A victim of serious sexual violence, Sarah Grace met Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and department officials on Tuesday to discuss the experience of victims of sexual violence in the criminal justice system. Ms Grace suffered serious sexual and physical violence in a random attack at her apartment in Grand Canal Dock in Dublin in July 2019. “There would never be an incidence where the counselling records of a victim would be requested if he had broken into my house, savagely attacked me, stolen all of my things. There would be no question that my counselling records [be disclosed],” she said. Officials in the Department of Justice are drafting a new Sexual Offences Bill, which will be published towards the end of the year.

Source: The Irish Times March 30, 2021 16:26 UTC