Prosecutors told to do more to strip ‘revenge porn’ abusers of victim images

New CPS guidance aims to boost use of deletion orders after Observer revealed systemic failings

The Crown Prosecution Service is to update its guidance on so-called revenge porn" crimes to stop perpetrators being allowed to keep explicit photos of their victims.

The Observer revealed last month that magistrates courts were routinely failing to make orders for the deletion of content linked to intimate-image abuse cases - and that prosecutors were failing to request them.