Automatic life terms for repeat sex offenders – The Independent

“Automatic jail sentences will be introduced for 16 and 17-year-olds who commit knife crimes in a sweeping law and order package announced last night by Kenneth Clarke, the Justice Secretary.”

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The Independent, 27th October 2011

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Ex-teacher jailed for sex with boy at Lincolnshire school – BBC News

Posted October 18th, 2011 in news, sentencing, sexual grooming, sexual offences, teachers by sally

“A former teacher at a school in North East Lincolnshire has been jailed after admitting having sex with a pupil.”

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BBC News, 17th October 2011

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Police to track criminals whose DNA is not on database – BBC News

Posted October 12th, 2011 in bills, disclosure, DNA, homicide, news, police, sexual offences by sally

“Police could take DNA samples from up to 13,000 people convicted of serious offences like murder, manslaughter and rape, whose profiles are not on record.”

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BBC News, 11th October 2011

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Ipswich man jailed for 1987 rape and indecent assault – BBC News

Posted October 6th, 2011 in assault, news, rape, recidivists, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

“A man has been jailed after pleading guilty to the rape and indecent assault of a woman in her Ipswich home in 1987.”

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BBC News, 5th October 2011

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Brothers jailed for child sex abuse – The Independent

“Two brothers who carried out sex attacks on five children were both jailed today (5th October).”

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The Independent, 5th October 2011

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Strict liability for offence of under-age sex does not offend presumption of innocence – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted September 29th, 2011 in age of consent, human rights, news, sexual offences, strict liability by sally

“The Strasbourg Court has rejected as manifestly ill-founded a complaint that the offence of strict liability for rape of a child under 13 violated the right to a presumption if innocence under Article 6 and respect for private life under Article 8.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 28th September 2011

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Police right not to release anonymised sex offender statistics on teachers, Tribunal rules – OUT-LAW.com

Posted September 27th, 2011 in anonymity, freedom of information, news, sexual offences, statistics, tribunals by sally

“Police did not have to disclose anonymised data about the number of teachers investigated and charged for sexual offences as the information could have been used to identify individuals, a Information Rights Tribunal has ruled.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 26th September 2011

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Lancashire teacher cleared of sex assaults on pupils – BBC News

Posted September 27th, 2011 in news, sexual offences, teachers by sally

“A teacher acquitted of sex assaults on pupils has spoken of his distress at living apart from his wife and baby for eight months because of the case.”

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BBC News, 26th September 2011

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Teacher sentenced for pupil ’embrace’ – The Independent

Posted September 26th, 2011 in news, sentencing, sexual offences, teachers by sally

“A teacher caught by a caretaker in an embrace with an underage schoolgirl in a darkened classroom after hours avoided a prison sentence today.”

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The Independent, 23rd September 2011

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Some information on local sex offence teachers must be disclosed, rules tribunal – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted September 19th, 2011 in criminal records, freedom of information, news, sexual offences, teachers by tracey

“In Colleen Smith v IC and Devon & Cornwall Constabulary (EA/2011/0006), the requester asked for information on the number of school teachers in specified towns who had been investigated, cautioned and charged under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 between January 2005 and November 2007. The Constabulary eventually relied on the personal data at section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (‘FOIA’).”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 16th September 2011

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Man faces jail for OAP sex assault – The Independent

Posted September 9th, 2011 in assault, news, sentencing, sexual offences by tracey

“A TV aerial fitter who sexually assaulted an 85-year-old woman in her own home after doping her with designer drugs has been told he faces a ‘lengthy custodial sentence’.”

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The Independent, 9th September 2011

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Child sex abuse convictions rise 60% in six years – The Guardian

Posted September 2nd, 2011 in child abuse, news, sexual offences, statistics by tracey

“The number of people convicted of sex offences on children under 16 in England and Wales has increased by nearly 60% in six years. The BBC said a freedom of information request to the Ministry of Justice found that 1,363 people were convicted in 2005, while in 2010 it was 2,135. The increase is being attributed to better detection and raised awareness, it said.”

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The Guardian, 2nd September 2011

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Isle of Wight sex offender prison plan ‘bad for image’ – BBC News

Posted August 30th, 2011 in news, prisons, sexual offences by sally

“Fears have been raised that plans to house only sex offenders in all three prisons on the Isle of Wight could damage the island’s image.”

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BBC News, 26th August 2011

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Judges weaken rules on paedophiles – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 22nd, 2011 in child abuse, human rights, news, parental rights, sexual offences by sally

“Paedophiles have won unsupervised access to their own children because it would breach their human rights to keep them apart, judges have ruled.”

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Daily Telegraph, 20th August 2011

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Misconduct policeman ‘abused power’ – The Independent

Posted August 12th, 2011 in misfeasance in public office, news, police, sexual offences, victims by sally

“A detective constable with responsibility for sexual offenders will be sentenced today after being found guilty of abusing his position to set up affairs with vulnerable women.”

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The Independent, 12th August 2011

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Detective jailed for affair with alleged rape victim – BBC News

Posted August 8th, 2011 in misfeasance in public office, news, police, sexual offences, victims by tracey

“A Lancashire detective who investigated sex crimes has been jailed for having an affair with an alleged rape victim.”

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BBC News, 5th August 2011

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‘Most prolific’ paedophile jailed – The Independent

“A paedophile described by police as the UK’s most prolific hoarder of pictures of child abuse was today given an indeterminate prison sentence.”

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The Independent, 4th August 2011

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Newtown sex offender Anthony Milsom has sentence cut – BBC News

“A ‘manipulative and predatory’ sex offender who was jailed indefinitely for public protection has had his sentence cut to three-and-a-half years.”

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BBC News, 29th July 2011

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Cambridgeshire man jailed for sex assaults on girls – BBC News

Posted August 1st, 2011 in child abuse, news, rape, sentencing, sexual offences by tracey

“A man who sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl and raped a teenager 20 years ago has been jailed for 12 years.”

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BBC News, 29th July 2011

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Paedophile jailed for 13 years for King’s Lynn assaults – BBC News

Posted July 29th, 2011 in child abuse, news, sentencing, sexual offences by tracey

“A 52-year-old man has been jailed for 13 years after being convicted of sex assaults on children in West Norfolk between 1975 and 1990.”

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BBC News, 27th July 2011

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