Petition Extend common assault enquires from 6 months to at least one year

Victims of domestic abuse may be unable to report abuse within the current 6 month time limit. If an assault in deemed ‘common assault’ this could mean a perpetrator is not convicted even if he has committed more then one of these crimes

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

333 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 333 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 26 September 2019
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