Author: justicejourneysonline

Emma was repeatedly raped as a child by a family member, between the ages of 10 and 14. She made the difficult decision to report to the police when she was 43 years old. Her case failed to progress due to corroboration requirements. She is now one of the co-founders of Speak Out Survivors, a campaign group determined to raise awareness of the specificities of justice, and to press for the removal of outdated legal requirements of corroboration.

Blurb I was assaulted in April, 2017, in my own home. I reported it to the police 4 days later. By the time my case went to court it was 666 days from the assault. How are you meant to go to court and remember every single bit of detail 666 days later? On the second day… Continue reading xJean →

Blurb Initially it was all absolutely fantastic.  The specially trained police officers couldn’t have been more sympathetic or understanding.  The whole team were absolutely fantastic at getting the story out and getting the reports done and talking to everybody.  They had a lot of patience, they were kind. That was the best part of it.  We felt supported and… Continue reading xMairi →

Blurb As soon as you phone the police, that's your journey beginning.  After I was raped… it was my party, and it was a sort of friend of ours who'd… I'd been put to bed and it was one of the other men that were in the house that came in checking on me, but obviously… Continue reading xSamantha →

Blurb In March 2017 I emailed a police station local to where the abuse had happened when I was a child. Within a couple of days two local police officers came out to my home. I had agreed that it was okay that they were male. What I didn’t realise was how long they would… Continue reading xSuzy →

Emma was repeatedly raped as a child by a family member, between the ages of 10 and 14. She made the difficult decision to report to the police when she was 43 years old. Her case failed to progress due to corroboration requirements. She is now one of the co-founders of Speak Out Survivors, a… Continue reading xEmma →

Eve was attacked in her own home by a neighbour. It was reported immediately to the police by witnesses who saw her flee from her home as her attacked chased after her into the street. She endured a gruelling police investigation, as well as uncertainty as to what measures would support her through the court… Continue reading xEve →