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Sammy’s Law

Sammy Woodhouse is a victim of abuse, when she was a teenager she was abused by a gang in Rotherham; she was forced to commit crime, including assault.

Even though Sammy is a victim her suffering continues because of how the Law stands today; she is treated as a criminal, if Sammy completes a job application she must list her crimes and worse may have to explain them.

Sammy Woodhouse is trying to change the law to stop victims of grooming from suffering in this way because of crimes they were coerced into doing. Victims of abuse must be given the opportunity to move on and rebuild their lives, and the law needs to change to enable this.

In addition to preventing victims from moving forward the law may also be deterring victims from coming forward in the first place.
Sammy has obtained a tremendous amount of support for a law change including Anne Longfield who is the governments’
children’s commissioner, and it is hoped that she will obtain a meeting and support from the Home Secretary.

‘Sammy’s Law’, if introduced, will pardon victims of abuse from crimes they committed whilst being abused.

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