Women live with a ‘constant drumbeat of fear’ say councillors who have called on Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to improve handling of assaults and abuse.
A motion to Oldham’s full council tabled by council leader Arooj Shah, raised the ‘shocking prevalence’ of violence against women and girls.
It added this was fuelled by a ‘toxic culture of misogyny’. READ MORE: Murderer caught holding hands with his lover in Tesco hours after stabbing his rival to death The motion stated that where crimes were committed against women, a ‘robust’ response from the police to deliver justice was important.
But it raised the ‘appalling statistic’ that only 1.6pc of rape cases reported to police result in anyone being charged. “The disbanding of GMP’s
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