Study: Why rapists escape justice

THE reasons why Irish rapists are escaping justice is to be detailed this morning with the publication of the most comprehensive study of its kind revealing how victims feel let down by the legal system.

The work has lifted the lid on more than 550 files in the Director of Public Prosecutions and a further 180 cases which went through the Central Criminal Court.

It documented the plight of victims, the reasons they did not pursue cases and where the Garda and the courts system fell down.