Stanhope Castle school abuse claims ‘groundless’, said 1979 report – BBC News
‘Allegations of abuse at a scandal-hit school were dismissed as “groundless”, a report leaked to the BBC has shown.’
BBC News, 2nd April 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: child abuse
Honours system under scrutiny after sex abuser kept title for years – The Guardian
‘Lawyers have called for an overhaul of the honours forfeiture system after it emerged that a sex abuser retained an honour bestowed for services to the Queen some three years after a court recognised him as a paedophile.’
The Guardian, 30th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Liverpool child rapist jailed for 18 years – BBC News
‘A “dangerous predator” who raped two young boys and sexually abused four other children has been jailed for 18 years.’
BBC News, 28th March 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man sentenced to 24 years for murder of released child killer – The Guardian
‘A man has been jailed for at least 24 years after being found guilty of torturing and stabbing to death a convicted child killer shortly after he was released from prison.’
The Guardian, 25th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
CPS under fire for delay in charging man accused of raping boy, 12 – The Guardian
‘The Crown Prosecution Service has come under fire for waiting nearly a year and a half to charge a man accused of raping a 12-year-old boy despite him admitting to the crime.’
The Guardian, 25th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Barry Bennell expenses claim raises questions about Crewe’s legal defence – The Guardian
‘Here is the expenses claim from Barry Bennell that raises significant questions about the defence put forward by Crewe Alexandra’s lawyers to fight the high court claims lodged by victims of the paedophile coach. It shows Bennell claimed £5 per boy to accommodate them at his house during the years when he used his position as Crewe’s youth-team coach to feed what prosecutors have described as his “almost insatiable appetite for young boys”.’
The Guardian, 20th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Paedophiles caught by vigilantes face tougher charges – Daily Telegraph
‘Paedophiles caught in undercover stings by vigilantes are to face tougher charges under new rules being introduced by prosecutors.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
R (X) v General Medical Council General Medical Council v X – Blackstone Chambers
‘The Administrative Court has handed down judgment in the case of Dr X which raises important issues about the extent to which a regulator may have to modify its usual publication procedures for reporting disciplinary outcomes where the practitioner claims that publication would expose him or her to a real and immediate risk of death.’
Blackstone Chambers, 11th March 2019
Source: www.blackstonechambers.com
Essex child abuse detectives guilty of misconduct – BBC News
‘Two police officers who scuppered child abuse investigations through laziness have been found guilty of misconduct in a public office.’
BBC News, 14th March 2019
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Lord Steel says he believed Cyril Smith abuse claims but did not act – The Guardian
‘Lord Steel, the Liberal Democrat peer, has admitted believing in 1979 that child abuse allegations against Sir Cyril Smith were true, but did nothing to assess whether he was a continuing risk to children.’
The Guardian, 13th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Glenn Jones: Former police inspector jailed for arranging to meet child for sex – The Independent
‘A former police officer who arranged to meet a child for sex has been jailed.’
The Independent, 13th March 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The President’s guidance on anonymisation in published judgments – Transparency Project
‘On 7 December 2018, Sir Andrew McFarlane, the President of the Family Division, issued some practice guidance to judges entitled Practice Guidance: anonymisation and avoidance of the identification of children and the treatment of explicit descriptions of the sexual abuse of children in judgments intended for the public arena(see January [2019] Fam Law 68). In it, he refers to a report written by Julia Brophy and published by the Association of Lawyers for Children (ALC) in July 2016 (J Brophy, Anonymisation and avoidance of the identification of children and the treatment of explicit descriptions of the sexual abuse of children in judgments intended for the public arena: judicial guidance, available on the ALC and Nuffield Foundation websites).’
Transparency Project, 12th March 2019
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
Medomsley detention centre saw hundreds sexually abused – BBC News
‘An officer at a former youth detention centre sexually assaulted hundreds of inmates, it has emerged.’
BBC News, 12th March 2019
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Mother in FGM case ‘betrayed’ three-year-old daughter by mutilating her, as she is sentenced to 13 years – Daily Telegraph
‘The first person to be convicted of FMG in Britain “betrayed” her three-year-old daughter by mutilating her, a judge said, as she jailed her for 13 years.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th March 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Newcastle rape and trafficking trials collapse over police failings – BBC News
‘The case against a gang accused of trafficking and raping young girls has collapsed because of police failings.’
BBC News, 7th March 2019
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Former football coach jailed for offences against young boys – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A former youth football coach has been jailed for 13-and-a-half years for sexual offences against two young boys. He was also issued with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for 15 years.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 6th March 2019
Child sexual abuse inquiry to assess merit of claims against politicians – The Guardian
‘The public inquiry into child sexual abuse has come under pressure to establish whether or not allegations against senior politicians are well founded, as its attention turns to the world of politics.’
The Guardian, 4th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
One in five children under supervision orders harmed again within five years – The Guardian
‘At least one in five children in England allowed to return to potentially dangerous homes under supervision orders are back in court within five years having been subjected to further significant harm, according to research.’
The Guardian, 4th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Abuse survivor taking Crewe Alexandra to court – BBC News
‘Ex-Crewe Alexandra player Steve Walters is taking the club to court after he says they told him he had waited too long to report sex abuse by paedophile coach Barry Bennell.’
BBC News, 28th February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Appalling sexual abuse by staff of children in custody revealed by nationwide inquiry – The Independent
‘The appalling scale of sexual abuse against children as young as 11 in detention centres has been revealed by a nationwide inquiry. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) said that more than 1,000 incidents of alleged sexual abuse had been reported between 2009 and 2017.’
The Independent, 28th February 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
