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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Alexandra Topping

Rape victims in England and Wales to be protected from ‘serial liar’ trope in legal shake-up

Statue of Justice on top of the Old Bailey.
David Lammy says the new measures will stop the ‘profound injustice’ of victims being questioned. Photograph: Alamy

Rape victims will no longer be depicted as serial liars in courtrooms in England and Wales as part of the biggest shake-up “in a generation”, the Guardian can reveal.

New measures will stop the “profound injustice” of victims being questioned, sometimes without warning, about past rapes that they have reported to the police, said David Lammy, the justice secretary.

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