The time has come for Alison Saunders, the Director of Public Prosecutions, to stand down or be sacked. A young man of shining good character has just narrowly avoided a lengthy jail sentence for six rapes when there was ample evidence to prove that his accuser pestered him for sex. Thousands of messages, which police had not disclosed to the Defence, reveal that the young woman in question fantasised about rape and rough sex. When it came to the charge against Liam Allan, she texted a friend: “It wasn’t against my will.”

That’s pretty clear, isn’t it?

In any justice system which was working fairly and properly, the accuser admitting the claim she made is untrue should be enough. But our justice system isn’t working properly or fairly. Not when it comes to allegations of sexual assault.

Under Alison Saunders, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has become so obsessed with pursuing the VAGW (violence against girls and women) agenda that the “victim” is always to be believed and men like 22-year-old Liam Allan must take their chances.

Last week, after the case was thrown out, the judge at Croydon Crown Court warned of “serious risks of miscarriages of justice”. He demanded a review of the disclosure of evidence by the Metropolitan Police and called for an inquiry at “the very highest level” of the CPS. This was Ms Saunders’s response: “It is regrettable,” she wrote, “that this disclosure happened at a late stage, and I would like to apologise to all parties involved.”