“The sentences handed out to the three people convicted over the brutal death of Baby P will stand after the Attorney-General today ruled they were not too lenient.”
The Times, 16th June 2009
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“Baby P’s ‘stepfather’ has launched an attempt to overturn his convictions for rape and the part he played in the little boy’s death.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2009
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“The investigation into alleged child abuse at the Little Ted nursery is likely to consider whether the worker who was charged yesterday was subjected to the correct vetting process. Loopholes in vetting came to light after the Soham murders of 2002. Yet a new system designed to strengthen checks has yet to come into force, although ministers say they are confident that they will meet the latest deadline of this October.”
The Times, 11th June 2009
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“An art historian and author today failed to win a £500,000 divorce settlement from his wealthy former wife whose grandchildren he sexually abused.”
The Independent, 4th June 2009
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“The head of the children’s court agency was summoned by a judge yesterday to explain ‘deplorable and entirely unacceptable’ case delays after the Baby Peter scandal.”
The Times, 29th May 2009
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“The attorney general is to ask the court of appeal to increase the sentences handed down in the Baby Peter case after several complaints from child welfare organisations and the public that they were disappointingly short.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2009
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“A chief constable could face jail and an end to his 35-year police career for defying a High Court order to return computers suspected of holding a huge collection of child abuse images to a controversial expert witness.”
The Times, 27th May 2009
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“The mother of Baby Peter was branded ‘manipulative and self-centred’ by an Old Bailey judge yesterday who sentenced her to at least five years in prison for the death of her son.”
The Independent, 23rd May 2009
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“There was probably sufficient evidence to justify taking Baby P into care days before he was brutally killed, council lawyers at the centre of the case have privately admitted, according to documents seen by the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman has been found not guilty of shaking her baby son to death.”
BBC News, 13th May 2009
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“Health workers missed dozens of opportunities to identify abuse being suffered by Baby P before his death because of ‘systemic failings’ in the care given to the child, an official report has found.”
The Times, 13th May 2009
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“A former teacher has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for a series of sexual assaults on young boys.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
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“The Roman Catholic Church in Britain could face a surge of US-style compensation claims over child abuse after a former City lawyer yesterday won the right to claim £5 million in damages.”
The Times, 6th May 2009
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“The boyfriend of Baby P’s mother has been found guilty of raping a two year-old girl. The 32-year-old man was found guilty of the rape of the young girl after a 10-day trial at the Old Bailey. In the same trial, Baby Peter’s mother was cleared of failing to prevent the attack.”
The Times, 1st May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A child-sex murderer whose delicate sculpture of a paper orchestra was bought and displayed by the Royal Festival Hall, asked judges yesterday to free him in a year because of the exceptional progress he has made in prison.”
The Times, 1st May 2009
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“A special constable with the Metropolitan Police has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for sexually assaulting underage girls.”
BBC News, 27th April 2009
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“A chartered accountant who admitted raping a child has been jailed for an indefinite term, despite the fact his victim has never been found.”
BBC News, 17th April 2009
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“A former local councillor has been jailed for six years after police found an illegal gun and child abuse images at his Greater Manchester home.”
BBC News, 16th April 2009
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“Child protection authorities yesterday said they hoped to return an eight-year-old boy to his mother who had hit him with a hairbrush as soon as possible, but defended their decision to take him into care.”
The Guardian, 11th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police mistakes meant a chance to charge Baby P’s mother with assaulting him was missed several weeks before his death, an unpublished report says.”
BBC News, 9th April 2009
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