‘The independent inquiry into football’s sexual-abuse scandal is expected to report back to the Football Association that there is no evidence of an institutional cover-up at the top of the sport or of a paedophile ring operating within the game, it can be revealed.’
The Guardian, 26th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman who suffered serious abuse at the hands of her stepfather has won a legal challenge against a policy which denies some victims the right to compensation. The Court of Appeal ruled on Tuesday that the so-called “same-roof” rule, which denies compensation to domestic abuse victims who lived in the same home as their attacker before 1979, was “incompatible” with human rights laws.’
The Independent, 24th July 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A former Southampton football club youth coach has been found guilty of indecently assaulting a young trainee.’
BBC News, 23rd July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Home Secretary has today published Peter Wanless and Richard Whittam QC’s independent review into information passed to the Home Office in connection with allegations of child sexual abuse in Rotherham.’
Full press release and documents
Home Office, 17th July 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘The government received information detailing the extent of grooming gang activity in Rotherham as far back as 2002 but failed to properly act on it, a review has found.’
The Independent, 17th July 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman has been sentenced to nine years in prison after confessing to killing her father and burying his body in her back garden in Greater Manchester after a “lifetime of abuse” at his hands.’
The Guardian, 11th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Twitter commentators asked questions last week of a BBC headline:
Thousands misusing abuse orders to get legal aid, says parenting charity
And the ‘click-bait’ opening sentence of the story itself:
Families Need Fathers says parents are being encouraged by some solicitors to file for non-molestation orders – injunctions used in urgent abuse cases.’
Transparency Project, 9th July 2018
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘The Church of England is to establish an independent ombudsman to deal with complaints over its handling of sexual abuse cases, and will seek other ways of strengthening independent scrutiny of its processes.’
The Guardian, 7th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Former boys football coach George Ormond has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for a series of sex abuses that stretches 25 years.’
The Independent, 4th July 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Lanzarote Convention is an important step forward in protecting children from sexual abuse. But what else needs to be done?’
Rights Info, 25th June 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘A serial rapist has been found guilty of 24 sex attacks, including four counts of rape on a child.’
BBC News, 25th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK government has issued the following announcement on its ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (a.k.a. “the Lanzarote Convention”).’
Law & Religion UK, 21st June 2018
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘The Church of England has made last-ditch efforts to engage with sexual abuse survivors before a report of how it recorded cases of abuse is published next month.’
BBC News, 22nd June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Victims of Barry Bennell, the former football coach who was labelled “sheer evil” after subjecting junior footballers from Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra to hundreds of sexual offences, have welcomed the rejection of his appeal against his 30-year prison sentence.’
The Guardian, 20th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A police force has been hit with an £80,000 monetary penalty by the Information Commissioner’s Office after it sent a bulk email that identified victims of non-recent child abuse.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th June 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘More than 3,000 offences of grooming children online for sex have been committed by paedophiles in only the first year since a new law on sexual communication was introduced last April, police have revealed.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A police force has been fined and heavily criticised for sending out a bulk email that identified victims of historical child abuse. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said the error by Gloucestershire police was likely to have caused “substantial distress” to alleged abuse victims, some of whom were legally entitled to lifelong anonymity.’
The Guardian, 14th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Six men from Oxford who groomed and sexually abused teenage girls between 1998 and 2005 have been jailed.’
BBC News, 12th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A hospital where a doctor abused child patients has paid out a further £56,000 in compensation to victims and their families in the past six months.’
BBC News, 10th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman sexually abused by her stepfather between the ages of four and 16 is challenging a law which stops victims of crime who lived under the “same roof” as their attacker prior to 1979, from receiving compensation.’
BBC News, 11th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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