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**Chris** · 16-03-2011, 17:32

He was investigated on more than one occasion by more than one police force. But none of the concerns, individually, ever amounted to grounds for a prosecution. Unfortunately the intelligence not only went un-shared, it was IIRC erased in a number of cases.

There was a major lost opportunity to spot and take account of a long-term pattern of concerning behaviour. This was addressed by the Bichard inquiry, post-Soham, which in turn gave rise to the new SVG (PVG in Scotland) legislation. Sadly, in drafting the SVG Act, the Labour government used a sledgehammer to crack the nut and devised a scheme under which just about everyone who ever sneezed in the general direction of a child would have to become registered and subject to permanent monitoring. The Coalition has wisely reined things back but this has caused an inevitable delay.

Meanwhile in Scotland the equivalen PVG Act is going live this year and is a far less intrusive implementation of the same Bichard recommendations.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,264	Re: World's largest paedophile ring smashed He was investigated on more than one occasion by more than one police force. But none of the concerns, individually, ever amounted to grounds for a prosecution. Unfortunately the intelligence not only went un-shared, it was IIRC erased in a number of cases. There was a major lost opportunity to spot and take account of a long-term pattern of concerning behaviour. This was addressed by the Bichard inquiry, post-Soham, which in turn gave rise to the new SVG (PVG in Scotland) legislation. Sadly, in drafting the SVG Act, the Labour government used a sledgehammer to crack the nut and devised a scheme under which just about everyone who ever sneezed in the general direction of a child would have to become registered and subject to permanent monitoring. The Coalition has wisely reined things back but this has caused an inevitable delay. Meanwhile in Scotland the equivalen PVG Act is going live this year and is a far less intrusive implementation of the same Bichard recommendations.