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This Is Why

What happens to the families of sex offenders?

This Is Why

Sky News

News, Daily News, News Commentary

4.0552 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Police forces make more than 850 arrests a month for online child sex offences in England and Wales. The majority of suspects are men who can have families living with them at the time of the offence.

Thousands of children every year now have to deal with the vicarious shame and stigma that's associated with such a crime. Families have to move, and leave schools and jobs - the trauma of which can cause warzone equivalent post-traumatic stress.

On the Sky News Daily, Sarah-Jane Mee speaks to our correspondent Katerina Vittozzi, who has spent time with Lincolnshire Police's paedophile online investigation team, exploring what is being done to support families of offenders.

And Sarah-Jane is joined by Heather, not her real name, whose partner was convicted of online child sex offences and has now gone on to campaign for more support for non-offending family members.

Producers: Emma Rae Woodhouse and Alex Edden
Promotions producer: Jada-Kai Meosa John
Editor: Philly Beaumont

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for neil patterson on the sky news daily now before i go on i want to say that this episode is about

1:08.6

child sex offenders some of you will find the details upsetting.

1:14.0

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1:22.7

More than 10,000 people a year are caught either watching, looking at or sharing in decent images of children.

1:30.6

That figure is on the rise and the majority of those are men who are living with partners and children.

1:38.0

After an arrest and a conviction, the offenders are given psychological support and counselling.

1:44.6

But what happens to their families?

1:47.4

It was a really normal day.

1:49.6

I'd just given my children their tea and the door knocked and a policeman was standing there.

1:56.7

And it was in plain clothes.

2:00.0

He looked at me straight in the eye and said,

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