Poll: Should it be illegal to fail to report child sexual abuse?

UNITED KINGDOM
Shropshire Star

As former director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer says failing to report allegations of child sexual abuse should be made a criminal offence, we want to know what Star readers think.

Mr Starmer believes it is time to “change the law” and said it should be “mandatory” to report allegations.

Speaking on BBC Panorama, he said: “I think the time has come to change the law and close a gap that’s been there for a very long time.”

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