Our free email newsletter sends you the biggest headlines from news, sport and showbiz Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailSex abuse victims who were denied compensation under a now-scrapped loophole are still waiting for their cash. The “same roof” rule, barring victims of violent crimes before 1979 from payouts if they lived with their attacker at the time, was abolished last summer. She says requests for help to her local Tory MP, Ian Liddell-Grainger in Bridgwater, Somerset, have been ignored. I still have not received my compensation which, especially at the moment, would make a huge difference to my life. “More than half of claims have been decided, providing almost £11million for victims previously denied compensation.”Mr Liddell-Grainger was contacted for comment.

Source: Daily Mirror October 10, 2020 21:06 UTC