‘We have not been reassured we are going to be protected,’ says deepfake victimpublished at 09:13 BST
09:13 BST
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Deepfake victim Kirsty Pellant says uncertainty over the early release scheme is adding to people’s fears
Kirsty Pellant, a deepfake victim who discovered that hundreds of her photographs had been used to create a fake identity online, says uncertainty over the early release scheme is “adding to everybody’s anxiety”.
She has been told her perpetrator is eligible for the scheme but only knows he will not be released this month.
Kirsty tells the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that victims have been left in “such a dangerous position” as they have no idea when offenders will be released and therefore cannot prepare themselves for such a scenario.
“It’s very good and well for the government to say there will be extra supervisions and everything else but what will that look like in reality?,” she asks, adding that victims have not been reassured “in any way that we are going to be protected”.
“That uncertainty is definitely adding to everybody’s anxiety about this,” Kirsty says. “How do we know offenders are going to come out and interventions have happened to make sure that they’re not going to be as much of a danger then they were at conviction point.”
“The measures all seem to be reactive and there doesn’t seem to be preventative measures to keep us safe,” she adds.