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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Tara Cobham

‘Police dismissed my sexual assault because I was drunk – I’ve spent 15 years fighting for justice’

Terrified, shocked and traumatised, Nina Cresswell had just managed to flee the grip of the man who she says violently sexually assaulted her when she called police to report what happened.

Shaken after her ordeal, officers arrived at her home, where she expected to be listened to, for evidence to be checked for and taken, and to be assured that the force would do what it could to find her attacker.

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