“Sally Bercow, the wife of the Commons speaker, faces her first high court hearing next week as part of the libel battle with Lord McAlpine over an allegedly defamatory Twitter message.”
The Guardian, 12th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former Metropolitan Police community support officer with a history of sexual crime dating back to the age of 12 has been jailed after he secretly filmed himself abusing children.”
The Independent, 11th April 2013
Source: www.indepedent.co.uk
“A retired Church of England priest and a former organist and choirmaster have been found guilty of a string of child sex abuse offences dating back more than 25 years.”
The Independent, 5th April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Police and prosecutors are reviewing hundreds of historic cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) in a bid to bring the first prosecution in Britain since the practice was ruled illegal in 1985. Legal experts are already examining six cases referred by police, and scores more are also being considered. Tens of thousands of women and girls in the UK are believed to have been subjected to the horrifying ordeal, which is also known as “cutting”, in which the genitals of women and girls are severed by unqualified people in the belief that it will preserve the victim’s virginity. It can result in infections, infertility and, in extreme cases, death.”
The Independent, 7th April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Artist found guilty at Truro crown court of four charges of indecency with a child but cleared of three counts of indecent assault.”
The Guardian, 2nd April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting and
raping eight people including a 13-year-old boy.”
BBC News, 25th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“In March 2012 the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education, asked Lord Carlile to conduct an independent review of the case of the ‘J’ children in Edlington. The ‘J’ children had committed a very serious assault on two young victims in April 2009, having assaulted another young victim the previous weekend.”
Department for Education, March 2013
Source: www.education.gov.uk
Half a Century of Change: The Evidence of Child Victims (PDF)
Speech by The Right Honourable the Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Toulmin Lecture in Law and Psychiatry, 20th March 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Research should be carried out into the long-term affects on those who give evidence about sexual abuse when they are a child, the lord chief justice, Lord Judge, has urged.”
The Guardian, 20th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hundreds of police files on celebrities and politicians accused of sex assault
were so heavily protected that even officers investigating claims could not
access them.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two experienced senior social workers who were plunged into a ‘nightmare’ after officials unlawfully investigated them over false allegations they had ill-treated their young daughter have won damages in the high court.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police buried sex abuse allegations against Jimmy Savile in files marked ‘restricted’ and ‘sensitive’ because of his celebrity status, a damning report has revealed.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Related link: “Mistakes were made.” HMIC’s review into allegations and intelligence material concerning Jimmy Savile between 1964 and 2012 (PDF)
“Sweeping changes to the way alleged sex offenders in England and Wales are investigated must be introduced in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal and other child exploitation cases, Keir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions, has said.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A promise to end routine strip-searching of children in custody is being flouted, according to data revealing there were more than 43,000 recorded incidences involving children as young as 12 over a 21-month period – but in only 275 searches were illicit items found.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A child protection charity says it is impossible to catch every person who looks at indecent images and more needs to be done to stop people from looking at them.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Martha Gray, Pupil at 1 Garden Court, considers whether and in what circumstances a judge who has announced her decision is entitled to change her mind, particularly in the context of fact-finding hearings in care proceedings, in the light of the Supreme Court’s recent judgment.”
Family Law Week, 22nd February 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Contrary to the practice previously adopted, a judge’s power to reverse his or her decision at any time before the court order had been sealed was not reserved for exceptional circumstances. A carefully considered change of mind by the judge was permisssible in the interests of the overriding objective of dealing with a case justly.”
WLR Daily, 20th February 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
In the matter of L and B (Children) [2013] UKSC 8 | UKSC 2012/0263 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 20th February 2013
In the matter of J (Children) [2013] UKSC 9 | UKSC 2012/0128 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 20th February 2013
“The judge-led investigation into sexual abuse at the BBC in the Jimmy Savile era has been contacted by more than 425 people and carried out 60 in-person interviews with witnesses.”
The Guardian, 18th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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