Rapist of child fails in appeal – BBC News
“A rapist who photographed himself abusing a girl has failed in an attempt to reduce his jail term.”
BBC News, 4th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: children
Couple’s son, 2, taken into care by social workers after they ‘refused to feed him junk food’ – Daily Telegraph
“A two year-old boy was taken away by social services and put into foster care after his parents, Paul and Lisa Hessey, refused to follow doctors’ orders and feed him junk food, they have claimed.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Age of criminal responsibility ‘should be raised from 10 to 14′ – Daily Telegraph
“At present, child defendants are at increased risk of suffering miscarriages of justice because the courts service does not identify their vulnerabilities or ensure they understand their legal rights, the Prison Reform Trust claimed. Given that many child offenders are among ‘the most vulnerable children in society’, they should instead be dealt with through a welfare-based system rather than an adversarial court trial.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Detention of children at immigration ‘prisons’ attacked by MPs – The Observer
“Too many children being held at detention centres for too long, says home affairs select committee.”
The Observer, 29th November 2009
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
Boys in court after ‘abusing children in park’ – The Independent
“Three boys who forced their young victims to perform degrading sex acts in a park have been given supervision orders.”
The Independent, 27th November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
R (A) v Croydon London Borough Council; R (M) vLambeth London Borough Council – WLR Daily
“Where an asylum seeker’s claim to be under the age of 18 (and so entitled to accommodation under s 20(1) of the Children Act 1989) was disputed by the local authority who would have to provide the accommodation, the question of age was an objective fact to be ultimately determined, in the event of challenge, by the court.”
WLR Daily, 24th November 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Thousands of children jailed – before being found guilty – The Independent
“More than 27,000 children have been locked up before being convicted of any crime over the last five years. They include 1,004 under-18s held on remand for more than six months and 83 detained for more than one year.”
The Independent, 27th November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Teacher, 39, jailed for sex with 15-year-old pupil – The Guardian
“A religious education teacher who admitted 10 charges of engaging a 15-year-old pupil in sexual activity has been jailed today.”
The Guardian, 25th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Children and family court service facing ‘strain’ – BBC News
“The body protecting children in family courts is going through unprecedented strain, a union has warned.”
BBC News, 24th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
NSPCC urges more support for child court witnesses – BBC News
“More than 1,000 children under the age of 10 were listed as witnesses in courts in England and Wales last year, BBC News has learned.”
BBC News, 24th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Leading article: Hard cases and good law – The Independent
“The sad case of Baby RB, which has been argued to and fro before the High Court, ended summarily yesterday when the one-year-old boy’s father accepted the hospital’s case for withdrawing life support. This unexpected development had two immediate effects. The doctors are now within their rights to halt life support, so as to allow the severely disabled child – as the hospital put it – ‘a peaceful, calm and dignified death’. And the judge will not have to reach a decision – although he hinted what it would have been when he said that the outcome was, in his view, ‘inevitable’.”
The Independent, 11th November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Rise in divorce actions puts extra strain on children, solicitors warn – The Guardian
“The number of divorce and separation cases being fought in the courts that involve children has risen, with £151m of legal aid money being spent on litigation, according to figures released today.”
The Times, 9th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Woman jailed for sex with teenage boy – Daily Telegraph
“Rebecca Thompson, who worked as a carer, admitted three counts of sexual activity with the 15 –year-old boy.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th November 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Father fights to stop hospital withdrawing life support for baby son – The Guardian
“A father whose son was born with a rare neuromuscular condition will go to the high court tomorrow [2nd Nov.] in an attempt to stop a hospital withdrawing the support that keeps the child alive.”
The Guardian, 1st November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Child rapist jailed indefinitely – BBC News
“A pensioner has been jailed indefinitely for raping and sexually assaulting three children in Nottinghamshire.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court rules on vetting safeguards – BBC News
“New vetting checks designed to protect children and vulnerable people carry a “real risk” of undermining public confidence, the Supreme Court has said.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Paedophile checks even for those not working with children – Daily Telegraph
“Employers will come under pressure to register staff with the Government’s anti-paedophile database even if they have little contact with children, the head of the scheme has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Criticism over meningitis death – BBC News
“A hospital has been criticised by a coroner for failing to spot that a 10-year-old boy, who later died from meningitis, was gravely ill.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Children allegedly hurt by police CS spray during arrest – The Guardian
“A senior police officer tonight said his force was concerned by complaints that children were injured by CS spray during an arrest.”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Porn teacher gets community order – BBC News
“A Lincolnshire science teacher who downloaded more than 8,000 pornographic images of young girls has been given a three-year community order.”
BBC News, 15th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
