‘Two men have been sentenced after forcing teenagers to call their parents and bring them money to secure their release.’
The Independent, 19th April 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A former deputy head teacher given a suspended prison sentence for possessing indecent images of children has been banned from teaching.’
BBC News, 22nd March 2023
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‘Gary Glitter has been freed from prison after serving half of his 16-year sentence for sexual abuse crimes, it has been reported.’
The Guardian, 3rd February 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A former student police officer has been jailed for sending sexual messages and explicit images of himself to a nine-year-old girl.’
The Independent, 2nd February 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A serving Met Police officer who was posted in a school in north London has pleaded guilty to child sex offences.’
BBC News, 25th January 2023
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‘An electrician who shared videos online of himself raping a young girl he had drugged has been jailed.’
The Independent, 8th December 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Internet Watch Foundation says it found nearly 900 instances of the most severe types of child sexual abuse content in just five days.’
The Independent, 18th November 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An online predator who forced young girls to sign a sexual contract with him has been jailed.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 11th November 2022
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A Metropolitan Police officer caught spying on a woman in the changing room of a Primark store has avoided jail.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd July 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Tech companies should move ahead with controversial technology that scans for child abuse imagery on users’ phones, the technical heads of GCHQ and the UK’s National Cybersecurity Centre have said. So-called “client-side scanning” would involve service providers such as Facebook or Apple building software that monitors communications for suspicious activity without needing to share the contents of messages with a centralised server.’
The Guardian, 21st July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A parliamentary debate on whether a public inquiry should be held into the 1993 murder of toddler James Bulger is due to take place later this year.’
BBC News, 20th June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Digital fingerprints of a million images of child sexual abuse have been created, the Internet Watch Foundation has said. The UK charity, which is responsible for finding and removing such material online, said the fingerprints, known as hashes, would help companies and police find copies of the images.’
BBC News, 6th June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A nurse “fixated by sex” who filmed up the gowns of unconscious hospital patients has been jailed for 12 years.’
BBC News, 11th May 2022
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‘A paedophile has been jailed for 10 years after using social media to groom children.’
The Guardian, 10th May 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A young adult with a lifelong serious mental illness should not be prevented from visiting a man in Brazil suspected of grooming her, but should very carefully consider the wisdom of doing so, a Deputy High Court judge has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th April 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A police officer who was caught trying to arrange the abuse of an eight-year-old girl and accessed indecent images of a vulnerable teenager has been jailed for eight years and four months.’
The Independent, 12th January 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A sex offender caught trying to meet children in an undercover police sting has been jailed for 12 years.’
BBC News, 20th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An online blackmailer who forced children to engage in sexual activity and sold that material on has been sentenced to 32 years today (10 December 2021) at Birmingham Crown Court.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 10th December 2021
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A report from a joint committee of MPs and Lords recommending what should be included in the Online Safety Bill is due in the next few days.’
BBC News, 6th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who babysat in private homes has been jailed for sexually abusing children aged between two and 14.’
BBC News, 15th November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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