Sunday April 18, 2021, 12:48 PM
MP Rosie Duffield is now looking to submit an amendment to the Domestic Violence Bill. Credit: ITV Channel TV
Labour MP for Canterbury Rosie Duffield plans to use Guernsey s Sexual Offences Law to make legal changes nationally.
Last year, deputies in Guernsey voted overwhelming to amend the Sexual Offences Law.
It is now easier for victims of sexual abuse to prove they could not have given consent at the time - for example, if they were intoxicated.
Both the England and Wales Sexual Offences Act 2003 and Scotland s Sexual Offences Act 2009 remain unchanged.
The change in Guernsey was welcomed locally by victim support charities. The island s former Chief Minister led the amendment last year.
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