'5 Years On From Sarah Everard's Murder, The Rapists Still Hold The Power'

Writing for HuffPost UK, Katie White called out the lack of progress the UK's seen when it comes to protecting women.

When Sarah Everard was brutally murdered and raped, the UK was devastated. Every woman saw themselves in Sarah; she followed the rules, she trusted the police, she followed the law, and she was punished in the most unimaginable way.

Rallies, marches, and police investigations into how a police officer nicknamed ‘the rapist’ was a serving officer all ensued seemingly like an avalanche of retrospective justice. Police labelled Sarah’s rape and murder as abhorrent, and said that more needed to be done, and they turned their attention to vetting, to address how they had let a rapist into their ranks.

The police’s focus on working hard to paper over the cracks that Wayne Couzen highlighted in the police force completely missed what women and girls across the UK needed – and........

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