The question of anonymity for claimants in such cases mainly rests on encouraging victims to come forward in those cases
That's largely a recognition of fact, and ultimately a hope that with more cases prosecuted it will act as a deterrence and an indication of a willingness to address the problem at least from a prosecution point of view. That in itself will go some way to changing perceptions over time.




There seems to be some confusion between what happens in the legal process, and what happens in the media in particular the tabloids. Tabloids generally name those accused where they think it will increase circulation/readership. Ask any hack why, and you are very likely to get a well worn answer..it's what our readers want, if it wasn't we wouldn't publish it. . Really here there is an element that if you really don't want it, don't buy/read it.That said, I think there are substantial grounds for curbing tabloid excess in various areas.