New review for victims of child sex abuse He added: "I don't think any of us would pretend this was done properly in the past, because it wasn't. When the CPS report into Savile came out I apologised to those affected and I extend that apology to others who have suffered. It comes as part of a wider overhaul of how police and the CPS should handle child sex abuse cases, with other new steps including a guarantee that victims of child sex abuse are entitled to counselling before giving evidence. Earlier this year it emerged that one victim of sex abuse during her childhood took her own life after being been told by police not to seek therapy until after the trial. Frances Andrade, 48, a talented violinist, was found dead from a suspected insulin overdose at her home in Guildford, Surrey, just six days after giving evidence at her abuser's trial. The new rules state: "There is no bar to a victim seeking pre-trial therapy or conselling and neither the police not the CPS should prevent therapy from taking place prior to a trial." Other new measures in the guidelines tell police and prosecutors they can inform victims that others have made allegations against their alleged attacker, in a bid to "strengthen their resolve" to continue with a prosecution. In the case of Savile, the entertainer who is now known to have been Britain's most prolific paedophile, it emerged that police missed multiple opportunities to stop his catalogue of abuse. One police force, Surrey, consulted with the CPS about four allegations reported between 2007 and 2008 but it was decided that no prosecution could be brought because the victims would not support police action. Mr Starmer said: "This has been a problem area for 10 years or more - what can you tell one victim about what another victim has said? So what this guidance does is to spell it out in very clear terms. The guidelines also say police should avoid "trawling" for potential victims by approaching people who, for example, lived at a children's home where abuse allegations have been made, because of the risk it will generate false allegations. Mr Starmer said child sex abuse allegations had been approached "over cautiously" in the past because "police and prosecutors have been concerned about bringing a charge that has such ramifications for the individual."