Reform sentencing for online groomers

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Thanks to a change in the law in 2017, online grooming of a child is now a criminal offence. Many organisations and groups have been set up to gather intelligence for the police, and hand a suspect over. Online grooming is just as damaging as physical abuse on a minor.

As it stands, a sentence is generally a short custodial sentence which is then suspended. The name will be of the sex offenders register, and a SHPO in place. This is NOT enough and rates of re-offenders shows this. Much tougher sentencing is needed. Other measures are required as not one punishment fits all. There needs to be a massive reform. Each police force have stats, but its estimated 1 in 10 adult users have admitted to having a sexual conversation with a minor- knowingly.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Introduce minimum sentencing for child sexual abuse and online grooming

Timeline

19 Mar 2018	Petition opened for signatures
28 Mar 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 28 Mar 2018

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