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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

Failure to prosecute rapists is letting dangerous perpetrators go free, watchdog warns

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Failures to prosecute alleged rapists are letting dangerous perpetrators go free, a watchdog has warned.

A joint probe by the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) inspectorates found that victims were being “continually and systematically failed” after the prosecution rate fell to just 1.3 per cent of recorded rapes in England and Wales.

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