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ByDominic CascianiHome and legal correspondent
  • Published48 minutes ago

Time and again since the international explosion of the "Me Too" movement in 2017 against sexual violence against women and girls, politicians have been pushed on whether we in the UK have an adequate list of crimes in place to deal with all manner of incidents.

Those demands for reviews and rethinks have come back again with the conviction of one comedian Russell Brand for rape and sexual assault - and separate accusations of sexual misconduct against another one, David Walliams. He denies being a sexual predator and is not facing a criminal investigation.