‘Justice isn’t just about sentencing: it’s about encouraging victims to come forward in the first place. Labour’s planned law will help. By Keir Starmer.’
The Guardian, 6th April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Radical changes to the way vulnerable witnesses are treated in court are being considered by the Labour Party.’
BBC News, 7th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘North Yorkshire Police’s handling of abuse claims made against the late DJ Jimmy Savile is to be investigated by the police watchdog.’
BBC News, 4th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Social services ask High Court to give two young children new names and even cut links with other siblings to protect them from abusive parents.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd April 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A “legal loophole” in child grooming laws should be closed, the children’s charity Barnardo’s has said.’
BBC News, 2nd April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A little boy who suffered brain injuries after falling from a bed should be returned to his parents after being taken into care nearly a year ago amid, the High Court has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Jimmy Savile died on 29 October 2011. The current value of his estate, after allowing for a range of expenses that have been incurred, was about £3.3 million. Jimmy Savile left a will. The executor of the will and Jimmy Savile’s personal representative was National Westminster Bank plc (“the Bank”). Various individuals were named in the will as beneficiaries (“the individual beneficiaries”). These included a small number of close relatives and friends, each of whom was given a relatively modest bequest. However, under the will, the bulk of the residue of Jimmy Savile’s estate was left to the Jimmy Savile Charitable Trust (“the Trust”). That Trust was intended to serve a number of very worthwhile and valid charitable causes, including Help for Heroes.’
Sovereign Chambers, 19th March 2014
Source: www.sovereignchambers.co.uk
‘An application for permission to appeal against a conviction on grounds of previous incompetent representation by solicitors or counsel should not be made without taking proper steps to inquire whether there was a cogent objective basis for the proposed ground of appeal. It was impermissible to rely alone on the word of the defendant.’
WLR Daily, 19th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Speech given by Home Secretary Theresa May on 17 March 2014 at National Crime Agency leadership event.’
Home Office, 18th March 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘An Islamic teacher who molested a girl as he taught her the Koran has avoided prison after claiming his family was dependent on him because his wife speaks “very little English”.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A former trainee teacher caught 11 years ago in an FBI sting targeting paedophiles has been jailed for life for trying to abduct two girls.’
BBC News, 14th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man branded a “danger to women” has been jailed for 23 years for a series of sex attacks in Hertfordshire.’
BBC News, 10th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The headmaster of a former Norfolk boarding school has been warned he could face a life sentence after admitting sex offences.’
BBC News, 7th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The public strongly backs the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) taking allegations of historical sex abuse to court, a survey has suggested.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Members of a child sex gang responsible for raping and sexually abusing girls as young as 12 in Peterborough were jailed at the Old Bailey today.’
The Independent, 20th February 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Calls have been made for an inquiry into claims paedophile rock star Ian Watkins could have been caught sooner.’
BBC News, 18th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An influential group of Britain’s leading human rights barristers has told MPs that the government is in breach of its legal obligation to protect children by failing to stop girls becoming victims of female genital mutilation.’
The Guardian, 12th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A former headteacher at the prep school attended by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has been sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment for abusing boys at the school.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th February 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A government declaration to end FGM in the UK and around the world marked International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation.’
Home Office, 6th February 2014
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
‘Dozens of historic child abuse inquiries could be restarted following complaints by victims of being let down by the criminal justice system.’
The Independent, 5th February 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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