UNITED KINGDOM
Daily Mail
Failure to report child sex abuse should be a crime otherwise there will be another Savile, says former top prosecutor
By SUZANNAH HILLS
Failing to report allegations of child sexual abuse should be made a criminal offence in Britain, the former director of public prosecutions said.
Keir Starmer believes it is time to ‘change the law’ and said it should be ‘mandatory’ to report allegations in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Speaking on BBC Panorama, Mr Starmer said: ‘I think the time has come to change the law and close a gap that’s been there for a very long time. I think there should be a mandatory reporting provision.
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