THE number of sex offenders convicted fell in Sir Keir Starmer’s final year as the nation’s top prosecutor.
Just 55 per cent were found guilty in 2013 when he quit as head of the Crown Prosecution Service — down from 61 per cent the year before.
The number of sex offenders convicted fell in Sir Keir Starmer’s final year as the nation’s top prosecutor
At the time, Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Keir was responsible for pursuing Sun reporters for paying for public interest stories.
Not one was successfully convicted.
Latest Ministry of Justice figures, meanwhile, show the current sex offender conviction rate is at almost 81 per cent.
It will pile more pressure on the Labour leader, who has blasted PM Rishi Sunak’s record on crime.
Tory party chairman Greg Hands said: “While Sir Softie was very keen to have journalists and people who make jokes on Twitter locked up, it looks like he put far less effort into going after sex offenders.
“It’s typical hypocrisy from a man who just says whatever the politics suits and refuses to take responsibility for his failures.”
Labour said the sex offences charging rate was 24.4 per cent when Sir Keir headed the CPS against 3.2 per cent now.
A spokesman added: “Women terrified to go for a walk at night, and victims waiting years for justice, won’t forgive a government focused on chucking mud over taking action.”
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