Boris Johnson admits justice system and police serve rape victims badly

PM says he will stop at nothing to make sure we get more rapists behind bars' after Sarah Everard case

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Rape victims in Britain are badly served, Boris Johnson has admitted, as he promised to stop at nothing to make sure we get more rapists behind bars" and to overhaul the policing of sexual violence after Sarah Everard's murder.

The prime minister said the rape and murder of Everard by a serving police officer had triggered feelings of huge numbers of people" about the handling of sexual crimes, domestic violence and rape.