‘A solicitor who tried to get someone he employed to persuade the alleged victim of a sexual assault to withdraw her statement has been struck off by a tribunal.’
Legal Futures, 15th February 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A police force will review how it assesses the suicide risk of people under suspicion of child sex offences.’
BBC News, 13th February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Scientists believe developing a hand database could help track down and convict child abusers.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th February 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘‘Upskirting’ perpetrators face two years in prison and being placed on the sex offenders register, as a new law making the act a specific criminal offence is expected to receive Royal Assent today.’
Ministry of Justice, 12th February 2019
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘”Appropriate action” has been taken after convicted paedophile Rolf Harris entered the grounds of a school, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said.’
BBC News, 11th February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Jeremy Wright, the Digital Secretary, said he would write to Tinder and Grindr asking what measures they have in place to keep children safe, after an investigation claimed they are at risk of exploitation on such apps.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th February 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Cases of paedophiles using the internet to commit sex crimes against children have trebled in three years, figures show, prompting renewed demands for tougher regulation of social media companies.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Online child sex abuse cases reported to London’s Metropolitan Police have more than doubled in a year, amid warnings that paedophiles are grooming children to send them images.
Scotland Yard’s online child sexual abuse and exploitation team received 2,514 referrals in 2018, up from 1,050 the year before – a 139 per cent increase. The vast majority were alerts from technology companies, as calls have been mounting for web giants to prevent indecent images being uploaded or shared on their platforms.’
The Independent, 6th February 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Linklaters v Mellish case has brought the issue of how law firms deal with sexual harassment, and how the courts deal with confidentiality, back into the spotlight.’
Legal Futures, 7th February 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice has launched an investigation after convicted paedophile Rolf Harris entered the grounds of a Berkshire primary school.’
BBC News, 6th February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris, who was jailed for sex assaults against children, walked onto the grounds of a primary school and waved at pupils.
The Ministry of Justice is now investigating whether the 88-year-old has breached his strict licence conditions.’
The Independent, 6th February 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A married couple who built a £3.8million brothel empire were allowed to continue operating by police for 14 years who instead focused on “serious types of organised crime”, a court has heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd February 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A teenage childcare student has been jailed for sexually abusing two children and taking photographs of them for a man she met online.’
The Guardian, 28th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A father who repeatedly raped and abused his teenage daughter has been jailed for 20 years.’
BBC News, 25th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A proposed law to make it illegal for sports coaches to have sexual relations with 16 and 17-year-olds in their care has been “bogged down in bureaucracy”, an ex-sports minister has said.’
BBC News, 28th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Today, 24 January 2019, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the National Safeguarding Team issued statements following a ruling by Timothy Briden, a senior ecclesiastical lawyer, relating to fresh information received about the late Bishop George Bell. The core group took the view that there were no safeguarding issues arising out of the fresh information and Mr Briden concluded that the allegations presented to him were unfounded.’
Law & Religion UK, 24th January 2019
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘Further allegations against the late Bishop of Chichester George Bell are “unfounded”, a Church of England (CofE) appointed lawyer has ruled.’
BBC News, 24th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Thirty-three Cypriots who claimed they were tortured by British forces during an armed uprising in the late 1950s are to be awarded £1m damages, to be shared between them, by the UK government.’
BBC News, 24th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Sex offenders are being put up in high-street budget hotels without the knowledge of the proprietors or guests because spaces in closely monitored bail hostels are unavailable, inspectors have discovered.’
The Guardian, 24th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
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