“A Satanist branded a ‘Fagin-style sex offender’ is back behind bars after local residents mounted a campaign to keep local children safe.”
The Independent, 17th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Home Office will, from 1 October, begin the process of correcting an anomaly in the criminal records system which has for decades seen gay men unfairly stigmatised.”
Home Office, 10th September 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Thousands of men with historic convictions for consensual gay sex will be able to apply to have these records deleted from October, as the Home Office begins to correct an anomaly in the criminal records system.”
The Guardian, 2nd September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Sex offenders in England and Wales can now appeal against staying on the sex offenders register for life – 15 years to the day since it was introduced.”
BBC News, 1st September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A father of three who had sex with his ex-wife’s bull mastiff dog was spared a prison sentence today.”
The Independent, 24th August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Last night on the BBC’s Newsnight, Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, named one of the women whose evidence has led Swedish prosecutors to seek the extradition of Julian Assange.”
Head of Legal, 21st August 2012
Source: www.headoflegal.com
“A man pleaded guilty today to raping three young children he had drugged and who were also forced to sexually abuse each other while he watched.”
The Independent, 20th August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, ex government lawyer and author of The Head of Legal blog, about the Assange Asylum issue.”
Charon QC, 17th August 2012
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
All registered sex offenders will face much tougher checks from today (13 August). The new measures will tighten areas of the current law that could be open to exploitation by offenders who seek to cause harm.
Home Office, 13th August 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A man who tried to spy on members of the Chinese Olympic swimming team in a women’s changing room has been told he could be spared jail.”
The Guardian, 14th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former policeman given curfew and community order in force’s third sexual offences case.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Polygraphs are notoriously unreliable and easy to fool, and sooner or later sex offenders will discover the truth about them.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two brothers from Telford have been found guilty of 25 counts of sexual offences against young girls.”
BBC News, 8th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The jailed leader of a Rochdale sex ring has received a further term of 22 years for 30 child rape charges.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teacher has been jailed for 11 years for sexually abusing five boys at public schools in Berkshire and Kent.”
BBC News, 24th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Women who say they were let down by the Metropolitan police when they reported rape and sexual assault, including two who were attacked by the taxi driver John Worboys, are suing the force. The women are attempting to establish that police who fail to investigate such crimes properly are violating victims’ human rights.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Leach v Office of Communications: [2012] EWCA Civ 959; [2012] WLR (D) 205
“The trust placed by an employer in an employee was at the core of their relationship. The employment tribunal had been entitled to find that, where the employer had received an unproved and untested allegation of an overseas child sex offence against the employee, who had not disclosed it to the employer prior to his appointment, the resulting breakdown of trust had constituted ‘some other substantial reason’ within the meaning of section 98(1)(b) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 summarily to dismiss the employee in order to prevent the employer’s reputation being damaged.”
WLR Daily, 13th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A nursery worker who sexually assaulted two young boys and was found with almost 18,000 ‘vile’ images of children has been jailed for eight years.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than 400 sex offenders set free in the last three years went on to commit rape, Ministry of Justice figures have revealed. Last year almost one in seven convicted rapists had a previous conviction for a sex crime, the highest level for five years.”
The Independent, 16th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Leading UK sporting bodies are warning that they are unable to share crucial child protection information. New figures given to the BBC reveal that 124 allegations of sexual abuse in sport were made last year. There are fears that under the current system those accused can move to another sport or part of the country.”
BBC News, 10th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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