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On Thursday, five men detained after the attack were charged with gang rape and murder, offences that could carry the death penalty.
Lawyers said they could be charged with an attack on public morals or threatening public order, offences that could carry up to a year in prison.
Current AFP guidelines allow cooperation with foreign law enforcement agencies before someone is charged with offences that could lead to the death penalty, but senior managers must weigh up factors before approving such contact.
There is no strict time limit for those offences that could be tried in the crown court – theft, possession of cannabis and criminal damage where the value of the damage is over £5,000.
Equally, each perpetrator left uninvestigated represents not a single miscarriage of justice, but a longer-lasting danger to others – a potential further sexual offence, or string of offences, that could have been prevented had the first victim been believed.
The NCCP study found that men and boys were most often victims of offences that could be classified as defamation (being described as a criminal, paedophile or rapist, for example) or threats to the person, while offences against women were mostly molestation (posting derogatory remarks or sexual images).
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