Prosecutors are considering an appeal against the prison sentence handed to a 67-year-old man in a sex abuse case, after a Kansas judge called two teenage girls the “aggressor” in the encounter. Prosecutors are considering an appeal against the prison sentence handed to a 67-year-old man in a sex abuse case, after a Kansas judge called two teenage girls the “aggressor” in the encounter. Sexual assault is never the victim’s fault. Judge Gibbens also questioned the level of harm the victims suffered because they did not appear at the sentencing hearing. Michelle Herman, president and CEO of the child advocacy centre Sunflower House, said: “Sexual assault is never the victim’s fault.

Source: Irish Independent February 05, 2019 08:31 UTC