Home Secretary’s Police Federation Conference 2016 speech – Home Office
‘Speech given by Theresa May at the Police Federation Annual Conference 2016 in Bournemouth.’
Home Office, 17th May 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Category: victims
Police must confront ‘poison of decades-old misdeeds’, Home Secretary tells officers at annual conference – The Independent
‘The police must confront the “poison of decades-old misdeeds”, the Home Secretary Theresa May has told officers, raising hopes that she is close to ordering an inquiry into police misconduct during the 1980s miners’ strike.’
The Independent, 17th May 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Daily Mail publisher fined £40,000 over pixellated photograph – The Guardian
‘Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail, has been fined £40,000 after pleading guilty to identifying a man who claims to be the victim of a VIP paedophile ring.’
The Guardian, 12th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hillsborough verdict sparks call to rebalance police and criminal justice system – The Guardian
‘A cross-party campaign for radical reform of the police and criminal justice system in light of the Hillsborough inquests verdict has been launched by the shadow home secretary, Andy Burnham.’
The Guardian, 11th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Oxford University law students being issued with ‘trigger warnings’ before lectures – The Independent
‘Undergraduate law students at Oxford university are being issued with “trigger warnings” before lectures containing material deemed too “distressing” – a move which has drawn criticism from academics.’
The Independent, 10th May 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
George Bell: The battle for a bishop’s reputation – BBC News
‘George Bell was one of the most influential Anglican bishops of the last century. But, almost 60 years after his death, he was accused of having been a child abuser. Now campaigners are battling to defend his reputation.’
BBC News, 5th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Undercover police denied automatic anonymity at inquiry – BBC News
‘Undercover police officers facing claims of wrongdoing will not automatically get anonymity at a forthcoming major public inquiry.’
BBC News, 3rd May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Secondary victims revisited: Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v Ronayne – Cloisters
‘Claims by secondary victims are subject to well-known control mechanisms. The classic statement of which came in Alcock v Chief Constable of the South Yorkshire Police[1]:
there must be a close tie of love and affection with the person killed, injured or imperilled;
there must be proximity in time and space to the incident or its immediate aftermath;
the incident or its immediate aftermath must have been directly perceived;
the psychiatric injury must be induced by a sudden shocking event.’
Cloisters, 14th April 2016
Source: www.cloisters.com
Bradford judge spares girl jail for stabbing abuser – BBC News
‘A judge has spared a teenage girl who stabbed the man who sexually abused her as a child from a prison sentence.’
BBC News, 20th April 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge offers to pay court fine of abuse victim who stabbed her abuser on his doorstep after he avoided jail – The Independent
‘A judge has offered to pay the court fine of a Bradford teenager who stabbed a paedophile on his doorstep after he avoided jail for abusing her when she was just eight-years-old.’
The Independent, 19th April 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Tiny proportion of stalking cases recorded by police, data suggests – The Guardian
‘Only a tiny proportion of all stalking cases are recorded by police, figures have suggested, leading to calls for more training for police to recognise the crime and provide support to victims.’
The Guardian, 18th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
What sort of justice do survivors of sexual war crimes want? – The Guardian
‘Convicting perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict is a milestone but we also need to enable survivors to build their future.’
The Guardian, 12th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Former police officer sentenced for preying on domestic abuse victims for sexual gratification – Crown Prosecution Service
‘Michael McMillan, a former Merseyside police officer has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for seven counts of misconduct in public office.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 11th April 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Victim surcharge update – Sentencing Council
‘There are increases to the victim surcharge for offences committed on or after 8 April 2016.’
Sentencing Council, 4th April 2016
Nine Rochdale men to be sentenced for child sex abuse – The Guardian
‘Nine men are set to be sentenced for a catalogue of serious sexual offences against six teenage girls in Rochdale.’
The Guardian, 7th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Victims of press intrusion deserve better than a return to the status quo – The Guardian
‘I was one of the victims of unscrupulous newspapers that David Cameron pledged to protect in the of wake of the Leveson report. Let’s ensure he keeps his promises.’
The Guardian, 6th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe online fraud refund claim provokes anger – BBC News
‘A police chief’s suggestion that banks should consider no longer refunding some online fraud victims has been branded as “astonishingly misjudged” by a consumer group.’
BBC News, 24th March 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Only one in 14 crime victims offered ‘restorative justice’ scheme – Daily Telegraph
‘Victims’ Commissioner Baroness Newlove warns quality of the programmes which offer victims the chance to confront offenders are still a ‘concern”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd March 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
