the police of course but what a rare incredible

How many rapes end up in court?

Does rape give you a criminal advantage?

Is it rare for a woman to be killed by a man?

Is Sarah Everard rare?

See more

About this website

Why isn’t Sabina Nessa getting the attention Sarah Everard did?

Like many people I first heard of Nessa’s death through social media. I went to various news sites, looking for more information on her case, expecting her story to be all over the news.

Inside the tragic and brutal cases of 14 other women who - like Sarah ...

THESE are the faces of the 15 women killed by policemen since 2009. Ex copper Alice Vinten, 39, from Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, spent 11 years with the Met Police and says the force can attract viole…

We Must Stop Comparing Sabina Nessa’s Murder With Sarah Everard’s

This week reports emerged that Sabina Nessa, a 28-year-old primary school teacher, is thought to have been murdered on her way home in south London on Saturday.

Sarah Everard died from compression of the neck, say police

Sarah Everard, whose body was found in woodland in Kent a week after she went missing, died from compression of the neck, a postmortem has found.

How many rapes end up in court?

Only one in 25 reported rapes ends up in court. A tiny minority end up with a rapist behind bars. Most, but not all, of the men who kill women are given lengthy jail sentences, the majority for murder and around 20% for manslaughter. Others kill themselves at the time they kill or just after.

Does rape give you a criminal advantage?

A living victim of rape or physical assault with first-hand evidence of the attack has little chance of securing an investigation let alone a conviction: only in death does a woman gain a criminal justice advantage.

Is it rare for a woman to be killed by a man?

Yes, a woman is more likely to be killed by someone she knows – every three days in the UK by a man and every four days by a partner or former partner – but following the killing of Sarah Everard, we are being fed a narrative by Metropolitan Police chief Cressida Dick that it is “incredibly rare for a woman to be abducted from our streets”.

Is Sarah Everard rare?

Cases like Sarah Everard's are not 'incredibly rare' and the police must admit it. Cressida Dick’s statement minimised the risk women face from men – and fits with years of police and government failure to treat the issue seriously. People mourn at the Sarah Everard memorial site on Clapham Common.

How many rapes end up in court?

Only one in 25 reported rapes ends up in court. A tiny minority end up with a rapist behind bars. Most, but not all, of the men who kill women are given lengthy jail sentences, the majority for murder and around 20% for manslaughter. Others kill themselves at the time they kill or just after.

Does rape give you a criminal advantage?

A living victim of rape or physical assault with first-hand evidence of the attack has little chance of securing an investigation let alone a conviction: only in death does a woman gain a criminal justice advantage.

Is it rare for a woman to be killed by a man?

Yes, a woman is more likely to be killed by someone she knows – every three days in the UK by a man and every four days by a partner or former partner – but following the killing of Sarah Everard, we are being fed a narrative by Metropolitan Police chief Cressida Dick that it is “incredibly rare for a woman to be abducted from our streets”.

Is Sarah Everard rare?

Cases like Sarah Everard's are not 'incredibly rare' and the police must admit it. Cressida Dick’s statement minimised the risk women face from men – and fits with years of police and government failure to treat the issue seriously. People mourn at the Sarah Everard memorial site on Clapham Common.