Charity call for guidelines on how media report rape issues in light of George Hook controversy

The head of a victims’ support charity has called for guidelines on how the media cover the issue of rape.

The head of a victims’ support charity has called for guidelines on how the media cover the issue of rape.

Noeline Blackwell, chief executive of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, called for editors and journalists to collaborate with the organisation after broadcaster George Hook made controversial remarks about a trial in Britain.