ACAB of the day - Ryan Coleman-Farrow

As a detective constable, working for the specialist police Rape and Serious Sexual Assault Unit (SAPPHIRE) Coleman-Farrow failed to investigate 10 rape cases and 3 sexual assault cases. This included at least one case where witnesses confirmed a rape had taken place.

He also falsified witness statements, didn't bother forwarding evidence for analysis (and falsified false results from forensic tests) and falsely claimed one victim had dropped the charges.

Coleman-Farrow was first investigated when a sex worker complained that he had failed to investigate a stalker that she had reported. She committed suicide a few days later.

He was today sentenced to 16 months, a ridiculously light sentence, given the damage he caused to so many people; but indicative of the state's attitude to both rape and to bent coppers.

If anyone's still wondering why so few rapes get reported, and why the conviction rate for reported rapes is so low,this is a good example of why - the experience of Coleman-Farrow's victims is hardly uncommon. ACAB.