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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
George Lithgow

Government weighs up closing sex offender name change loophole

Andy Burnham’s is considering closing the legal loophole - (Imagen)

The Government is considering closing a legal loophole that allows sex offenders to change their names to conceal their criminal pasts.

It comes after a woman who was unknowingly dating a convicted paedophile branded the loophole an “absolute joke”.

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