Our opposition to the Law Commissions proposals on consent in rape law outlined in the New Law Journal, June 1997.
Rape in marriage
In the media: Andy Baker comments on police practise.
In the media: investigating officer comments on rape in marriage and police practise and we reply back Inspector Andy Baker strives to make the case that the Met supports victim of rape and tries to refute comments concerning police practise.
In the media: Women judge the courts
New Law Journal: We demand more protection for wives Women against Rape delighted about the Appeal Court ruling however, they emphasise that the fundamental issue is consent.
In the media: Brilliant, says wife
In the media: Brilliant, says wife as rapist husband gets five years The first husband in England to be found guilty of raping his wife was jailed, as reported in the Daily Mail in March 1991.
In the media: Wives win the right to say no
Historic ruling as judges say husbands can be guilty of rape The centuries old English legal principle that a man cannot be guilty of raping his wife was finally swept aside in the Court of Appeal, as reported in the Evening Standard, March 1991.
In the media: The rapist who pays the rent
In the media: The Rapist who pays the rent Women Against Rape react to the Law Commission’s recommendation that rape in marriage should be criminalised. New Law Journal outlines the story in November, 1990.
In the media: Judge breaks new ground in law on marital rape
In the media: Legal history was made as a man was jailed for attempting to raping his wife This case breaks new ground in the law of rape – as reported in The Independent, July 1990.
Book launch: The Rapist Who Pays The Rent – women’s case for changing the law on rape
Book launch: The Rapist Who Pays The Rent – women’s case for changing the Law on Rape. This is the handbook of the movement to make rape in marriage a crime. It also describes how rape outside marriage is dealt with by police and courts, who often support and even encourage the rapist, whether he’s …
Parliament considers: Rape in Marriage. A Public Meeting
Parliament considers Rape in Marriage, WAR public meeting “Most people agree that marriage should be an equal relationship. How can there be equality when one partner is legally entitled to rape the other? Instead the law says that in marriage, the man is the boss and the women is his property.”
Press Release: John Tilley MP presents in parliament regarding rape in marriage.
Press release: John Tilley MP presents a 10 Minute Rule Bill on rape in marriage. The first parliamentary bill in response to the growing movement against rape in marriage in Britain.