'There's a whole generation of women that have no faith in the justice system.'
Crown Courts are to be upgraded with better technology while staff will receive specialist training to help with rape trials, the government says.
One victim, who may have to wait five years for her trial, said a generation of women "have no faith" in the system.suggested serious sexual offences were taking the longest time on record to go through Crown Courts.Ella - not her real name - is the living reality behind those statistics. In 2018, she reported to police that she had been raped. Initially police closed the investigation. But after she complained and demanded a review, suspects were charged last year.
One room in each crown court will be upgraded with the technology needed for rape trials - such as the means to show witness cross-examinations that have been pre-recorded. "They will be dedicated in prioritising those rape cases," he told the BBC, while visiting a rape crisis centre in Sheffield. "We're specifically targeting areas where there are high volumes of rape and other sexual violence cases coming through, and they need those dedicated courtrooms or otherwise the backlog will grow."rape victims were waiting an average of 706 days from reporting an offence to the case reaching court.
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