MoJ and police row on Twitter over pressure on rape victims to hand over therapy notes

Ministry’s tweet appearing to blame police for ‘fishing expedition’ withdrawn after Met deputy complained

The Ministry of Justice has withdrawn a tweet that appeared to blame the police for going on a “fishing expedition” pressuring rape victims to hand over notes on the therapy they had after an attack.

The deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, Lynne Owens, attacked the tweet, which was trumpeting government changes to the law.