![]() ![]() Now, ACPO has been advised by Sir Andrew Leggatt, the former Lord Justice of Appeal who was appointed Chief Surveillance Commissioner in 1998, that the safety of the child must over-ride her right to privacy. The loophole was first highlighted by Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker, who wrote to the Prime Minister and the Association of Chief Police Officers with his concerns. ![]() Helpless parents desperate to end these illegal sexual relationships were told officers were unable to intervene unless the child herself made a complaint.Īnd officers claimed they were in danger of breaching the child's human rights if they gathered evidence without her co-operation. The breakthrough comes in the wake of a Mail on Sunday campaign which revealed how paedophiles were seducing girls as young as 12, and police were unable to stop them. The Government's Chief Surveillance Officer, who reports directly to the Prime Minister, has agreed that such techniques can be used in the battle to protect young girls from paedophiles: a move that has been welcomed by Chief Constables. Police have been given the allclear to use bugging and secret filming to track down sex perverts who are using a legal loophole to prey on young girls. ![]()
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