The record rape trial backlog risks undermining police efforts to bring more offenders to justice, London’s Victims’ Commissioner warned on Tuesday, after figures showed nearly 10,000 sex attack suspects are waiting to go before a jury.
Claire Waxman said although the Met still has an “enormous” amount to do to improve its success in tackling rapists, the force had been making progress by focusing more on suspects and improving the way it treats some rape survivors.
