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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
National
Alex Seabrook

Avon & Somerset Police chief urged to tackle low prosecution rates for rapes

The new chief constable for Avon and Somerset Police has been urged to tackle low prosecution rates for rapes.

Sarah Crew, who became head of the force last November, was pressed on declining conviction rates for violence against women offences earlier this month.

She said increasingly more women are reporting rapes, and a police operation is working with academics to address the problem.

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