‘An alarming rise in sexual assaults on children by other children is being fuelled by access to a “toxic” online culture, Britain’s most senior child protection officer has warned, as an Observer investigation revealed a sharp increase in abuse by under-18s reported to police.’
The Guardian, 17th February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Three men who raped a woman who thought she had got into a registered taxi will be sentenced in April.’
BBC News, 14th February 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The mother of one of Colin Pitchfork’s victims has expressed her anger after the rapist and murderer won an appeal for a fresh parole hearing to determine whether he should be released from prison.’
The Guardian, 12th February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Police officers who fail to run background checks on sex offence suspects will face being fired under new measures proposed to parliament to crackdown on sexual predators.’
The Independent, 1st February 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The organisation responsible for investigating miscarriages of justice missed a major opportunity to reconsider Andrew Malkinson’s case, internal documents suggest.’
The Guardian, 24th January 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Rape complainants should be told pre-recording evidence could harm their chances of securing a conviction at trial, researchers say.’
BBC News, 11th January 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has said there was no “legitimate reason” to anonymise civil servants in a judgment concerning the parole of a rapist who has spent 41 years in prison. Declining a request to redact the names of junior civil servants, the Honourable Justice Fordham said nobody would be imperilled by his decision.’
Law Society's Gazette, 8th January 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A man who raped a teenager while on a 1994 trip to the Lake District has shown “no remorse” after his victim came forward decades later.’
BBC News, 2nd January 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman has been sentenced to 10 and a half years in jail for sexual assault after pretending to be a man to dupe a woman into sex using a blindfold, a sex toy and a “wholly fake persona”.’
The Guardian, 20th December 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An inquiry into child abuse in Rotherham will not start any new investigations from next year, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.’
BBC News, 28th November 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An “abhorrent” man who posed as a taxi driver to trick vulnerable women into his car has pleaded guilty to four counts of rape over three years.’
The Independent, 12th November 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Cowardly domestic abusers will continue to face time behind bars under legislation laid in Parliament today which will also see the most horrific murderers face life behind bars and rapists locked up for longer.’
Ministry of Defence, 14th November 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
‘A former doctor who was jailed in Australia for the murder of a pregnant patient has been convicted of raping a child before he emigrated from the UK.’
BBC News, 13th November 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who sexually assaulted a 93-year-old woman with dementia while employed to deliver hot meals to elderly and vulnerable people has been jailed.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 10th November 2023
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Judge accuses local authority of a ‘lackadaisical’ attitude to the 16-year-old’s care after regulated providers refused to give him a place.’
The Guardian, 2nd November 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A judge investigating why Andrew Malkinson spent 17 years in jail for a rape he did not commit says she will be “fearless” in seeking the truth.’
BBC News, 26th October 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Victims of violent and sexual crimes are calling for court transcript costs to be cut after they were quoted “unaffordable” sums for them.’
BBC News, 24th October 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who was raped by her former partner has told how her fight for justice in the family courts left her traumatised.’
The Guardian, 21st October 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
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