ChrisMadden published Only one in every 30 rape reports in Surrey leads to conviction

Only one reported rape in every 30 in Surrey resulted in a conviction over a recent 12-month period, according to new figures released by the Crown Prosecution Service.Information compiled by the Rape Monitoring Group showed that from the 559 rapes reported to police in 2015-16, a total of 40 people were subsequently charged.But more than half of these prosecutions for rape were then unsuccessful, with only 19 people ultimately convicted of the crime.The Rape Monitoring Group, which released...

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