Victory for York paper's sex register campaign

The Press in York has secured victory in its campaign for child kidnappers to be put on the sex offenders' register. The paper's call for child abduction to be included under the 2003 sexual offences act has been agreed during a Home Office review of the law. Kevin Booth, editor of The Press (daily circ. 35,638), said: "I am immensely proud that the newspaper has brought about a change in the law... This legislation will help protect children for decades to come." The paper's eight-month campaign followed the case of a man who, though he was jailed for four years after trying to abduct a 13-year-old girl, could not be placed on the register. (Via York Press)