Nigel Evans

Rape suspects need anonymity

There’s no way to live down a rape allegation, true or not.It’s time suspects were granted anonymity

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issue 17 May 2014

As I came into Parliament last Thursday, I swung by the newspaper stand  to take a brief look at the headlines. ‘Oxford Union president, 21, arrested on suspicion of rape and attempted rape,’ said one. My heart sank. A photo of the beaming Oxford Union president, Ben Sullivan, dominated the front page in his swanky dinner jacket.

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