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Anonymity for rape defendants?

The collapse of several rape trials over problems relating to disclosure of evidence has led to calls to look again at the way those accused of sexual offences are treated by the courts.

Daily Politics presenter Jo Coburn looks at how laws have changed over the decades and asks if it is time for another review with Lisa Longstaff, a campaigner and spokesperson for Women Against Rape, and the academic and crossbench peer Alison Wolf.

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