{"id":1354,"date":"2010-01-30T01:50:53","date_gmt":"2010-01-30T01:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/?p=1354"},"modified":"2010-01-30T01:50:53","modified_gmt":"2010-01-30T01:50:53","slug":"sara-paynes-national-victims-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/?p=1354","title":{"rendered":"Sara Payne’s National Victims Service"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sarah Payne murdered in 2000<\/div>\r\n<\/div>The relatives of manslaughter and murder victims have been promised they will be the first to benefit from a new \u00a38m support scheme.<\/p>\n

The National Victims Service will offer victims a dedicated support worker to help them get access to any assistance they need.<\/p>\n

The service is being created in April following the report from Sara Payne.<\/p>\n

The service will make support for victims a “core function” of the criminal justice system rather than an “optional add-on”.<\/p>\n

“It is a pity that it has taken the common sense approach of a mother who lost her young daughter in tragic circumstances to tell the government the direction it needed to take on this issue<\/p>\n

David Howarth MP<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“This re-heated announcement only highlights the gulf between this government’s promises and its action.<\/p>\n

However Dominic Grieve MP<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Gordon Brown has let over 70,000 criminals out of jail early, and plans to force through lighter sentences for serious criminals – what kind of justice is that for victims?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mrs Payne – who is recovering after suffering a brain aneurysm before Christmas – published her report calling for the new service after spending nine months speaking to victims and witnesses and studying front-line services.<\/p>\n

Her eight-year-old daughter Sarah was murdered in 2000 by known paedophile Roy Whiting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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