Rape case referrals to CPS reach five-year low

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24692104

Budget cuts blamed,but could it be the evidence of false accusers was getting too ridiculous to believe?

I'm glad you spotted that Pattaya - and allegations were hugely more; my hope is that, as 80% of police are decent people, they are starting to balk at simply pursuing accusations when they are clearly either lies or mistakes or a desire for cash or revenge or exaggerations.

Or am I being too optimistic?

Pattaya wrote:
Rape case referrals to CPS reach five-year low

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24692104

Budget cuts blamed,but could it be the evidence of false accusers was getting too ridiculous to believe?

They never seem able to see it as a good thing do they? If they had good reason to refer them to the CPS would they not have done so?

This is the reality; hundreds if not thousands of false, exaggerated, malicious, greedy or simply mistaken claims - and probably millions against dead people.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2477790...friends-partner.html

why would people stop reporting a crime because of "budget cuts" ?

makes no sense.

Ah Hedda - that is the point; reports and claims of rape and sex crimes have exploded; many more than ever; it's the prosecutions that have dropped, either due to "budget cuts" (i.e no money to send Plod round to Beryl who has been raped again, for the fifteenth time, by a gorgeous young man with biceps) or because a few police have realised these complainants are loonies and telling porkies, either unintentionally or for the many other reasons (especially if the perpetrator is dead).