Victims ‘grossly failed’ after sex offender bailed to flat above playground

• Zafer Dogan, 32, has been jailed for two years and four months after pleading guilty to multiple offences, including taking over 5,000 images of women and children and using AI software to convert them into sexualised nude images.
• London ’s Victims’ Commissioner Andrea Simon stated that victims were "grossly failed" when Dogan was granted bail to his Enfield flat overlooking a children's playground, despite repeated protests from the police and prosecutors.
• The decision forced one victim's family into temporary accommodation, leading Ms Simon to call for a multi-agency review into how cross-justice agencies share information and respond to risk during ongoing prison capacity pressures.
• Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley publicly criticised the justice system, arguing that pressure to reduce remand populations has left police officers "hamstrung" by "unfathomable decisions" that place prolific offenders back on the streets.
• Responding to the backlash, a Government spokesperson noted that bail and remand decisions are made by independent judges and magistrates, emphasising that bail should only be awarded where necessary and proportionate.