‘Claims authorities missed chances to stop a violent paedophile who kept one of his victims inside a “hidey hole” are to be probed by a watchdog.’
BBC News, 27th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “loophole” that allows sports coaches to legally have sex with 16 and 17 year olds in their care must be closed by the government, the NSPCC has said.’
BBC News, 26th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who groomed young boys through the online game Minecraft has been jailed for two years and eight months.’
BBC News, 20th Janaury 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘President McCloskey has blasted the representatives for both claimants and the Home Office in his latest determination of Shabir Ahmed and others (sanctions for non – compliance) [2016] UKUT 00562 (IAC).’
Free Movement, 13th January 2017
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘Police and social services in West Yorkshire were guilty of “a serious systematic failure” to safeguard a vulnerable girl who was groomed and raped by at least 13 men, an investigation has found. A serious case review by the Bradford Safeguarding Children Board found insufficient steps were taken to protect the girl from exploitation.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A “dangerous sexual deviant” wanted by the FBI has been jailed for sexually assaulting a teenage girl in a Lancashire park.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An 18-year-old man who groomed, raped and abused seven girls in a series of “hideous” sex attacks has been jailed for nine years.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Former BBC DJ Chris Denning has been jailed for 13 years after admitting abusing 11 boys as young as eight.’
BBC News, 7th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teaching assistant who claimed pupils found him attractive because he “looks like Zayn Malik” has been jailed for five years over sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th October 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Police say they cannot take further action over claims from the mother of a murder victim that she is being taunted online by the killer.’
BBC News, 30th August 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police struggling to cope with a huge escalation in the number of child sexual exploitation cases fear it “may grow to threaten other aspects of effective policing”, the new chair of police commissioners has warned.’
The Guardian, 1st August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A rapper who groomed schoolgirls on social media then filmed himself having sex with them has been jailed.’
BBC News, 29th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A police force has been criticised by independent inspectors for not always responding quickly enough when children are at risk of sexual exploitation. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary said the delays by Devon and Cornwall police could result in children being put at risk of significant harm, and the causes needed to be tackled promptly.’
The Guardian, 20th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two teenage girls have been detained for more than three years each for kidnapping a child from a Primark store after luring her away from her mother with sweets.’
The Guardian, 18th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who raped and murdered a 15-year-old girl after his friend had groomed her through Facebook and texts has been jailed for at least 35 years.’
BBC News, 1st July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two men have been convicted of a range of offences that culminated in the rape and murder of Leicestershire teenager Kayleigh Haywood.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 28th June 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A man who murdered and raped a 15-year-old girl has been found guilty of falsely imprisoning her.’
BBC News, 27th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A one-year-old baby was among thousands of child victims of sex abuse in 2015-16, according to police data on abuse that involved the internet.’
BBC News, 21st June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘At least 10,000 children who go missing could be at “terrible risk” because a “dangerous” police recording system means they fall off the radar, an all-party group of MPs has said. Ann Coffey, the Labour chair of the all-party inquiry, said that a new “absent” category introduced in the police recording system was dangerous and should be scrapped.’
The Guardian, 26th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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