The Ministry of Defence has spent more than £8m compensating survivors of historic child sex abuse committed by military personnel or on military bases since 2017, openDemocracy can reveal.
A Freedom of Information request submitted by this website revealed that 155 civil claims have been successfully brought against the MoD for non-recent child sex offences in the past eight years.
On average, each claim led to a survivor receiving a taxpayer-funded payout of £52,000.
Solicitor-advocate Ahmed Al-Nahhas from Bolt Burdon Kemp law firm in London, which specialises in representing injured service personnel, said openDemocracy’s findings paint “a stark and worrying picture” for the British military.
That’s not that much money on the grand scheme of things.
tetris11@feddit.uk 10 hours ago
We paid much more to former slave owners and no one blinked, I think we can spare £8m
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 9 hours ago
Also worth remembering. Dispite the evil of paying slave owners rather then the slaves.
It did lead to a huge increase in UK finances over decades following the borrowing.
It was shitty behaivior. But is worth noting how powerful government spending can be when spread well.