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There is a sad irony in the way that officers of the ACT Sexual Assault Unit, including the head of the unit Det Supt Scott Moller have announced defamation action against the ACT Government the day after survivors of sexual assault gathered in their thousands on the Canberra lawns of Parliament House to demand action to halt the epidemic of violence and sexual assault on women.
Because on any measure, the sexual assault unit headed by Moller is the poorest performing in Australia in terms of the level of sexual assaults being reported and reports of sexual assault resulting in charges being laid.
The 2021 report by the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Steering Committee shows that only 2.8% of sexual assault investigations in the ACT had resulted in charges being laid against an offender after 30 days, compared with the national average of 17.4%.
Sexual assaults were also charged at a lower rate than other assaults in the ACT. After 30 days, 19.9% of assault allegations had resulted in charges being laid, compared with the 2.8% for sexual assaults.
And the percentage of sexual assault offences reported that resulted in charges being laid at all had decreased significantly over the decade to 2021, when Higgins laid her complaint, from 28% to just 7%.
“Sexual violence offences remain under-reported, under-charged and under-prosecuted in the ACT,” the report states.
Perhaps because the police unit charged with handling reports of sexual assault and dealing with charging sex offenders in the ACT is too busy with extra curricular activities - like preparing defamation action for a lucrative payday from the Lehrmann legal fiasco gravy train?
Because on any measure, the sexual assault unit headed by Moller is the poorest performing in Australia in terms of the level of sexual assaults being reported and reports of sexual assault resulting in charges being laid.
The 2021 report by the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Steering Committee shows that only 2.8% of sexual assault investigations in the ACT had resulted in charges being laid against an offender after 30 days, compared with the national average of 17.4%.
Sexual assaults were also charged at a lower rate than other assaults in the ACT. After 30 days, 19.9% of assault allegations had resulted in charges being laid, compared with the 2.8% for sexual assaults.
And the percentage of sexual assault offences reported that resulted in charges being laid at all had decreased significantly over the decade to 2021, when Higgins laid her complaint, from 28% to just 7%.
“Sexual violence offences remain under-reported, under-charged and under-prosecuted in the ACT,” the report states.
Perhaps because the police unit charged with handling reports of sexual assault and dealing with charging sex offenders in the ACT is too busy with extra curricular activities - like preparing defamation action for a lucrative payday from the Lehrmann legal fiasco gravy train?