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Details about child sex convictions will be revealed under a Home Office pilot scheme if police think a child may be in danger.

Twelve-month trials are being held in Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Stockton in Cleveland and Warwickshire and could be extended across the country if successful.

The trials are a response to calls for a "Sarah's Law" that allows more information to be published about where paedophiles live. The campaign followed the brutal murder of Sarah Payne by convicted sex offender Roy Whiting. In America, "Megan's Law", named after the child victim of a repeat sex offender, allows the publication of names, addresses and pictures of paedophiles in some states.

Fears were raised such a law could lead to vigilante attacks and drive paedophiles underground. Under the new scheme any parent sharing the information given to them could face civil or criminal penalties.

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said the pilots were a "huge step forward". "There are few crimes more damaging, more emotive and more sensitive than sexual offences against children. I want to see every child living their lives free from fear," she said.

"Giving parents the ability to find out if someone close to their child poses a risk will empower them. With the help and support of police and other agencies, it will also help them to understand how to better protect their children."

Sara Payne, Sarah's mother, welcomed the moves, but said there was "far more still more to be done".

"I am very pleased to have been part of the pilot schemes set up to put the protection of children first. I am also very pleased that we as a society will no longer be part of the secret-keeping culture so crucial to the sex offenders' ability to offend.

"This is a giant step towards truth and honesty when dealing with sex offenders and all we need now is for local communities up and down the UK to help make this work. It has been a long journey to get to this point and I finally feel the wind of change, but make no mistake, there is far more still to be done."