Boy, 16, jailed over sex attack on five-year-old girl – BBC News
“A 16-year-old boy has been jailed for sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl in Hampshire.”
BBC news, 1st July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: child abuse
Sex offence claims rise in wake of Savile scandal – Daily Telegraph
“Reports of sex offences overall, both historic and current, has also increased, with one police force seeing allegations almost double since last October, when the Savile affair first emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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Oxford child sex abuse ring members being sentenced today – The Independent
“The sentencing of seven men convicted of running a child sex abuse ring in Oxford is due to start today. The gang were found guilty of a range of sexual offences against girls as young as 12 last month.”
The Independent, 26th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Jeremy Forrest: child protection experts warn against romanticising case – The Guardian
“To glance at some headlines, a reader might think this was a conventional love story: ‘I still love him’; ‘He’s wonderful, I’ll fight for him’. But this was, child protection professionals agree, a relationship built around abuse.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Wales child abuse: Mrs Justice Macur holds Wrexham meetings – BBC News
“The judge leading a review of the Waterhouse inquiry into abuse at children’s homes in north Wales will hold public meetings later on Tuesday.”
BBC News, 18th June 2013
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Stuart Hall jailed for indecently assaulting young girls – The Guardian
“The disgraced BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall was jailed for 15 months on Monday for a string of historic sex attacks on girls as young as nine.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Choirmaster loses appeal against sentence for child sex offences – The Guardian
“A choirmaster jailed for six years for indecently assaulting a former pupil has lost a challenge against the length of his sentence.”
The Guardian, 12th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Four sex-abuse cases referred to police for reconsideration – BBC News
“Police have been asked to reconsider their decision to drop four sex-abuse cases, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced.”
BBC News, 11th June 2013
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Child sex abuse victims’ vulnerability must not be barrier to justice, says DPP – The Guardian
“Vulnerability among child sex abuse victims should no longer be a barrier to justice, the director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has declared as he unveiled new guidelines for handling cases.”
The Guardian, 11th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government to order internet firms to block terror sites and pornography – The Independent
“Internet and telecom companies will be ordered by the Government to block “harmful” content such as extremist material and pornography in the wake of the Woolwich terrorist attack and killing of five-year-old April Jones.”
The Independent, 6th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
April Jones: The challenge to catch online child abusers – BBC News
“Mark Bridger’s conviction for the murder of five-year-old April Jones has once more brought the issue of online child abuse to the fore. Many are in agreement that more needs to be done by web companies to block and remove such content. But what exactly is being done now, and how effective is it?”
BBC News, 31st May 2013
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Choirmaster jailed for sexually abusing pupil seeks to appeal against sentence – The Guardian
“The disgraced choirmaster Michael Brewer is to attempt to appeal against the length of his six-year prison sentence for indecently assaulting a former pupil.”
The Guardian, 29th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sex abuse victims thwarted by out-of-date law – BBC News
“An old law may stop women in England and Wales, who were groomed for sex as teenage girls before 2004, from bringing charges against the people who took advantage of them. The issue was highlighted when two women were told they could not press charges because they did not report the abuse to the police within 12 months of it happening.”
BBC News, 25th May 2013
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Norwich child sex abuser sentence ‘not unduly lenient’ – BBC News
“A child sex abuser who was spared jail due to the impact on his family was not given an ‘unduly lenient’ sentence, the solicitor general has decided.”
BBC News, 22nd May 2013
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Why We Need an Animal Abuser Registry – Criminal Law and Justice Weekly
“Criminals generally grow out of offending with the onset of a delayed maturity or when they become too old to accept the prospect of another spell in prison. However, one group of criminals are constant in their failure to change whatever their age: sex offenders. Although it is a cliché relied upon by defence counsel on behalf of every priest who molests a choirboy or teacher who robs a schoolgirl of her innocence that he acted “out of character”, each advocate is wrong. The reason is for pederasts and rapists and their ilk, their offences are not out of character, but part of their character.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 10th May 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
Inquiry into CofE cleric abuse claim set up – BBC News
“Archbishop of York John Sentamu is setting up an independent inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse made against a Church of England cleric.”
BBC News, 12th may 2013
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‘Serious and systemic abuse’ took place in Welsh care homes, investigation finds – Daily Telegraph
“A new inquiry has found ‘significant’ evidence of ‘systemic and serious’ sexual
and physical abuse of children as young as seven in care homes in North Wales.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Collette Elliot wins pay-out from Birmingham council – BBC News
“A woman is to receive compensation from a council after social services failed
to take her into care while she was being abused as a child.”
BBC News, 28th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
