Revealed: Scandal of 1,374 hospital sex attacks – and just 26 charges

Exclusive: Almost 400 allegations of rape, including gang rapes, in mental health units were reported to the police in the past two years

(Indy)

Police are failing to get justice for mental health patients who have suffered alleged sexual violence in hospitals as new figures show only a handful of complaints end up in criminal charges.

Figures uncovered by The Independent show more than 1,374 reports of rape and sexual assault within psychiatric hospitals were made to police in the past two years but just 26 – less than 2 per cent – resulted in a charge.

The majority of these reports relate to alleged assaults on patients – all of whom are mentally unwell – and include crimes such as rape, sexual assault and voyeurism.