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Rejected petition New Legislation needed for Elder Abuse

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Greater London Retired Members
Campaign on legislating for Elder Abuse.
It's very simple.

We want a law that makes Elder Abuse in certain cases a Specific Offence,

If a mentally or physically frail infirmed older person has a crime committed against them, stolen from, defrauded or harmed and it can be shown that the perpetrator took advantage of the frailty. It would then be an Aggravating Factor; there would be an obligation on the police/council to investigate and the penalty for such an offence to be higher, as in Race/Homophobic crimes.

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Date submitted 21 February 2013
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