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UK: Man charged for naming sex attack victim on police Facebook page

Posted on July 9, 2015June 26, 2025 by Dissent

Chris Johnston reports:

A Doncaster man who published the name of the victim of a sexual offence on the Facebook page of South Yorkshire police has been charged.

Shane Ward, 31, of Edlington, commented on the police’s Facebook page post about the sexual offence court case and identified the victim. He was charged under Section 5 of the Sexual Offences Amendment Act 1992 for breaching the victim’s right to anonymity.

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