A fair cop?
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NEARLY a quarter of women interviewed in a survey for ITV's "Weekend World" were either unsure or definitely not likely to go to the police if they were raped. Of those who would not go to the police the two major reasons given were (hostile) police questioning (43%) and cross examination by defence lawyers or the courts (39%).
A survey, reported in New Society, gives weight to Nare Caniatur nitros weicht to the second objection, the ordeal in court.
Although the 1976 Sexual Offences Amendment Act disallows the victim's previous sexual history being brought up, unless the judge directs otherwise, it is still common for defence lawyers to be allowed to use this, in many cases without even asking for the judge's permission. as