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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bryony Gooch

Abuse survivor hands petition to No 10 urging Burnham to remove sex offenders from early release scheme

An abuse survivor has handed over a petition and letter to No 10 calling on Andy Burnham to make sure sex offenders are not released from prison early.

Jade Belgrove, 30, waived her lifelong anonymity and launched a campaign after she received a letter in June telling her that the man who raped and groomed her when she was 14 years old could be out of prison two years early under the government’s early release plans.

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