Crisis group to ‘beg’ over freezer storage

THE Rape Crisis Network is to write “begging letters” to refrigeration companies in an effort to maintain evidence in cases that may lead to more court actions.

Susan Miner, RCNI services support co-ordinator, said sexual assault treatment units (SATUs) around the country were seeing more clients and there was an increased need to maintain evidence even in cases where the victim may not want to make a report to gardaí.

She said anecdotal evidence was that SATUs had seen an increase in visits in 2010 and again in 2011, although figures for both years have not been finalised.