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Northampton Chronicle and Echo

by Callum Jones
callum.jones@northantsnews.co.uk
Published on the 02 December 2013

Recent high-profile child abuse investigations into people such as Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall has led to a rise in the reporting of historic sexual offences in Northamptonshire, a detective chief inspector has said.

Northamptonshire Police has organised a week of action to encourage victims of violence and sexual assault to come forward and report offences and get the specialist support they need.

Speaking to the Chronicle & Echo, DCI Steve Lingley, who works in the Protecting Vulnerable Persons department, said there had been a five per cent rise in the number of historic sex abuse cases reported in Northamptonshire.

He said: “There have been a lot more cases reported of historic sexual abuse claims since the publicity around Jimmy Savile.

“Every police force in the country has noticed an increase…