Closed petition To include adult grooming in the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

Closed on 25 December 2018

Age is arbitrary and anyone can be groomed.

This could mean an elderly person, someone with a mental health condition or just someone who has their guard down.

Let's change the legislation to help these victims and stop these heinous acts from continuing.

'Grooming can be defined as the process that an abuser uses to desensitise someone – to make them less like to reject or report abusive behaviour.'

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25 December 2018

Petition closed
25 June 2018

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