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Crackdown on sexual offences

The Metropolitan Police have announced plans to use licensing laws to shut down pubs and clubs where high numbers of sexual assaults take place.

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Video: Met's anti-rape strategy

It is being hailed as a radical police strategy to tackle rape. It's being done by the Met's sex crime unit, and it could lead to pubs and clubs being shut down if assaults take place on their premises.

But rape campaigners aren't convinced that it will help women who've lost confidence in the police, because of previous problems at the unit. Here's Ronke Phillips.

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