Sex offender Gary Glitter to appeal – Daily Telegraph
“Sex offender Gary Glitter is to appeal against a court order requiring him to notify police if he intends to travel abroad.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: sexual offences
Sex offender jailed for 11 years – BBC News
“A former RAF serviceman who sexually abused and raped a Lincolnshire girl has been sent to jail for 11 years.”
BBC News, 10th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ex-officer jailed over sex abuse – BBC News
“A retired police officer has been jailed for four years after being convicted of a ‘systematic’ campaign of sex abuse against two young girls.”
BBC News, 10th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Policeman jailed for having sex on duty – The Independent
“A police officer who admitted having sex with one woman while on duty and propositioning another after she had been arrested was today jailed for four months.”
The Independent, 7th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Grand Theft Auto player jailed for sex attacks on women – Daily Telegraph
“A teenager who sexually assaulted women in the street after spending hours playing the violent video game Grand Theft Auto has been jailed indefinitely.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Underwear fetishist sentenced for disturbing behaviour – The Independent
“A workman who rifled through his female customers’ drawers and stole their underwear was given a suspended jail sentence today.”
The Independent, 4th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sex assault sailor loses appeal – BBC News
“A Royal Navy officer, who was jailed for sexually assaulting a helpless partygoer, has failed to get his sentence cut.”
BBC News, 28th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ex-instructor jailed over abuse – BBC News
“A former outdoor activities instructor convicted of sexually abusing children at youth camps has been jailed for 12 years at the High Court in Edinburgh.”
BBC News, 21st October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prison for runaway child abuser – BBC News
“A sex offender who fled to Brazil while facing a charge of assaulting a child has been jailed for three years.”
BBC News, 20th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police leniency call on park sex – BBC News
“People caught having sex in public should only be arrested as a last resort, according to draft guidelines being issued to police.”
BBC News, 16th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lecturer found in bed with schoolgirl is spared jail – Daily Telegraph
“A college lecturer who was caught naked in bed with a schoolgirl walked free from court after admitting an ‘error of judgement’.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Mother was seduced by 14-year-old boy, says judge – Daily Telegraph
“A judge allowed a mother who had sex with a 14-year-old boy to walk free, saying that the boy seduced her.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Pitcairn victims of child sex abuse win compensation – The Guardian
“Victims of child sex abuse on Pitcairn island, the remote British outpost in the South Pacific, will receive compensation from the British government, the Foreign Office announced yesterday.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Modern Ripper’ jailed for life – BBC News
“A serial sex attacker convicted of killing two mothers whose bodies have never been found has been jailed for life at the Old Bailey.”
BBC News, 6th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sex laws are ‘unfair to teachers’ – BBC News
“Teachers should not be prosecuted for having affairs with their sixth formers, a union chief has said.”
BBC News, 5th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ex-teacher jailed for girls abuse – BBC News
“A 49-year-old former teacher who sexually abused three young girls has been jailed for four years.”
BBC News, 30th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jail for priest who abused girls – BBC News
“A Catholic priest whose abuse of girls was uncovered after his victims swapped memories on the Friends Reunited website has been jailed for a year.”
BBC News, 29th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Brothers jailed for sex offences – BBC News
“Two brothers from Leicester have been jailed for sexually abusing children.”
BBC News, 26th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sex offenders can ‘live’ at bus stop, park bench or in tree – Daily Telegraph
“A legal loophole which allows homeless sex offenders to roam free – ‘living’ at a bus stop, park bench or in a tree – has been branded ‘astonishing’ by a senior judge.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The dangers of Sarah’s law – New Statesman
“There may be many as 250,000 people in Britain with an active sexual interest in children when only 30,000 have been caught, convicted and registered.”
New Statesman, 22nd September 2008
Source: www.newstatesman.com
