What was she wearing? That's the question often asked about victims," writes Ruth David, before detailing her frightening account, working under the alleged, serial sexual offender M J Akbar.

One really doesn't want to know what David was wearing that day -fitted white top with a deep green skirt, down to the ankles, and sensible shoes, incidentally - when her friend mentioned that Akbar, her newspaper boss, would certainly "notice" her. I guess he would've noticed her even if she was in a black burkha.