Sex offences sentencing guidelines overhaul
Sex-offending celebrities could see their public image used against them when being punished as part of an overhaul of decade-old sentencing guidance for judges.
Child abuse victim 'should not be treated as contributor'
Lord Justice Treacy said it was "coincidental" that the Hall and Savile cases emerged while new sentencing guidelines for child sex abusers and rapists was being worked on.
The new guidance will see the removal of "ostensible consent" - the idea that a child over 13 can agree to sex.
Lord Justice Treacy acknowledged that "perhaps we should have" been quicker to recognise that children in sex cases should always be treated as victims rather than being involved in contributing to the crime. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, he said:
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