have had. FOD supports the principle that: ”However we dress/Wherever we go/Yes means yes/And no means no.”

It was good to see so many young women, a new generation of activists, chanting that rhyme and marching for the safety of all our daughters.

It was disappointing to see one young woman, interviewed formally in a TV newsroom, attack the marchers, suggesting – contrary to all known facts – that conviction rates for rape are high and that “nobody” really uses women’s dress against them in rape cases. She suggested that the marchers were creating a problem where none existed and said that the real issue for women should be to address the difficulty of working and having children. I was reminded of arguments I had years ago with members of some far left groupings, who fiercely attacked feminist campaigns, but always did so from a supposedly ‘progressive’ position.

The young woman’s argument was astonishing, given that, for many years, employment rights for women have been a primary focus of the Fawcett Society’s campaigning – and that of feminists in mainstream political parties, who have at times seemed obsessed with access to child care, often to the detriment of work to challenge sexism and the violence to which it gives rise.

I wondered, not for the first time, how the media chooses its ‘spokespeople’, especially in respect of women’s rights.

Women Against Rape campaigns against sexual violence. It reports that:

  • The conviction rate for recorded rape is only 5.7%
  • Despite the introduction of legal changes, specialist units and further training, many of those paid to enforce the law on rape are not doing this job. The police often do not collect all the evidence or lose or misinterpret it.
  • The Crown Prosecution Service routinely turn down strong cases and often prosecute rape incompetently and negligently
  • Judges exercise their own sexism, racism and other prejudice, allowing victims to be put on trial in court (including through the illegal use of their sexual history), misdirecting juries and reinforcing prejudices they may bring
  • Incompetent professionals, who would be disciplined or even sacked in other professions, are not dismissed and rarely disciplined in any way.

Please see the WAR website.

EAVES campaigns against violence against women. It reports that:

  • Around one in four women experience some form of sexual violence in their lifetime
  • Police recorded 53,540 sexual offences against adults and children in 2007/08 (including 11,648 reports of rape of a female and 41,892 other sexual offences (for example sexual assault, trafficking, grooming)
  • It is estimated that only 10%-25% of sexual offences are reported to police and that the numbers of women experiencing violence are probably much higher.
  • If a case is taken to court there is a 34% chance that it will result in conviction
  • Only 6% of rape cases result in conviction (as above it is in fact 5.7%)

Please see EAVES website.

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