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Attempting to show a pattern of offending is neither new and nor restricted to sexual offence cases, the CPS said.

Parliament agrees, as it has set no time limit on bringing rape and sexual offence cases, as it has for other offences.

"This case has highlighted serious concerns over how the police and the Crown Prosecution Service bring sexual offence cases to court," he said.

Jack Straw, the former Labour home secretary, also suggested the DPP might be more cautious in bringing more high-profile sex offence cases in future.

This is particularly pertinent in sexual offence cases, where survivors may often have been groomed, abused and coerced into believing that nobody would believe them – into feeling isolated or blaming themselves.

As some Tories called for a higher threshold of evidence for sexual offence cases, Labour and a number of charities warned that political pressure on the CPS not to charge high-profile figures sent out a damaging message.

Two days later, we got a notice from the forest department saying we have committed a Forest Offence Case by cutting trees without permission!" says Venkataiah of MSPL.

Magistrates now had far less work and the crown court was heavily burdened by sexual offences cases.

"The minister of justice, Jeff Radebe, recently announced that sexual offences courts would be relaunched to help cut the backlogs of sexual offences cases".

Robert Colover, the barrister, has been suspended by the Crown Prosecution Service from covering sexual offences cases after he told a court earlier this week: "The girl is predatory in all her actions and she is sexually experienced".

The new law will also outline the role public officials and police should play in investigating and prosecuting cases, in addition to criminalising the obstruction of justice, protecting the identity of injured parties and witnesses, and – in a major shift for Somalia's clan-based society – prohibiting the out-of-court settlement of sexual offences cases.