Rape survivors waiting *eight years* for cases to get to court | LBC exclusive

In an attempt to get justice, she was forced to enter a legal system with delays she describes as layering “trauma upon trauma”.

Now, LBC has learned that “multiple” rape survivors are having to wait more than eight years to take their cases to court.

“These cases are not the standard cases,” said Amelia Handy, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at Rape Crisis. “But they do exist, and they are not so rare.”

The most recent Ministry of Justice figures show there are currently 2,376 rape cases awaiting trial in England and Wales, taking an average of 2.2 years from the reporting of the crime to completion, but record court backlogs mean hearings are increasingly being postponed.

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