Dirty flashers and Peeping Toms are dodging prosecution in the latest example of Labour’s soft justice epidemic.
Home Office figures show 17,907 offences of indecent exposure or voyeurism were recorded by police in England and Wales last year, the highest total ever.
However, just 2,474 of last year’s cases ended with anyone being charged and put in front of a court.
The remaining 15,433 saw the criminals escape justice altogether because they were never tracked down, and even if they were caught they managed to avoid a criminal record.
Of those who were collared last year, 130 escaped with just a caution while another
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