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Hundreds of rape victims still being denied compensation over past offences

2 April 2021

Hundreds of rape victims still being denied compensation over past offences Campaigners are demanding an end to the ‘scandal’ of women being denied Government compensation for sexual offences because of relatively minor past offences. One woman, who was repeatedly raped by two men when she was 13, was refused a payout because she had been …

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Ms K fighting for compensation refused due to her conviction

27 November 2020

Ms K fighting for compensation refused due to her criminal conviction Ms K was raped repeatedly by two adult men when she was 13. As an adult she finally found the courage to report it, identifying the men. The investigation is ongoing. One of the men is in prison for sexual offences against other children. …

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Evidence to MoJ Review of Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme

9 October 2020

Evidence to MoJ Review of Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme The denial of compensation to victims of sexual offences with criminal convictions is a scandal. Survivors in our network have been denied what should be an unquestionable entitlement for the violent crimes committed against them. We are outraged that the MOJ omits this rule from the …

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Government announces Same Roof victims can re-apply for compensation

13 June 2019

Government announces Same Roof victims can re-apply for compensation Congratulations everyone who campaigned for this change – what a wonderful if very belated victory for grassroots claimants/campaigners! It seems that the government has decided not to make people wait for the end of their Review of the Compensation Scheme after all. That’s good as the …

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Government announces scrapping of ‘same roof’ rule

28 February 2019

Government announces scrapping of ‘same roof’ rule This government press release was published on 28 Feb 2019, a victory for all those who campaigned against the discriminatory rules of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. The ‘same roof’ rule had been used to deny compensation to anyone who had been sexually attacked before 1979 by someone …

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Survey on the compensation scheme

1 November 2018

Survey on the compensation scheme   The criminal injuries compensation scheme for rape: An exploration of public attitudes. The scheme is closed For questions relating to this survey, please contact Olivia Smith.Olivia Smith (olivia.smith@anglia.ac.uk)

Our comment on Government’s planned review of CICA rules

10 September 2018

Our comment on Government’s planned review of CICA rules   The announcement 9-10 September from the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) that there will be a review of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme as it applies to people who were sexually abused when they were children, is an important victory and augers well for future applicants.  …

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Press: Kicked while Im already down’: the child sexual assault victim denied compensation over a petty crime.

30 July 2018

Kim Mitchell went to police threee times before they believed her Ms K was raped repeatedly by two adult men when she was 13. As an adult she finally found the courage to report it, identifying the men. The investigation is ongoing. One of the men is in prison for sexual offences against other children. …

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Same Roof Rule is finally defeated, overturning decades of injustice

25 July 2018

Same Roof Rule is finally defeated, overturning decades of injustice A landmark Appeal Court ruling on 24 July 2018 has reversed decades of injustice, upholding for the first time a claimant’s right to compensation even though she lived under the same roof as her attacker at the time. The Appeal Court decided that the woman, …

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Press Release: Criminal injuries compensation awards – rules designed to exclude rape victims

6 June 2018

Press Release: Criminal injuries compensation awards – rules designed to exclude rape victims PRESS RELEASE . . . PRESS RELEASE . . . PRESS RELEASE . . . PRESS Women Against Rape says hundreds of vulnerable victims of rape and other sexual offences are denied statutory help as a result of rules designed to exclude …

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