Mps' Fear Over Rape Law Move

Sunday SunJune 06, 2010

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NORTH MPs fear a proposed shake-up of the law by the new coalition Government could let rapists walk free. Political Editor WILLIAM GREEN reports.

IT is one of the most despised of crimes, but conviction rates for rape are shockingly low with just 6% of complaints resulting in a conviction.

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Mps' Fear Over Rape Law Move

And that is why a huge political row has erupted over just nine words in a document setting the coalition Government's plans to overhaul a key part of the law on rape.

"We will extend anonymity in rape cases to d...

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