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SURVIVORS of sexual violence are being retraumatised by the court process, Victim Support warned today.
The charity found in a new report that three-quarters of survivors are subjected to rape myths during cross-examination, such as being asked what they were wearing, if they are lying out of revenge, or if the incident was just bad sex.
Half of cases analysed waited three years or more from the point of reporting to the police to the first court date, and over 47 per cent of cases were adjourned, some up to four times, without explanation.
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