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THE Director of Public Prosecutions has said an increasing number of suspected rape cases were “unprosecutable” because complainants were intoxicated at the time of the assault and can’t remember much of what happened.

RAPE victims have been urged to co-operate with a major study which is attempting to discover why so few assaults are reported to the gardaí.

Rape victims were urged today to co-operate with a major study which is attempting to discover why so few assaults are reported to the Gardaí.

A PERSON accused of rape is less likely to be convicted if they genuinely believed the victim consented. Conor Hanley, a lecturer in criminal law, has called for a change in the law which may let some rapists off the hook.