‘Sir Thomas Winsor, the official police watchdog, says senior officers share the blame for failures to properly investigate paedophile abuse, opening door to legal action.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Twenty-nine serving and former police officers have been put on notice as part of an investigation into Essex Police’s handling of child abuse cases.’
BBC News, 25th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Hundreds of possible suspects, including two serving or former Rotherham councillors, have been identified so far by an investigation into child sexual abuse in the town, the National Crime Agency has said.’
The Independent, 24th June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An independent review is being launched to examine why so many children in care in England and Wales end up in the criminal justice system.’
BBC News, 23rd June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A paedophile who carried out child sex crimes during stopovers while working as a British Airways pilot has been jailed for 12 years and six months.
BBC News, 17th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother spared prison for having sex with a schoolboy has been given a two-and-a-half year jail term after judges overruled her original punishment.’
BBC News, 12th June 2015
‘A GP who did not act adequately over concerns raised about starved schoolboy Daniel Pelka remains fit to practise, a disciplinary panel has ruled.’
BBC News, 11th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The aunt and grandmother of a seven-year-old girl who died of a brain injury have been jailed for what a judge described as “just about the worst case of child cruelty it is possible to imagine”.’
The Guardian, 5th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
In re K (Children): [2015] EWCA Civ 543; [2015] WLR (D) 237
‘The Family Court had no power to order the Lord Chancellor to provide public funding for legal representation outside the legal aid scheme in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.’
WLR Daily, 22nd May 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Letters from the 1980s have been released, in which MP Geoffrey Dickens called for then-Home Secretary Leon Brittan to ban a pro-paedophilia group.’
BBC News, 4th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘John Tughan QC of 4 Paper Buildings reviews recent judgments of particular importance to all practitioners in public children law.’
Family Law Week, 28th May 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Four men have today been sentenced at Leeds Crown Court to a total of 51 years for child sexual exploitation.’
CPS News Brief, 2nd June 2015
Source: http://blog.cps.gov.uk
‘High-profile revelations in recent years illustrate the importance of public authorities sharing information on individuals who are of concern in relation to child protection matters. When inaccurate information is shared, however, the consequences for the individual can be calamitous.’
Panopticon, 1st June 2015
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘A “perverted” man has been jailed for 22 years for abusing a boy he groomed for sex in the 1970s.’
BBC News, 29th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A GP should have been “more proactive” after concerns were raised about a four-year-old boy a month before he was killed, a disciplinary panel has heard.’
BBC News, 2nd June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK’s government aims to tackle the spread of child sexual abuse imagery online by closing a legal loophole.’
BBC News, 27th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The case considered whether Mr Rhodes could be prevented from publishing his memoir on the basis that to do so would constitute the tort of intentionally causing harm. Those acting on behalf of Mr Rhodes’ son were particularly concerned about the effect upon him of learning of details of his father’s sexual abuse as a child.’
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UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd May 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A concert pianist has won a legal battle to publish an autobiographical book giving details of sexual abuse he experienced as a child.’
BBC News, 20th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police across the country are investigating more than 1,400 men – including 261 high-profile individuals – over allegations of child abuse in the past, a senior officer running the national operation has revealed.’
The Guardian, 20th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A paedophile doctor’s appeal against his sentence is “utterly contemptible”, the mother of one victim has said.’
BBC News, 19th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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