Submitted on Saturday 5th September 2020
Rejected on Friday 2nd October 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Increase the sentence for child grooming to a mandatory life sentence
At the moment, the average sentence for child grooming upon conviction is anything between a community service order and a maximum of 10 years imprisonment.
We believe that the sentencing guidelines are not tough enough.
Victims of child grooming may never fully recover from the abuse they suffered.
Examples of child grooming include spending time in chatrooms looking for children to groom.
This may also happen on other social media platforms.
Or, being caught in the act by an undercover police officer.
The grooming of a child is abhorrent.
We call upon the Government to increase the sentence upon conviction to a mandatory life sentence.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/467154
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