EDUCATION minister Robert Sillars has lent his weight to the Voice for Victims campaign, stating that ‘zero tolerance is a must’.

ISLANDERS who put their name to a child abuse campaign have a chance to influence sentencing guidelines in Guernsey’s new sexual offences law, the deputy Home Department minister has said.

ISLANDERS are continuing to show their support for the Voice for Victims campaign.

CHILD abuse victim Zibby Yates returned to her former school yesterday to get other mums to sign up to the Voice for Victims campaign.

VOICE for Victims campaigner Zibby Yates will hit the streets today to drum up island support in favour of positive changes for those affected by child sex abuse.

AROUND 12 months ago, this newspaper highlighted the appalling catalogue of abuse experienced by a young girl – now a young woman and a mother herself – at the hands of the serial paedophile Eugene Hughes.

A CAMPAIGN aimed at promoting the rights of those affected by child sexual abuse is launched today by the Guernsey Press.

One in five children will have experienced sexual abuse by the time they reach adulthood. Zibby Yates was one of them and carried the secret for almost two decades. Now she is spearheading a new campaign aimed at building on Guernsey’s determination to tackle such abuse – and give victims a voice. Nicci Martel reports.

Voice for Victims is a joint campaign between The Guernsey Press and Zibby Yates aimed at promoting the rights of those affected by child sexual abuse.