[Ammi]

...it’s beyond staggering, isn’t it...and even now, at a time when women’s safety is so high profile ...The only thing that I can find is a local Oldham newspaper that says that a local councillor has written to the Attorney General to seek a review of the suspended sentence...but even if it was changed, which is probably unlikely...?..it’s still only a 6 months sentence, which would probably be around 3 months served...he followed her, pulled her to the ground and sexually molested her...and she was only able to get free from him because she was able to use her SOS app on her phone...if she hadn’t, then the assault would have continued and how violent would it have become...and he was given 6 months suspended and 250 hrs of community work...?..the value of women, their safety and their justice...

...this is part of the letter that was sent to the Attorney General...


"Following the recent tragic death of Sarah Everard, the continued safety of women on our streets from predatory males will, I am sure, be especially at the forefront of the minds of all involved with criminal justice at this time.

"I am therefore disquieted to find myself in a situation where I feel compelled to write to you to seek your urgent intervention in a most disturbing case involving a predatory male who, despite being convicted of a serious sexual offence, was set at liberty by a local magistrates' court.

As the prison sentence was suspended for two years, Councillor Sykes goes onto say: "This offender can consequently now continue to pose a threat to my female constituents and to other women living elsewhere in Oldham."