But no-one ever charged

“I had told friends where I was going, I didn’t drink any alcohol. The only person’s fault it was was his. It really angered me, because stuff like that only perpetuates the narrative that it is a woman’s fault if something happens to her.”

Ella’s rapist told detectives that the sex had been consensual. In October detectives told her the Crown Prosecution Service were not going to charge as it was “her word against his”.

Ella appealed the decision not to prosecute, but was told there was not a big enough prospect of a conviction.

“The one consolation is that the allegation I made would stay on his record. That means if he does it again, and he will, it will act as more evidence against him.

“I have friends who have been raped or assaulted – it is so common. But there is still this stigma that victims are in some way responsible.

“My own father blamed me for what happened because I shouldn’t have put myself in a risky situation.

A spokeswoman for the CPS said: “Sexual offences are some of the most complex cases we prosecute and we train our prosecutors to understand victim vulnerabilities and the impact of rape, as well as consent, myths and stereotypes.

“The growing gap between the number of rapes recorded, and the number of cases going to court is a cause of concern for all of us in the criminal justice system. We consider every case referred to us by the police and the CPS will seek to charge and robustly prosecute whenever our legal test is met.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: “This report was thoroughly and appropriately investigated but could not be progressed to a prosecution stage due to evidential difficulties.”

*Name changed to protect victim’s anonymity