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An empty apology from the CPS? That’s no justice for rape victims

By asking for a not guilty verdict instead of a trial, the Crown Prosecution Service allows guilty defendants to walk free, says former solicitor general Vera Baird

The Guardian - UK

Crime victims in UK fight ‘devastating’ practice that stops appeal after a case is dropped

Senior law officers urged to intervene over potential wrongful acquittals when Crown Prosecution Service offers no evidence

The Guardian - UK

Violence against women and girls should get swift justice too, says ex-victims commissioner

Vera Baird says fast-tracking rape and sexual assault cases could have ‘significant deterrent’

The Independent UK

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Women treated like meat and subjected to unjustified strip searches in police custody, damning report finds

‘The only reason they did what they did was to degrade me ... If I was a man, I don’t think they would’ve done it,’ one woman tells inquiry into Greater Manchester Police

The Independent UK

Nursing watchdog failing to investigate thousands of complaints amid concerns rogue staff going unchecked

Exclusive: Former Victims’ Commissioner Dame Vera Baird KC says ‘enormous’ backlog is ‘worryingly high’ and called for urgent action

The Independent UK

UK’s ‘broken’ criminal justice system is in ‘chaos’, former victims’ tsar warns

Exclusive: Dame Vera Baird accuses ministers of seeking to avoid criticim of ‘poor’ policies by failing to appoint new victims commissioner

The Independent UK

‘Heartless’ government fails to fill two key human rights watchdog roles

Campaigners say rape and trafficking victims have been betrayed by the Tories’ failure to appoint commissioners to defend them

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Inquiry to examine women’s treatment in Greater Manchester Police custody - OLD

The inquiry led by former victims’ commissioner Dame Vera Baird will focus on the use of strip searches and intimate checks.

The Independent UK

Home Office treatment of children 'a gift to traffickers' as experts slam 'casual racism'

Former independent commissioners Dame Sara Thornton and Dame Vera Baird accuse the government of victim blaming amid reports of hundreds of children disappearing from hotels housing asylum seekers

Daily Mirror

Lancashire Police to conduct 'internal review' into Nicola Bulley investigation

The force is under fire after sharing details of the missing mother-of-two's struggles with alcohol and the menopause

Wales Online

Nicola Bulley - latest: Father hopes for ‘breakthrough’ three weeks after dog walker’s disappearance

Mum-of-two was battling side effects caused by peri menopause

The Independent UK

‘This wouldn’t happen if it was Nicholas’: Nicola Bulley police condemned for ‘sexist error’

Police said Nicola Bulley was suffering with menopause and alcohol related stressors

The Independent UK

Nicola Bulley latest: Police ‘made sexist error when giving details about missing mum's struggles’

Lancashire Police has been criticised over its handling of the case of missing Nicola Bulley

Irish Mirror

Police searching for Nicola Bulley made 'sexist' error says former Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird

Dame Vera Baird - who was Northumbria's elected Police and Crime Commissioner for seven years - said the team investigating Nicola Bulley's disappearance had made a "sexist error".

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Wales Online

Police may have broken law by releasing Nicola Bulley's private information

The Information Commissioner has asked the force to justify their actions

The Independent UK

Nicola Bulley police ‘made sexist error’ on release of personal struggles

Police said Nicola Bulley was suffering with menopause and alcohol related stressors

The Independent UK

Police ‘made sexist error when giving details about Nicola Bulley’s struggles’

Dame Vera Baird said she believed Lancashire Constabulary had made a ‘dreadful error’ in disclosing the missing mother-of-two’s vulnerabilities.

The Guardian - UK

Police release of Nicola Bulley’s personal details ‘as sexist as it comes’

Former victims’ commissioner Vera Baird says revelations risk hampering future missing person cases

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Wales Online

Nicola Bulley police blasted as 'sexist' for 'dreadful error' in releasing personal information

Concerns now raised over people making complaints in future

The Guardian - UK

Ex-victims’ commissioner hits out at ‘evil’ in Met amid David Carrick fallout

Vera Baird questions police force’s commitment to culture change after elite officer revealed as serial rapist

The Guardian - UK

Dominic Raab blocked victims’ commissioner’s reappointment

Exclusive: campaigners criticise failure to fill role after Dame Vera Baird’s departure

Daily Mirror

CPS failed hundreds of crime victims wrongly told offender could not be charged

Families only got justice by using the Victims’ Right to Review Scheme, allowing a second opinion. Ex-Victims Commissioner Vera Baird called our findings 'shocking'

The Independent UK

Government ‘totally misguided in attacks on rights of slavery victims’

Plans for legal reforms could reduce protections for victims, campaigners warned.

Daily Mirror

Victims Commissioner resigns in furious blast at 'justice system in chaos'

In a scathing letter to Justice Secretary Brandon Lewis, Dame Vera Baird lashed out at a lack of action on the backlog of cases in courts

The Independent UK

Police threatened with fines for unlawfully seizing rape victims’ personal information

Intrusive requests are ‘traumatising’ victims and causing them to drop out of prosecutions, watchdog says

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