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Some are trying to use sex assault victims to criticise Keir Starmer.
In fact he’s been their champion.
2012
After 1st convictions in the Rochdale scandal as DPP he orders:
“Radical changes to the way sex abuse victims are dealt with”
telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/la…
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March 2013
Learning from the failings of Rochdale, Savile & Warboys, he changes CPS rules.
Issuing “guidelines making clear that we had to abandon the notion of the “model” victim and do justice for real victims”
news.sky.com/story/savile-n…
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He keeps going.
July 2013
Polly Neate, Women’s Aid:
He’s been a "powerful force for change over the past five years"
Liz Kelly, co-chair, End Violence against Women coalition:
"I hugely appreciate what has been done at the CPS under his watch.”
theguardian.com/society/2013/j…
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He quits as DPP in 2013, & begins a campaign to change the law to address systemic failings: a Victim’s Law.
Feb 2014
“As former head of public prosecutions, I believe we need a radical review of how those who have suffered sexual abuse are treated”
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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April 2014
Having consulted widely, he writes this article calling for the Victims Law.
theguardian.com/law/2014/apr/0…
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Feb 2015
Starmer, now a Labour candidate in the general election:
“is preparing a party review on how victims can receive better treatment from the criminal justice system”
“His first aim is to introduce a ‘victim’s law’ in the next parliament.”
theguardian.com/law/2015/feb/0…
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His maiden speech defends The Human Rights Act:
“for the protection of the most vulnerable... including those in care homes, child victims of abuse & of trafficking, women subjected to domestic & sexual violence”
theguardian.com/law/2015/may/2…
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Aug 2015
He challenges cuts to compensation to victims who weren’t themselves “model citizens”:
“Clearly the lessons of Rochdale and Rotherham have not been fully absorbed.”
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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He brings in a private member’s bill, his “Victims’ Law”
“Victims’ rights will only be taken seriously when they are enshrined in law. This is a radical, comprehensive bill that would ensure victims are better supported, listened to and treated fairly.”
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