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FOLLOWING the furore over the alleged “rape culture” in schools and universities on the website Everyone's Invited we should remind ourselves of the danger of a culture where guilt is assumed without any need for proof. Indeed, as I write, stories are already being reported of boys wearing the uniform from schools that have been named being targeted in the streets and branded as rapists. After the disastrous Carl Beech case, where he falsely alleged the existence of a murderous paedophile gang in parliament, a police inquiry was set up that concluded officers should not assume someo...

Schoolboys risk 'unfair judgment' in rape culture row Lord David Blunkett, former home secretary, says police should not "pronounce guilt without evidence" when it comes to the school rape cultu 5 April 2021 • 5:00am David Blunkett said the view that there was a "rape culture" in many British schools and colleges was "shocking" Credit: PA The police should not "pronounce guilt without evidence" when it comes to the school rape culture row, a former home secretary has said, as he warned of "unforeseen and dangerous consequences". David Blunkett has said that "identity politics" must not b...

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CHILDREN being subjected to sexual abuse is too horrific for many of us to contemplate. Yet, as has been highlighted in the media recently, it can be taking place in schools, religious, sporting or other institutions, as well as within families. Understandably the trauma means it can take many survivors a number of years to come forward. Yet, incredibly, we still have a law in England and Wales that children who have been subjected to sexual abuse only have until three years after their 18th birthday to make a compensation claim relating to that abuse. The Association of Personal Inju...

Boys at private schools embroiled in the sex abuse scandal are having to change out of uniform to avoid street attacks and verbal abuse, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Current male pupils also fear including their school name on CVs in case they are turned away by potential employers because of the negative associations. Others – aged as young as 13 – have faced abuse from members of the public and have been branded rapists in the street, prompting some to change out of uniform for journeys to and from school. Pupils staged a protest against rape culture at Highgate School in London on Ma...