Independent review of the police and prosecution response to the Rehtaeh Parsons Case /

Independent Review of the Police and Prosecution Response to the Rehtaeh Parsons Case Independent Review of the Police and Prosecution Response to the Rehtaeh Parsons Case i Independent Review of the Police and Prosecution Response to the Rehtaeh Parsons Case i Executive Summary Overview of Events renewed thoughts of suicide. [...] That prosecutor’s opinion was that the child pornography offences could not be prosecuted, primarily iv Independent Review of the Police and Prosecution Response to the Rehtaeh Parsons Case The Response to Greater awareness about the devasta- Cyberbullying tion caused by cyberbullying and the many new tools now available to the police and others to address the issue Throughout the initial investig [...] Independent Review of the Police and Prosecution Response to the Rehtaeh Parsons Case v Conclusion My recommendations are set out throughout the report, and are also From the moment the matter was re- summarized in Appendix D. It will ported to the police, they were aware be evident from the above that the that Rehtaeh was a young person in most obvious error I identified – the distress. [...] The previous night, following legal advice relating to the child the incident and the dissemination of pornography charges – resulted from the photograph, she had had suicidal a misunderstanding of the law. [...] The Terms of My task was not to investigate the crime Reference do not relate to the steps taken and determine what exactly happened that once the investigation was re-opened so I fateful night; rather, it was to inquire into only comment on those steps to the extent whether the police and the prosecution that they help answer the question as to why properly investigated and assessed Rehtaeh’s an