Retired priest Robert Coles jailed for sexually abusing boys – BBC News

Posted February 15th, 2013 in child abuse, news, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

“A retired Church of England priest from East Sussex has been jailed for eight years for sexual offences against three boys aged between 10 and 16.”

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BBC News, 14th Febraury 2013

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Jimmy Savile estate and BBC sued over alleged abuse – BBC News

Posted February 13th, 2013 in BBC, child abuse, compensation, media, news, victims by sally

“The estate of Jimmy Savile and the BBC are being sued by alleged sex abuse victims of the late DJ and presenter.”

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BBC News, 13th February 2013

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Bar Council responds to Home Secretary – Bar Council

Posted February 12th, 2013 in child abuse, press releases, sexual offences, suicide, victims, witnesses by tracey

“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has responded to calls in the House of Commons this afternoon, from the Home Secretary, the Rt. Hon. Theresa May MP, to look carefully at any lessons which can be learned from the Brewer case. ”

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Bar Council, 11th February 2013

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

iPhone used to bring child sex attacker William Walker to justice – BBC News

“A tattooist who raped a child has been jailed after his victim recorded a
conversation with him 20 years later.”

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BBC News, 11th February 2013

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Frances Andrade death: Charity calls for review in child abuse trials – BBC News

Posted February 11th, 2013 in charities, child abuse, news, prosecutions, trials, victims by sally

“A charity for adults who were abused in childhood has said the way prosecutions are brought must change after a victim took her own life during a trial.”

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BBC News, 9th February 2013

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Sexual abuse victim killed herself after giving evidence at trial – The Guardian

Posted February 8th, 2013 in child abuse, news, sexual offences, suicide, victims by sally

“A professional violinist killed herself after giving evidence at the trial of her former music teacher, who was found guilty of five counts of indecent assault on Friday.”

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The Guardian, 8th February 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Michael Brewer: Music director guilty of sex abuse charges – BBC News

Posted February 8th, 2013 in child abuse, news, sexual offences by sally

“A leading choir director and his ex-wife have been convicted of indecently assaulting a former music school pupil when she was 14.”

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BBC News, 8th February 2013

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Sudanese paedophile cannot be deported over fears he would be ‘persecuted’ in home country – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 28th, 2013 in child abuse, damages, deportation, human rights, immigration, news, sexual offences by sally

“A Sudanese paedophile who was part of a group of immigrants who lured schoolgirls to a house for sex cannot be deported because he is a member of a ‘persecuted tribe’, it was disclosed at the High Court yesterday.”

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Daily Telegraph, 26th January 2013

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Children: Public Law Update – Family Law Week

Posted January 22nd, 2013 in care orders, child abuse, children, disclosure, jurisdiction, news by sally

“John Tughan, barrister, 4 Paper Buildings, considers some recent important public law decisions of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court relating to children.”

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Family Law Week, 21st January 2013

Source: www.familylawweek.com

Met police launch inquiry into historic child sex abuse claims – The Guardian

Posted January 18th, 2013 in child abuse, evidence, indecent photographs of children, news by tracey

“The Metropolitan police have launched an official investigation into historic claims of child abuse after an MP alleged that a ‘senior aide of a former prime minister’ had links to a member of a paedophile ring.”

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The Guardian, 17th January 2013

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Identity of social workers may be published following fostering bungle – UK Human Rights Blog

“Bristol City Council v C and others [2012] EWHC 3748 (Fam). This was an application for a reporting restriction order arising out of care proceedings conducted before the Bristol Family Proceedings Court. The proceedings themselves were relatively straightforward but, in the course of the hearing, information came to light which gave rise to concerns of an ‘unusual nature’, which alerted the interest of the press.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 13th January 2013

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Jimmy Savile scandal: How will it affect future abuse cases?- BBC News

“Jimmy Savile’s ability to commit hundreds of serious sexual offences inside public institutions, ‘hiding in plain sight’ as Friday’s police and NSPCC report on his crimes puts it, seems almost incredible. And for his victims, it is indeed credibility which is the issue at the heart of this scandal.”

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BBC News, 12th January 2013

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Barnardo’s concern over child sex trafficking rise – BBC News

Posted January 14th, 2013 in child abuse, news, statistics, trafficking in human beings by tracey

“The UK has seen an ‘alarming’ 22% year-on-year rise in children being sexually exploited, the charity Barnardo’s says.”

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BBC News, 13th January 2012

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Savile: the full shocking truth revealed in official report – The Independent

Posted January 11th, 2013 in child abuse, police, prosecutions, reports, sexual offences by tracey

“Police have recorded 34 rapes against Jimmy Savile and 126 indecent assaults with the vast majority of them against children, the youngest of whom was aged eight, a report into the activities of the former DJ revealed today.”

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Levitt Report

The Independent, 11th January 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

DPP statement on Savile cases – Crown Prosecution service

Posted January 11th, 2013 in child abuse, police, press releases, prosecutions, reports, sexual offences by tracey

“In October 2012, in light of the more recent allegations of sexual offending by Jimmy Savile, I asked my Principal Legal Advisor, Alison Levitt QC, to examine the decisions taken by the CPS in relation to the four allegations made in 2007 and 2008 and advise me whether they were correct or not.”

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Crown Prosecution Service, 11th January 2013

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Runaway child rapist David James jailed for 16 years – BBC News

Posted January 11th, 2013 in child abuse, extradition, news, rape, sentencing, sexual offences by tracey

“A child rapist brought back from the US after more than 20 years on the run has been jailed for 16 years.”

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BBC News, 10th January 2013

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Gagging order preventing Sun report on child protection scandal overturned – The Guardian

“The Sun has won a two-month battle to overturn an injunction brought by Bristol City Council that prevented it from reporting details of a child protection scandal.”

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The Guardian, 9th January 2013

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Call for evidence – Macur Review

Posted January 9th, 2013 in care homes, child abuse, evidence, inquiries, news, Wales by sally

“The Independent Review of the Waterhouse Tribunal will today publish an Issues Paper calling for views on the scope of the original Inquiry and whether or not it sufficiently investigated specific allegations of child abuse in North Wales care homes.”

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Macur Review, 8th January 2013

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

ASA bans adverts over use of Jimmy Savile references – The Guardian

Posted January 9th, 2013 in advertising, child abuse, complaints, news, ombudsmen by sally

“The advertising watchdog has criticised a magazine and a clothing firm for attempting to drum up business by using images of the late Jimmy Savile in email campaigns, including one which features the disgraced ex-presenter wearing what appears to be underwear while smoking a cigar.”

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The Guardian, 9th January 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Wales child abuse: Judge appeal to Waterhouse witnesses – BBC News

Posted January 8th, 2013 in child abuse, inquiries, news, Wales, witnesses by sally

“The judge leading a review of an inquiry into sexual abuse at care homes in north Wales has appealed for witnesses to come forward.”

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BBC News, 8th January 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk