‘The first woman to be prosecuted under new “revenge porn” laws has avoided being sent to jail.’
BBC News, 1st September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Since April this year, sharing explicit images or videos without consent – known as revenge porn – has been illegal. Now, the first perpetrators are being sentenced. But does the new law go far enough? Emily Dugan speaks to victims, legal experts and campaigners to find out.’
The Independent, 25th August 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for 16 weeks for posting sexually explicit photographs of a woman on social media.’
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BBC News, 19th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 25-year-old man from Kidderminster has today, 13th August, been sentenced to a 12 month community order, handed a fine and ordered to pay costs, as prosecutors continue to tackle revenge porn across England and Wales using the new legislation.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 13th August 2015
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Ariel Ricci, barrister at Coram Chambers, Julie Pinborough, Founder and Director of the Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre and Frances Ridout, Deputy Director of the Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre consider the growing problem of “revenge pornography”.’
Family Law Week, 31st July 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Prostitution should be fully decriminalised because attempts to control the sex trade are ineffective and a waste of money, an academic report published today argues.’
The Independent, 6th August 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Government needs to introduce a second civil law to tackle revenge porn – because the current criminal law does not go far enough to help victims – according to a specialist in the field.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Victims of revenge porn have ranged from a pensioner in her 60s and girls as young as 11, according to the latest police figures.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th July 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An American YouTube star who claims her British ex-boyfriend posted a secret video of them having sex online is launching complex legal bid for damages and criminal prosecution in the UK courts.’
The Independent, 4th June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Britain would need a rolling programme of prison building to house all its paedophiles if they were all to prosecuted, Sue Berelowitz has warned.’
Daily Telegraph, 31st June 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Two dominatrix pornographers have become the first adult filmmakers to fall foul of strict new regulations governing online pornography.’
The Independent, 5th May 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Internet Watch Foundation report warns of increasing commercialisation of online child abuse images, with some even being traded for the digital ‘bitcoin’ currency ‘
Daily Telegraph, 14th April 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A male nurse has admitted filming himself raping two unconscious women in A&E while patients lay just feet away.’
The Independent, 30th March 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘National Crime Agency chief hints at possible updates to the way child pornography offences are prosecuted, as it emerges more than 260 people have been charged in new investigation.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Three judges have been removed and a fourth has resigned following an investigation into an allegation that they viewed pornographic material on office computers.’
The Guardian, 17th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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