
The most recent police figures show a 17 per cent rise in numbers of reports of sex offences between 2012 and 2013
Chris Grayling suggested that sex offenders including paedophiles accounted for almost half of the increase in people in jail over the last year.
Police and charities have said more victims are coming forward to report sex offences following the exposure of the abuse committed by Jimmy Savile and other high profile figures.
Mr Grayling said the trend had been reflected in English and Welsh prisons, whose population has jumped by about 1,600 in the last year.
He told the Commons justice select committee that 700 of the increase was accounted for by sex offenders.
He explained that there was a range of factors for the rising numbers behind bars, but added: "The most obvious change is there's been quite a big increase in the number of sex offenders coming into our prisons, many of them historic sex abuse cases.

















Comment: Another attempt by the elites to appease the masses over the peadophile scandal by drawing attention to sex offender arrests, while completely ignoring the fact that the elite offenders are not being brought to trial. In fact, every attempt is being made to once again sweep the scandal under the rug. Fortunately the furor that has been ignited may be impossible to hide this time.
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