UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
Many victims of abuse by Jimmy Savile and others were “let down by the professionals who were meant to help them”, a lawyer has warned.
Alicia Alinia, whose firm, Slater and Gordon, represents more than 70 of Jimmy Savile’s alleged victims, has backed a call for “mandatory reporting” of suspected child abuse.
Former director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, has suggested that failure by professionals to report such allegations should be made a criminal offence.
Ms Alinia told the BBC that such a system had already been successful in Australia.
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