Sir Mark Rowley has urged women who believe they have been raped or sexually assaulted, either by Russell Brand or anyone else, to come forward.

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Sir Mark Rowley has urged women who believe they have been raped or sexually assaulted, either by Russell Brand or anyone else, to come forward. He says they can do so with confidence, knowing they will be treated with respect and their cases investigated.

I’m afraid I don’t believe him. Not comprehensively, anyway.

There are, of course, some brilliant officers in the Met and in other police forces. I know because I was treated very well by Met officers when my own stalking case was investigated over three years. This is not about berating individual police officers. It is about a system that we already know does not always support or respect women who come........

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