Police officer Christopher Semak jailed for sexual activity with girl, 14 – BBC News
‘A police officer who engaged in sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl has been jailed for six years.’
BBC News, 9th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: sexual grooming
Rochdale sex-grooming gangs able to flourish due to police errors says report – The Guardian
‘A catalogue of police failures allowed sex-grooming gangs to flourish in Rochdale, according to a damning, leaked report that is published on Friday. Among the failings identified in the 300-page report, untrained detectives were used to investigate child exploitation and there was a lack of resources and oversight.’
The Guardian, 19th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sentencing sexual offenders – a lost opportunity? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘The Sentencing Council has issued a new Guideline in relation to sexual offences this month. The aim: “to help ensure appropriate and consistent sentences for sex offenders”, says the accompanying press release.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 18th December 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Jeremy Forrest: school staff ‘missed repeated chances to blow whistle’ – The Guardian
‘School staff missed repeated opportunities to blow the whistle on inappropriate conduct between the maths teacher Jeremy Forrest and the teenage schoolgirl he went on to abduct, a damning review has found.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
South Yorkshire Police criticised over child sex victim protection – BBC News
“There is ‘serious concern’ about the protection given by South Yorkshire Police to victims of child sexual exploitation, a watchdog has found.”
BBC News, 11th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Michael Souter: Ex-BBC DJ jailed for sex attacks on boys – BBC News
“A former BBC radio presenter has been jailed for 22 years for sex attacks on boys.”
BBC News, 31st October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Facebook sexual groomer Arfon Roberts-Griffiths jailed – BBC News
“A man who posed as a teenager on the Facebook social network in a bid to contact schoolgirls has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 25th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ten men jailed over North Yorkshire girl’s sex exploitation – BBC News
“Ten men have been jailed after a 13-year-old girl from North Yorkshire was sexually exploited by 30 different attackers.”
BBC News, 3rd October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Facebook grooming case – Attorney General’s Office
“The Court of Appeal found that the 6 ½ yr sentence given to facebook groomer Husaini Master was unduly lenient and raised it to 9 yrs.”
Attorney General’s Office, 24th September 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
Man who was chased down by ‘vigilante paedophile-hunters’ is jailed for eight years – The Independent
“A man who was confronted by a vigilante paedophile-hunting group over abusive activities towards a child has been jailed for eight years.”
The Independent, 20th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
UK paedophile who posed as Justin Bieber online is jailed – The Guardian
“A paedophile who posed as Justin Bieber on the internet to target and blackmail young girls all over the world has been jailed in a case described as one of the worst the courts have ever seen.”
The Guardian, 16th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Abuse of Asian girls missed because of focus on white victims, says report – The Guardian
“Asian girls are the hidden victims of child grooming gangs, dipping under the radar of police or social services, according to a report released on Tuesday. Vulnerable girls and some boys are being sexually exploited by gangs of men but are being missed by the authorities because agencies are too focused on a model of grooming involving white victims, according to research from the Muslim Women’s Network UK.”
The Guardian, 10th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tougher sex offender restrictions sought by campaigners – BBC News
“Charities and an MP are campaigning for tougher restrictions on sex offenders, saying the system is failing to stop grooming and exploitation of children.”
BBC News, 27th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Piano teacher jailed for ‘horrific’ rape and abuse of young pupil – The Guardian
“A piano teacher who was jailed for 18 years for raping and abusing a young pupil committed ‘truly horrific crimes’ against the girl, her family has said.”
The Guardian, 20th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Inquiry launched after man is jailed for triple murder in house fire – The Guardian
“An inquiry has been launched into the contact the authorities had with a vulnerable family after a violent alcoholic man was jailed for at least 30 years for murdering his baby daughter, his girlfriend and her mother.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Paedophile freed and not banned from Facebook despite using it to groom victims – Daily Telegraph
“A judge has allowed a paedophile to walk free from court and continue using Facebook for the second time despite him repeatedly accessing the site to groom children.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Oxford sex grooming gang jailed for life – Daily Telegraph
“Members of an Oxford gang who groomed vulnerable young girls for sex, repeatedly raping them and threatening to kill them if they told anyone, have been jailed for life.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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Oxford child sex abuse ring members being sentenced today – The Independent
“The sentencing of seven men convicted of running a child sex abuse ring in Oxford is due to start today. The gang were found guilty of a range of sexual offences against girls as young as 12 last month.”
The Independent, 26th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Jeremy Forrest: child protection experts warn against romanticising case – The Guardian
“To glance at some headlines, a reader might think this was a conventional love story: ‘I still love him’; ‘He’s wonderful, I’ll fight for him’. But this was, child protection professionals agree, a relationship built around abuse.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jeremy Forrest abduction case: Teacher admits sex charges – BBC News
“A teacher has been jailed for five and a half years for abducting and having sex with a 15-year-old pupil he ran off with to France.”
BBC News, 21st June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
