Thank you Devi.
Indeed YetAnotherSpartacus, it seems to me women are an afterthought at best, not least when it comes to safety (even down to "advice" to avoid being attacked, nearly always the focus is on women rather than attackers). Lovely to see you again too!
TwentyCups I do agree, although I did once hear someone (I think a lawyer, it was definitely a woman) say the reason it isn't is doing so may create a situation where more attackers go on to murder those they attack, as the sentence would be similar. I completely agree about rape culture and victim blaming (and generally awful people including those on social media making jokes about the second of those cases, utterly horrific).
That's true Lass. It seems in these cases the police did their jobs well (on each occasion), the judges passed an appropriate sentence (minimum tariff not necessitating release at that point, the judge in the original case of the abhorrent individual who was in court again this week even warned against release), but the parole board appear not to have considered any of this or the safety of women and potential for more victims at all, simply releasing each as soon as the minimum tariff had expired. I would like to think each of these would now never be released (surely having already been given life sentences then committed the same crimes again on release should lead to this), but haven't got much hope. Not that this helps either of the two women who were attacked by them upon release.
I just feel so upset about these cases and cannot stop thinking about the woman in Hackney. That someone was intent on causing such horrific trauma, physical and psychological, on someone, purely because they're a woman. The ultimate expression of violent misogyny, yet not considered hate crime. Though by saying all this I feel a little bad because I'm making it about me and my feelings; I don't mean to.