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Hidden victims: What happens to the children of sex offenders?

A senior police officer has told Sky News that children of sex offenders are "hidden victims" and called for services, especially mental health provision, to be improved.

Research shared with us shows around 300 families a month in England and Wales are affected by a parent being arrested for online child sex offences.

On the Sky News Daily, Sally Lockwood speaks to our correspondent Katerina Vittozzi who has been investigating this issue for months after she was tipped off by a police contact.

We hear harrowing accounts from a mother and children who have experienced the trauma of it, and…

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