Compare campaigns for change
, Sarah’s law campaign
• In 2000, while she and her family were visiting her grandparents,
Sarah Payne, then aged 8, was abducted and murdered by Roy
Whiting
• He had a previous conviction for abduction and sexually assaulting
a young girl
• Sara Payne, insisted that if she knew someone with such as
previous conviction was in the area she never would have
consented to her daughter being left to play in the local fields
without an adult being present
• She felt unable to make an appropriate decision about the care of
her daughter, because relevant information was not available
• Sara started a campaign, based on American Megan’s law, seeking
a requirement for the police to make information about local sex
offenders available for the parent or carer of a child at risk
, Sarah’s law campaign
• In 2000, while she and her family were visiting her grandparents,
Sarah Payne, then aged 8, was abducted and murdered by Roy
Whiting
• He had a previous conviction for abduction and sexually assaulting
a young girl
• Sara Payne, insisted that if she knew someone with such as
previous conviction was in the area she never would have
consented to her daughter being left to play in the local fields
without an adult being present
• She felt unable to make an appropriate decision about the care of
her daughter, because relevant information was not available
• Sara started a campaign, based on American Megan’s law, seeking
a requirement for the police to make information about local sex
offenders available for the parent or carer of a child at risk
