This is what it’s actually like to report a rape in England in 2023. Would you?

It took 1,278 days for Kayleigh Keasley to get justice. From the night of 13 December, 2019 when she was raped, to 13 June, 2023, when her attacker was sentenced to eight years in prison, she was trapped in the legal system. Waiting, waiting, and waiting a little longer, pushed to the back of yet another queue, another delay, trying not to let the case dominate her entire life. To stop it clouding everything. But it was, understandably, difficult. Read more…