Sheffield MP blasts judge who says woman was not raped because she didn't fight back

Judge Robin Tolson ruled in January that because the woman had taken "no physical steps" to stop a man from raping her, "this did not constitute rape", and consequently ruled against her.

But the Shadow Policing Minister said Judge Tolson is "still overseeing cases around domestic abuse and rape" in family courts and made the same ruling as recently as Monday. She called for him to "immediately recuse himself from all cases involving domestic abuse.”

She said in the House of Commons: "Last month it was reported that Justice Tolson, the senior family judge in London Central Family Court, found that a woman had not been raped because she hadn't taken sufficient physical steps to protect herself.

"The Court of Appeal found that his judgment was 'manifestly at odds with current jurisprudence and based on obsolescent concepts around consent'.

"Justice Tolson is still overseeing cases around domestic abuse and rape in the family courts, and just this Monday, despite the Court of Appeal judgment, he made the same ruling again.

"Complaints have been made to the judicial ombudsman and it's obviously right that this is handled completely independently of this place, but does the Leader not agree that this judge should immediately recuse himself from all cases involving domestic abuse.”