We must focus resources on child abuse to do all parties justice
Drawn-out inquiries into sexual offences can leave childhoods in damaged limbo for years
Imagine you are a child being exploited by pornography. You might expect the authorities would act with speed if images were found on any computer. Four years is an eternity in the life of a child.
Justice delayed is, as we all know, justice denied. Disturbing recent instances of this denial of justice have involved the investigation of historical sexual offences against children and also a more recent child pornography case.