Stacey Dooley: I realized dark, I don’t think I would report if I’m raped

Stacey Dooley said, “If someone would violate me, I don’t think I would go to the police,” after hearing stories about women’s experiences with courts and investigators.

The 38 -year -old TV presenter reveals the new BBC program, which covers delays in the courts and waiting times for the victims of alleged rapes and sexual aggression.

Dooley told The Radio Times: “If someone would rape, I don’t think I would go to the police, which is so bleak and such a disappointing … but in what I attended, I didn’t feel confident.”

She also said that women were inspired by the Pelicot gisele in France, who was drugged by her husband Dominique Pelicot and raped by him and by dozens of men, between 2011 and 2020.

Dooley called him a “power” and said he wonders “if he really understands the extent of what he did for other women”, following Mrs. Pelicot giving up the right to talk about the trial, after the police told her about her husband’s crimes.

The TV presenter said that “the courage it requires” to report rape and sexual aggression “is unbelievable”, because “it is one of the few crimes in which your credibility is questioned immediately.”

There is a record delay in Crown Court in England and Wales, which doubled in almost five years to 73,105 at the end of September last year.

The commissioner of victims Baronesa Newlove published a report earlier this month, who found many victims of serious crimes, including rape, crime and robbery, are facing a waiting for years.

The report also said that the victims are struggling to face, many unable to work or resort to drugs, alcohol and self-harm as they face uncertainty.

Also, Dooley spoke about another of his future documentary shows, Meet the Shoplifters, where he meets people who steal the staff who deals with the problem.

She admitted that she had taken objects from the shops when she was young, saying that she “tried to justify her in a way” when she was a young teenager, but now she does not understand how she could have behaved that way.

Nearly half a million police shopping in England and Wales were registered until September 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The figure of a total of 492,914 offenses registered by forces in the year until September 2024 is the highest since the current records started in the year until March 2003.

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The head of Constanta Sarah Crew, of the National Council of Police Chiefs (NPCC), said that “the effective investigation and criminal prosecution of rape” is “one of the most important challenges facing the criminal justice system”.

She explained: “We work hard in the police to improve our answer to rape and sexual crimes.

“All 43 police forces in England and Wales have registered for Soteria, a transformational approach to rape investigation and sexual crimes.

“This saw the police open their doors to examine from independent academics to look at how the police are investigating rape. We face this directly, transparent and without compromises. This process is not easy, but it is vital.

“The provision of rape investigations differently helps us to rebuild confidence and trust and we see an increased increase in arrests and accusations.

“According to the study on crime in England and Wales, less than one in six victims of rape and penetration, report the crime to the police.

“We believe that the work we carry out in the Soteria operation begins to close this gap, allowing several victims to follow the justice and allow the police to bring more criminals to justice.

“However, the police cannot do this alone, so we work closely with the criminal prosecution service and in the entire criminal justice system to ensure that each agency plays their role in addressing this horrible crime.”

She asked victims of rape or sexual assault to report their incidents to the police saying that they will be “sensitive” and with “respect and empathy.”

Mrs. Crew added: “We work closely with the centers for sending sexual aggression (pregnancy) and independent counselors of sexual violence (ISVAS) and we urged anyone to go to the police to use these independent specialized services.”

Dooley presented the episode Panorama Stacey Meets the Is Brides and the documentaries Stacey Dooley: Locked with the Lifers, and Stacey Dooley: Stalkers.

The presenter from Luton made her acting scene in 2:22 a ghost story last year and won Strictly Come Dancing in 2018 with her partner Kevin Clifton, with whom she continued to have a child.

Another future show, Growing Up Gypsy, will see Dooley exploring the lives of young women in the traveler community.

The full interview is available in Radio Times and online here RadioTimes.com/tv/documentaries/stacey-dooley-critics.