202501950 A5 - [2025] EWCA Crim 1047

The provisions of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 apply to the offences with which this judgment is concerned. Under those provisions, where a sexual offence has been committed against a person, no matter relating to that person shall during that person’s lifetime be included in any publication if it is likely to lead members of the public to identify that person as the victim of that offence.  This prohibition applies unless waived or lifted in accordance with s.3 of the Act. For the avoidance of any doubt, we do not waive or lift the prohibition.