Victims of sexual assault in South Yorkshire no longer have to pay for physical court transcripts
The Labour MP for Rotherham - Sarah Champion has been campaigning for the changes over the last 18 months
The Labour MP for Rotherham tells us it's 'perverse' that victims of sexual assault have had to pay for their court transcripts before.
Those rules were scrapped by the Ministry of Justice last week though.
It means survivors will no longer have to pay for a physical copy of the judges sentencing remarks in their case.
Sarah Campaign has campaigned for the changes in Parliament for the last 18 months:
“Victims should not have to pay a penny to learn more about the sentencing of their offenders, but for too long, they have had to pay extortionate fees, sometimes in the thousands.
"The permanent roll-out of this vital free transcripts scheme will give much needed closure and reassurance to victims and survivors that justice has been served. I am proud to have worked alongside the brave survivors who made this possible.”
The changes officially came into force last Friday on the 30th of May.