Moggy wrote:rinks wrote:jawa_ wrote:rinks wrote:jawa_ wrote:rinks wrote:Also a bit depressing that it’s the media investigating it while the police apparently do strawberry float all.
I'm just catching up on this story - have the details from the newspaper/TV investigation been passed on to the police, then?
I don’t know. If not, I expect they will be. But the damning fact is that the police weren’t the first to investigate it, either because they’re bloody useless, or because the allegations weren’t reported to them (because they’re bloody useless).
I'm trying to read what I can about the allegations but it appears - only from what I've seen so far - that the people involved had not notified the police.
I'm not, of course, "victim blaming" here; the allegations sound truly shocking and I hope they are quickly investigated. However, I'm not gonna "police blame" either - unless evidence to the contrary is shared, of course.
But that’s what I’m saying. If something like this happens and the victims are more willing to talk to the press than the police, it’s a messed up situation.
Some of the allegations are of crimes that took place in America as well. It's a very fair question to ask why women in the UK and US feel like they can't report things to the police.
Some of the reasons will be personal of course and not necessarily anything against the police. It can take years before victims feel comfortable in sharing their stories and look for justice.
Even cases with multiple accusers corroborating a pattern of behaviour often don't end with a guilty verdict, with victims routinely dragged through the mud or accused of looking for money because they didn't immediately report a crime to the police. I imagine it's a problem right across the world though, not just the US and UK.