No Sarah's Law for Isle of Man

Publication Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010  15:28

Schoolgirl Sarah Payne was murdered by a paedophile
Schoolgirl Sarah Payne was murdered by a paedophile

The Home Affairs Minister says there's no plan to introduce Sarah's law on the Isle of Man.

Adrian Earnshaw doesn't think the UK law -which allows parents to ask police if those in contact with their children have sex offence convictions - would work on the Island.

Mr Earnshaw also revelaed that there are currently 29 people on the Island's sex offenders register.

Onchan MHK Peter Karran suggests that a seperate register just for paedophiles should be established.

Mr Earnshaw says the current system on the Island works well [play clip]

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Adrian Earnshaw MHK