Fourteen rape cases are set to be reopened by Cleveland Police.
The cases were originally recorded as “no crimes” but after a report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary suggested they should have been investigated, Cleveland Police will now look at them again.
Detective Superintendent Peter McPhillips said: “Despite having done the investigations, it’s apparent the HMIC felt we could have investigated further, so we have “re-crimed” all these offences so they are now on our system as rapes, and we have set up a team to reinvestigate all the offences.”
He confirmed different staff than before will carry out the investigations, but all will be experienced in investigating sexual offences.
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