‘Information provided by alleged child abuse victims to the overarching inquiry set up by Theresa May has been deleted due to a blunder, it has emerged.’
The Guardian, 15th October 2015
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‘A former Scout leader who sexually abused boys on trips to the Norfolk Broads in offences spanning nearly 30 years has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.’
The Guardian, 12th October 2015
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‘An increasing number of child abuse cases involving accusations of witchcraft and exorcism are being reported to police.’
The Independent, 11th October 2015
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‘Paul Gallagher meets the people whose job it is to identify victims, stop abuse material being shared and distributed, categorise extreme imagery ready for court and, hopefully, catch paedophiles before they find a victim ‘
The Independent, 4th October 2015
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‘A woman has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for manslaughter, after stabbing a convicted paedophile to death.’
The Guardian, 29th September 2015
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‘A woman at the centre of a “gruesome” child sex abuse ring which passed children round “like toys” has been given a life sentence.’
BBC News, 28th September 2015
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‘Five men guilty of being in a predatory paedophile gang in Wrexham in the 1980s have been jailed.’
BBC News, 25th September 2015
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‘The founder of a charity that offers helplines and refuge to women escaping from forced marriages has called on Ofsted inspectors to focus on the issue when visiting schools where girls may be at risk.’
The Guardian, 26th September 2015
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‘A paedophile who sexually abused two children could be given a harsher sentence than usual because of the Asian community his victims were from, a judge has ruled.’
The Independent, 18th September 2015
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‘Scotland Yard’s high-profile inquiry into an alleged Westminster paedophile ring is split over the veracity of the allegations under investigation and faces external criticism of its conduct.’
The Guardian, 21st September 2015
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‘The police watchdog is to investigate fresh claims that child sex abuse probes dating back to the 1970s were brushed under the carpet because they involved MPs.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) will oversee 12 more allegations of historic corruption within the Metropolitan Police in addition to the 17 investigations announced earlier this year.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2015
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‘A child molester who abused two Asian girls was rightly given a longer sentence than if his victims had been white because Asian sex crime victims suffer more, a leading judge has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2015
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‘Evidence gathered as part of a major police inquiry into abuse at a school in Rochdale is now being considered by the Crown Prosecution Service.’
BBC News, 16th September 2015
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‘Seven paedophiles who preyed on a baby and young children acted “beyond human instinct” and were guilty of “terrifying depravity”, a judge said.’
BBC News, 11th September 2015
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‘A paedophile gang behind the abuse and rape of young children, including a baby, have been described in court as “sick, depraved, callous and cruel.” ‘
BBC News, 10th September 2015
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‘More than 5,500 alleged sex crimes in UK schools were reported to police in the last three years, BBC figures show.’
BBC News, 6th September 2015
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‘The country’s most senior prosecutor said it was “difficult” hearing calls for her to quit over her handling of the Lord Janner case, but insisted: “I’m still the right person for the job.”’
The Guardian, 6th September 2015
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‘Gross misconduct notices have been served on four police officers in an inquiry into failings to alert local forces to paedophiles such as jailed Cambridge doctor Myles Bradbury.’
BBC News, 4th September 2015
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‘A paramedic who admitted sexually assaulting a teenager and possessing indecent images of her has been jailed.’
BBC News, 1st September 2015
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‘A judge will decide at a hearing on 7 December whether Lord Janner, who is facing child sex abuse charges spanning three decades, is fit to plead.’
BBC News, 1st September 2015
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