“Some social workers, teachers and police fail to tackle sexual offending by children and teenagers because they miss signs of inappropriate behaviour, according to a report.”
BBC News, 7th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One in four violent criminals are avoiding court as magistrates warned the excessive use of cautions by police has ‘got out of hand’.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Sudanese paedophile who was part of a group of immigrants who lured schoolgirls to a house for sex cannot be deported because he is a member of a ‘persecuted tribe’, it was disclosed at the High Court yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“High court to hear shocking testimonies alleging sexual abuse and torture of Iraqi prisoners and their families by British armed forces between 2003 and 2008.”
The Guardian, 19th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jimmy Savile’s ability to commit hundreds of serious sexual offences inside public institutions, ‘hiding in plain sight’ as Friday’s police and NSPCC report on his crimes puts it, seems almost incredible. And for his victims, it is indeed credibility which is the issue at the heart of this scandal.”
BBC News, 12th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police have recorded 34 rapes against Jimmy Savile and 126 indecent assaults with the vast majority of them against children, the youngest of whom was aged eight, a report into the activities of the former DJ revealed today.”
The Independent, 11th January 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“In October 2012, in light of the more recent allegations of sexual offending by Jimmy Savile, I asked my Principal Legal Advisor, Alison Levitt QC, to examine the decisions taken by the CPS in relation to the four allegations made in 2007 and 2008 and advise me whether they were correct or not.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 11th January 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“A child rapist brought back from the US after more than 20 years on the run has been jailed for 16 years.”
BBC News, 10th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient when she was in a trance-like state.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Only a fraction of sexual offences in England and Wales results in a conviction, a statistical review says.”
BBC News, 10th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A judge was forced into an embarrassing retreat after he sentenced a teenager for the wrong crime, it emerged today.”
The Independent, 8th January 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A landlord who forced a teenage girl to ‘pay’ for her rent with sexual favours has been jailed for four years.”
BBC News, 7th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police have thanked the women who came forward to help convict a GP who has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting patients.”
The Independent, 18th December 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“This fascinating case comes to light in the midst of general astonishment at the minimal attention paid in the Leveson Report to the ‘wild west’ of the internet and the question of social media regulation.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 5th December 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Rapists and sex attackers should be given longer prison terms, the Sentencing Council recommends, as courts take into account gang attacks and new technologies exploited by offenders.”
The Guardian, 6th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sexual Offences Guideline: Child sex offences committed by young offenders under the age of 18
Sexual Offences Guideline: Exploitation offences
Sexual Offences Guideline: Indecent images of children
Sexual Offences Guideline: Offences against those with a mental disorder
Sexual Offences Guideline: Offences where the victim is a child
Sexual Offences Guideline: Other sexual offences
Sexual offences guideline: Rape and assault offences
Ministry of Justice, 6th December 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A man described as a ‘sexual predator’ has been found guilty of a 1979 murder and five attacks on other women.”
The Independent, 4th December 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A school teaching assistant who had sex with teenage pupils after grooming them on Facebook and sending them indecent text messages has been jailed.”
BBC News, 3rd December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“From 3 December 2012 new offences of aggravated knife possession come into force. Anyone who uses a knife or offensive weapon to threaten and endanger others will face a mandatory custodial sentence, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said today.”
Ministry of Justice, 2nd December 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“In March 1970, some 16 years before the Crown Prosecution Service was formed and when Sir Norman Skelhorn was the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), a file of evidence was submitted to the then DPP’s Office.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 27th November 2012
Source: http://blog.cps.gov.uk
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