MAP Forum

About 2,000 paedophiles will be let out of prison early every year under Labour’s controversial sentencing reforms. Child sex abusers locked up for “some of the worst possible offences” could be let out after spending just a third of their jail term behind bars, according to research seen by the Sunday Express.

This is because only the most “serious” offenders will be forced to spend half of their sentence in prison, a cut from the current 67%. This list includes those convicted of rape and assault by penetration. But perverts caught making, distributing or publishing child sex abuse images and fiends jailed for sexual activity with a child could spend just a third of their sentence in jail.

“All the victims of child sexual abuse I have ever spoken to want these vile criminals to spend more time in prison than they do at present. Not less.”

These include bids to require courts to collect and publish detailed data on sentencing, to make judges' sentencing remarks publicly available within two days, to automatically prevent parents convicted of child sexual offences from having parental rights, to extend the time victims and families have to challenge lenient sentences, and to expand whole-life orders for the murder of police or prison officers.