‘The Metropolitan police want go to the high court to insist it was correct in its decision to sack a decorated black officer after she was found with a child abuse video, sent to her on WhatsApp, on her phone.’
The Guardian, 4th August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A music teacher who had sex with two girls aged 13 and 14 has been convicted of 32 sexual offences.’
BBC News, 3rd August 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government released a report in June that revealed rampant sexual abuse in schools all over the country. Nine in ten girls surveyed said that sexist name-calling and being sent unwanted explicit imagery happened “a lot”, but whose responsibility is it to fix it?’
Each Other, 2nd August 2021
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed this appeal concerning the standards to be applied by a court on judicial review of the contents of a policy document or statement of practice issued by a public authority. It is one of two appeals heard by the same panel of five Justices examining similar issues. It should be read together with the Court’s judgment in R (on the application of BF (Eritrea)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] UKSC 38.’
UKSC Blog, 30th July 2021
Source: ukscblog.com
‘Vulnerable children remain at risk of being failed by child protection agencies in Bradford despite multiple reviews of sexual exploitation cases, an independent report has found.’
The Guardian, 27th July 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The report into sexual abuse in London council’s children’s homes heard from many who experienced it.’
The Guardian, 27th July 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Hundreds of vulnerable children in the care of Lambeth council in south London were subjected to horrendous cruelty and sexual abuse over several decades on a scale that was “hard to comprehend”, an independent inquiry report has found.’
The Guardian, 27th July 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been found guilty of murdering his 17-year-old daughter, who went missing last July and whose body has never been found.’
The Guardian, 26th July 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More than 250 people in the UK and Ireland have been convicted of child sexual abuse offences committed while they were Scout leaders or in other positions of responsibility within the Scout movement since the 1950s, according to analysis that raises questions about the organisation’s safeguarding procedures.’
The Guardian, 25th July 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Ministry of Justice has apologised for saying killer Colin Pitchfork would not have to sign the sex offenders register when released from prison.’
BBC News, 22nd July 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal which considered whether treatment throughout a 55 day period in solitary confinement of a then 15-year-old appellant in Feltham Young Offenders’ Institution constituted a violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd July 2021
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The Crown Prosecution Service must be held to account for its continued “betrayal” of rape victims, the victims’ commissioner of England and Wales has said, as new figures revealed rape prosecutions had fallen to another record low.’
The Guardian, 22nd July 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have become littered with memes purporting to identify the player, who has not been charged.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2021
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Several Conservative MPs will be suspended from the Commons for a day and told to apologise for trying to influence a judge presiding over the trial of a colleague for sexual assault, the standards committee has ordered.’
The Guardian, 21st July 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who raped and murdered two 15-year-old girls will not be placed on the sex offenders register when he is released.
The Ministry of Justice said it was because Colin Pitchfork’s crimes were committed before 1997, when the register was introduced.’
BBC News, 19th July 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The police officer who murdered Sarah Everard has been dismissed from the Metropolitan Police, a week after admitting the crime.’
BBC News, 17th July 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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