‘Seven men have been convicted of a series of sexual offences in the biggest prosecution of a Rotherham grooming gang by the National Crime Agency.’
The Guardian, 29th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A husband and wife nicknamed Fred and Rosemary West in their south Wales town have been jailed for grooming and raping teenage girls over three decades.’
The Guardian, 18th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A jury has been discharged in the case of a teacher accused of having sex with a student in the toilet of a plane as they returned from a school trip after they failed to reach a verdict.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A convicted British paedophile is being sued for damages by five young people who claim they were sexually exploited by him overseas, in what is thought to be the first case of its kind.’
BBC News, 9th October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Universities are employing serial sex abusers who date a different student every year, a report has found. Research by campaigners the 1752 Group and the University of Portsmouth found that university staff who had had inappropriate relationships with one student or junior colleague were likely to have behaved similarly with others.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘High-risk paedophiles and sex offenders are not being properly monitored by “seriously overstretched” police in Merseyside, a watchdog has found. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMICFRS) found a backlog of almost 100 overdue visits to registered sex offenders and said neighbourhood officers do not even know where they live in some cases because of poor communication.’
The Independent, 31st August 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A convicted killer who was caught trying to meet a young girl for sex has been jailed.’
BBC News, 10th August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three members of the Rochdale grooming gang have been stripped of their British citizenship and face deportation as a Judge said it is for the “public good” that they return to Pakistan.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th August 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The home secretary has ordered that research be carried out into the characteristics of child sexual abuse gangs, such as those that have blighted towns and cities like Rotherham, Oxford and Newcastle in recent years.’
The Guardian, 26th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Sexually motivated, inappropriate conduct is the reason for a third of teaching bans, the BBC has found.’
BBC News, 26th July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Home Secretary has today published Peter Wanless and Richard Whittam QC’s independent review into information passed to the Home Office in connection with allegations of child sexual abuse in Rotherham.’
Full press release and documents
Home Office, 17th July 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘The government received information detailing the extent of grooming gang activity in Rotherham as far back as 2002 but failed to properly act on it, a review has found.’
The Independent, 17th July 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The UK government has issued the following announcement on its ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (a.k.a. “the Lanzarote Convention”).’
Law & Religion UK, 21st June 2018
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘A former town mayor has been jailed for nine years after a court heard he had sex with a 13-year-old girl and let her share a bed with him and his wife.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘More than 3,000 offences of grooming children online for sex have been committed by paedophiles in only the first year since a new law on sexual communication was introduced last April, police have revealed.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Six men from Oxford who groomed and sexually abused teenage girls between 1998 and 2005 have been jailed.’
BBC News, 12th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Four men jailed for child grooming and treating “teenage girls like trophies” have been banned from using Snapchat.’
BBC News, 19th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Rotherham council has been ordered to apologise to a whistleblower who helped to expose the town’s grooming scandal after council officials raided her charity without proper explanation – years after she risked imprisonment by revealing how the council, police and social services turned a blind eye to the abuse of at least 1,400 children.’
The Guardian, 18th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Paedophile hunters helped convict 150 sex offenders, a seven fold rise in two years, despite police pleas for them to stop.
Daily Telegraph, 11th April 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Jo Moore tells Rosalind English about a recent ruling which means that women who were forced into the sex trade at a younger age don’t need to disclose their convictions when applying for jobs which require DBS checks.’
Law Pod UK, 26th March 2018
Source: audioboom.com
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