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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Martin Bentham

Just one in ten voyeurism and indecent exposure reports in London resulted in charge, Met Police admit

Only one in ten reports of indecent exposure or voyeurism in London ended with a prosecution last year despite evidence that the killer of Sarah Everard could have been stopped if previous flashing crimes had been tackled, MPs were told on Wednesday.

Met Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe admitted the charge rate of 10.9 per cent for the 1,566 indecent exposure or voyeurism crimes recorded by her force was not high enough.

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