Criminal justice system ‘failing victims’, abuse victim tells Belfast Reclaim the Night rally

Reclaim the Night of demonstrators march in Belfast (Reclaim the Night/PA)

A Belfast woman who was sexually abused as a child has told this year’s Reclaim the Night rally that the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland is “failing victims”.

Haileigh Ashton Lamont, who reported her stepfather to the police in 2020 after enduring ten years of sexual abuse, now works as an advocate for people who have suffered abuse.