Victim’s Right to Review 16A/22
Request
- How many Victim’s Right to Review (VRR) requests were submitted to your force in 2021?
- How many of the VRR requests received were “qualifying” cases for VRR?
- Cases are non-qualifying when they fall within the criteria below. Please state how many cases were deemed to be non-qualifying for each criterion below.
- Cases where no suspect has been identified and interviewed, for instance investigations that are filed ‘at source’;
- Cases where charges are brought in respect of some (but not all) allegations made or against some (but not all) possible suspects;
- Cases where a charge is brought that relates to the matter complained about by the victim but the offence charged differs from the crime that was recorded; for instance the suspect is charged with common assault but an offence of actual bodily harm has been recorded;
- Cases which are concluded by way of out of court disposal; and
- Cases where the victim retracts their complaint or refuses to co-operate with the investigation and a decision is therefore taken not to charge/not to refer the case to the CPS for a charging decision.
- How many of those VRR requests concerned reports of rape, sexual assault or domestic violence?
- How many of these VRR requests were deemed to be non-qualifying?
- Please give the numbers that were non-qualifying for each criterion.
- Of the qualifying VRRs in 2021, how many resulted in:
- The original decision being overturned or further enquiries being made;
- Upheld the original NFA decision;
- Have yet to be determined.
- Of the qualifying VRRs in 2021 concerning domestic or sexual violence, how many resulted in:
- The original decision being overturned or further enquiries being made;
- Upheld the original NFA decision;
- Have yet to be determined.
Response
Please find enclosed our response:
Q1 172
Q2 98
Q3A 43
Q3B 0
Q3C 0
Q3D 0
Q3E 2
Q4 93
Q5 20
Q6 No suspect identified / interviewed 12
Victim retracts 1
Q7A 15
Q7B 43
Q7C 40
Q8A 10
Q8B 28
Q8C 35
Please note that there are also the following listed by West Mercia Police as reasons for unsuitability.
- Investigation was still live – 11 (4 DA / sexual offences)
- Incident complained of was not a recordable offence – 7
- Decision was made by CPS – 5 (1 DA / Sexual)
- Request was made outside the policy time limit – 4 (2 DA / Sexual)
- Offence had no victim – 2
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