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crankyassnoperope · 10/07/2019 11:56

Can anyone legal-minded please help me with something? Last year my abuser plead guilty to voyeurism and received a formal caution. I should have pushed for more but I was really struggling at the time and reporting him was about as much as I could manage, and the police response (although it started well) was upsetting, humiliating and ultimately disappointing. Whilst he received a formal caution he was not asked to sign the sex offenders register, as I was originally told he would be, and at the time I simply couldn't engage with it enough to enquire or push.

Does this sounds right? Can he have admitted to and received a conviction of sorts (the caution) for a sexual offence and not have had to sign the register? It's eating away at me that I didn't do enough, and that this isn't right. Surely it isn't right? Who can I approach in the world of law/policing to address this?

Thanks in advance.

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prh47bridge · 10/07/2019 16:46

How old were you at the time of the offence? If you were under 18 he should have gone onto the register. If you were 18 or over a caution would not result in him going onto the register.

crankyassnoperope · 10/07/2019 17:02

Over 18. Fuck. If its known that I would have agreed to go to court. That's definitely not what the police told me at the time! I'm so angry at myself right now.

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crankyassnoperope · 10/07/2019 17:03

Also, thank you.

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