'Sex offenders must not change their names to escape their past' - says Derbyshire MP
Bolsover MP Mark Fletcher has proposed a new law to stop sex offenders changing their names to avoid consequences of being placed on the sex offender register.
https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/ ... mp-4044534Mr Fletcher, a Conservative MP, said: "What is happening sometimes is offenders are changing their name before a trial and then changing them back again after conviction to avoid the sex offenders' register and keep their original identity.
"Others just change their names after conviction."
Mr Fletcher said he had been contacted by a constituent who had suffered a "horrible crime".
"The person who committed that crime was prosecuted and they are guilty of other crimes as well," he said.
"But I discovered this person is in prison and is trying to change their name.
"They are a sex offender and I thought 'this can't possibly be true' but it is."
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Ms Champion said her written parliamentary questions had unveiled the scale of the issue, including the fact that more than 16,000 registered sex offenders had breached their notification requirements between 2015 and 2020.
She said: "People are incredulous when I tell them registered sex offenders are changing their names to evade detection.
"This loophole is deeply concerning and there is considerable evidence of its devastating consequences.
"I have repeatedly demanded the government urgently act to prevent this. I genuinely don't know why they don't when the system is already in place to prevent this.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-64760314
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