Daily Archives: 24/06/2026

Gillick competence and sexual abuse

Posted on 24/06/2026 by Jon Garvey

One of the harrowing things about the recently published Rape Gang Report is how often young girls of twelve or thirteen, once discovered to be in abusive situations, are assumed by the police and other authorities to be in consensual relationships.

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