Petition · past parliament

Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in the case of Margaret Skidmore.

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Margaret Skidmore was beaten up severely after discovering the person who had raped and murdered her daughter. She has been denied compensation. Why? Why? Why?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5296005/Gran-strangled-daughters-killer-denied-compensation.html

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

If you'd like a specific change to the Government’s Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, you could start a new petition asking for that. You can find the Scheme here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/243480/9780108512117.pdf

Timeline

22 Jan 2018 Petition opened for signatures
14 Feb 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 14 Feb 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.