“A review into the rape of a toddler by a paedophile nursery worker has criticised Ofsted and council staff, who were aware that he had a ‘special relationship’ with the child but did not investigate it
properly.”
The Independent, 27th August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Charities and an MP are campaigning for tougher restrictions on sex offenders, saying the system is failing to stop grooming and exploitation of children.”
BBC News, 27th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Alex Verdan QC of 4 Paper Buildings considers several recent judgments in Children private law proceedings which provide practitioners with helpful guidance.”
Family Law Week, 15th August 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Church files on deceased clergy who served in the Diocese of York are to be opened as part of an investigation into alleged cases of child abuse.”
BBC News, 17th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for eight years for raping a 13-year-old girl on her way to school in Greater Manchester.”
BBC News, 9th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A computer engineer from Birmingham has been jailed for nine years for an attack in which he stamped on the head of his partner’s four-year-old son.”
BBC News, 7th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The attorney general is to review the sentence of a convicted paedophile who avoided prison after his 13-year-old victim was described in court as predatory and was said to have encouraged him.”
The Guardian, 7th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The most senior judge in England and Wales has rejected calls for specialist courts to deal with child sex abuse cases.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Child victims of sexual abuse will have their cases tried by a hand picked panel of specialist judges to give them more protection in criminal trials, the Lord Chief Justice is expected to announce.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former teacher who evaded the authorities for more than a decade has been jailed for 14 years for sexually abusing boys at a Norfolk school.”
BBC News, 5th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“On his last day of school, Daniel Pelka was desperate for food. While other children made shapes with play jelly, he tried to eat it. He plucked a half-eaten pear from a bin and then grubbed around in a sandpit for dried beans that he tried to eat. Two days later, the four-year-old was dead.”
The Independent, 1st August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The mother and stepfather of a four-year-old boy who was battered to death after being subjected to a six-month regime of starvation and physical torture will be jailed for life on Friday after being found guilty of murdering the boy, whose body was so emaciated that one experienced health worker compared it to that of a concentration camp victim.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A primary school teacher who was caught with indecent images of children and extreme pornography involving animals has been jailed for six months.”
BBC News, 29th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three men have been convicted of raping and sexually assaulting a vulnerable young girl. The men, who – along with two others – were suspected of running a child sex abuse ring in London, were found guilty on five separate counts.”
The Independent, 19th July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A convicted paedophile who broke a court order banning him from allowing children into his home in Kent has been sentenced to three years in prison.”
BBC News, 12th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A decision to continue to withhold crucial details from a damning report on widespread abuse in children’s homes has been strongly criticised by victims, lawyers and child protection experts.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A report written 17 years ago into claims of abuse at children’s homes in north Wales in the 1970s and 1980s has been published.”
BBC News, 8th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“In this piece I examine a difficult question. Is there now a need for a duty to have due regard to the need to eliminate abuse of minors over and above the welfare duty in s 11 of the Children Act 2004? (The question can be put in a number of different ways covering exploitation, abuse, and I have not tried to define precisely the social evil to be minimised).”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“An internationally renowned artist who walked free from court despite being convicted of a string of sexual offences against child models is to have his sentence reviewed by the appeal court.”
The Guardian, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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