Rethink follows legal challenge launched by three women serving in armed forces
Ben Wallace, the defence secretary, will look again at whether military courts should be allowed to try rape cases in the UK after three women serving in the armed forces said they would bring a legal challenge aimed at changing the policy.
Government lawyers said the cabinet minister had decided to give the subject “fresh consideration” after the women complained, in a case first reported by the Guardian, that conviction rates in military courts for rape were five to six times lower.
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