Police failure to tackle violence against women 'infuriating,' UK PM Boris Johnson tells The Times

Published:Dec 7, 202309:47
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Everard, 33, was kidnapped, raped and murdered in March by Wayne Couzens, a British policeman who was sentenced to life in jail with out parole this week.
Her killing sparked an outcry and nationwide reckoning over an epidemic of violence against women and ladies within the United Kingdom, however activists say little has modified within the six months since. In late September, the homicide of one other girl in London, 28-year-old Sabina Nessa, renewed the outcry.

"Are the police taking this issue seriously enough? It's infuriating. I think the public feel that they aren't and they're not wrong," Johnson advised The Times on Saturday.

"There is an issue about how we handle sexual violence, domestic violence, the sensitivity, the diligence, the time, the delay...that's the thing we need to fix," he added.

One girl is killed by a person on common each three days within the UK, in accordance to knowledge from the Femicide Census, a company that tracks violence against women and ladies. The group argues that the federal government's new technique to curb such violence "shamefully ignores" victims of femicide.

The authorities has promised to take motion to tackle violence against women and ladies, however activists and the opposition say the steps it proposed had been insufficient.

Speaking to The Times, Johnson stated that whereas there are tons of of hundreds of "wonderful police officers" within the UK, there are points in the way in which that women are handled by the police and the way complaints by women are dealt with.

"Far, far too many women are basically finding their lives lost to this system, waiting for their complaint to be taken seriously, waiting for their case to be heard, and nothing is happening," Johnson stated.

The Metropolitan Police declined to present a brand new remark in response to Johnson's interview, however directed CNN to an earlier assertion issued Thursday which pressured that current instances of violence against women have introduced into "sharp focus" the police's "urgent duty to do more to protect women and girls."

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Everard isn't the primary girl to be killed by a British policeman. And campaigners worry she will not be the final.

At least 16 women have been killed by serving or retired cops during the last 13 years within the UK, in accordance to the Femicide Census, a gaggle that collects knowledge on women killed by males, and campaigners really feel that tackling gender-based violence isn't a police precedence. And there are tons of of allegations of gender-based violence by cops yearly.

Speaking following the sentencing of Couzens on Thursday, London's Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick stated she was "sickened" by the abuse of energy within the case of Everard's homicide.

"There are no words that can fully express the fury, and overwhelming sadness that we all feel about what happened to Sarah. I am so sorry," she stated.

There have been widespread requires Dick's resignation over what activists name the pressure's failure to tackle the issue, and an announcement by the Metropolitan Police issued on Thursday with recommendations on how to take care of lone cops has been slammed for being tone-deaf.

The recommendation to women approached by lone cops included working "into a house," "waving down a bus" or calling the police on 999 if they don't consider the officer is "who they say they are" after questioning them.

On Friday, Johnson stated he had confidence within the police and stood by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, however famous that "there is a problem" with how instances of rape and violence against women are dealt with.

He additionally stated that the federal government is attempting to "compress" the time between complaints being filed by women and the purpose at which motion is taken, including that he believes the recruitment of extra feminine cops might make "the most fundamental change of all."

CNN's Kara Fox contributed to this report.

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