Campaigners say it is a scandal people who commit sexual offences can lawfully change their names.
Campaigners want a 'Della's Law' to ban sex offenders changing names, named after survivor Della WrightHundreds of sex offenders across the UK slipped off the radar of police in a three-year period, the BBC can reveal.
The BBC Shared Data Unit also found that almost 1,500 registered sex offenders notified police forces of lawful name changes. Twenty-one police forces provided those figures.Name changes 'scandal'Critics say the law is too easy to bypass because it places the onus on offenders to report changes in their circumstances.were the victims of abuse between 1997 and 2013.
If any of these personal details change, they must notify the police within three days or offenders can face up to five years in prison. "It shouldn't be for victims and survivors to beg Government to do something about this. We're still having to ask in 2023." Donald Findlater, director at the Lucy Faithfull Foundation charity, which is dedicated to preventing child sexual abuse, said some offenders changed their name to build a better life and not offend in future, or to "protect their family from the stigma of their identity".
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