Top police officer backs 'Sammy's law' pardons for grooming victims

National lead for child sexual abuse cases supports Sammy Woodhouse’s campaign for law to pardon survivors for their crimes

Victims of grooming gangs should be pardoned for crimes they committed under the direction of their abuser, Britain’s leading child protection police officer has said.

Simon Bailey, the national police lead for child sexual abuse cases, backed calls for a new law to potentially expunge the criminal records of child grooming victims.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2wGcn9E