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Children who have been sexually abused are never to blame for what has happened to them

The courts must do better when vulnerable young people are in their care, writes the NSPCC’s Peter Wanless in his blog.

The courts must do better when vulnerable young people are in their care, writes the NSPCC’s Peter Wanless in his New Statesman blog:    Currently there is a media storm around the case of a sex offender spared a prison sentence after his 13 year old victim was said by the judge to have been “egging him on” and described as “predatory” during the trial. There was only one predator in this case and that was the sex offender who pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child. Thankfully the Attorney General is now reviewing the sentence but there is

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