“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
“A former maths teacher who carried out a ‘campaign of sexual offending’ while working at two private schools has been jailed for five years.”
BBC News, 10th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenager who raped a five-year-old girl while babysittng her was spared a custodial sentence after a judge heard he had been ‘corrupted’ by internet pornography.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government will announce measures to end the ‘export trade’ in vulnerable children around the English regions that has led to concentrations of care homes, some a short walk away from convicted sex offenders.”
The Guardian, 3rd July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has told the BBC he almost certainly will not attend a police station after being served an extradition notice.”
BBC News, 28th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A father of three has been found guilty of having sex with his ex-wife’s bull mastiff dog.”
The Independent, 28th June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The High Court in London has blocked a US government attempt to extradite a man accused of child sex.”
BBC News, 28th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Senior judges are seeking assurances from the US government that a man facing extradition accused of child sex crimes will not be placed on a controversial sex offenders treatment programme.”
The Independent, 20th June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The decision by the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to seek political asylum in the Ecuadorean embassy in London has sparked a fresh legal crisis over his already tortuous extradition case.”
The Guardian, 19th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Cambridge graduate who described herself as the ‘office cougar’ has been jailed for falsely claiming she was having affairs with her married male colleagues.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former police community support officer (PCSO) who was involved in caring for vulnerable children was today condemned as a ‘predatory paedophile’ as he was sentenced to 10 years in jail for child sex offences.”
The Independent, 14th June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The supreme court has reaffirmed its rejection of Julian Assange’s appeal against his extradition to Sweden, turning down an unusual, last-minute request to reopen the case.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Too many sex offenders are being released from prison without having access to a treatment programme at all, inspectors said today.”
The Independent, 12th June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange today lost his Supreme Court fight against extradition to Sweden to face sex crime allegations.”
The Independent, 30th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
” A former soldier who carried out a string of sex attacks has been jailed indefinitely.”
The Independent, 25th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
I v Oberbürgermeisterin der Stadt Remscheid (Case C-348/09); [2012] WLR (D) 157
“An individual who had committed an offence, including those referred to in article 83(1)FEU of the FEU Treaty, such as the sexual exploitation of children, could be regarded as constituting a particularly serious threat to one of the fundamental interests of society and therefore could be excluded from a host member state on ‘imperative ground[s] of public security’ pursuant to article 28(3)(a) of Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC.”
WLR Daily, 22nd May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A decision on whether Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden will be given next Wednesday, the UK Supreme Court has said.”
BBC News, 23rd May 2012
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“Two men who raped an 11-year-old girl in Luton have had their ‘unduly lenient’ sentences more than doubled.”
BBC News, 23rd May 2012
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“Sympathy with victims of sexual abuse should not be grounds for courts to extend the law on compensation ‘infinitely’ and impose extra liabilities on employers, the court of appeal has been told.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2012
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