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Grooming gangs come from ‘diverse backgrounds’, says Home Office as review finally published – The Independent

Posted December 16th, 2020 in child abuse, children, freedom of information, gangs, government departments, news, Pakistan, sexual grooming, sexual offences, statistics by tracey

‘Grooming gangs come from “diverse backgrounds”, a Home Office review has concluded. The research, originally promised by Sajid Javid in 2018, was published on Tuesday following a government U-turn. The Home Office previously said releasing the paper would not be in the “public interest”, in response to a Freedom of Information request by The Independent, but committed to making it public after a petition signed by more than 130,000 people.’
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The Independent, 15th December 2020

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Online harms bill: firms may face multibillion-pound fines for illegal content – The Guardian

Posted December 15th, 2020 in bills, child abuse, consumer protection, fines, internet, news, suicide, terrorism by tracey

‘Social media companies will need to remove and limit the spread of harmful content or face fines of billions of pounds, the UK government has announced, as it finally reveals the details of its proposed internet regulation. The online harms bill, first proposed by Theresa May’s government in April 2019, sets out strict new guidelines governing removal of illegal content such as child sexual abuse, terrorist material and media that promotes suicide, which sites must obey or face being blocked in the UK.’

The Guardian, 15th December 2020

Source: www.theguardian.com

Encrypted messaging putting children at risk of abuse, says watchdog – The Guardian

Posted December 9th, 2020 in child abuse, children, indecent photographs of children, internet, news, sexual grooming, sexual offences by sally

‘The children’s commissioner for England has warned that end-to-end encryption is putting children at risk of abuse, as a survey finds that most eight-year-olds are using messaging apps supposedly restricted to those aged 13 or older.’

The Guardian, 8th December 2020

Source: www.theguardian.com

Child abuse carried out under guise of medical treatment, report finds – The Guardian

Posted December 4th, 2020 in abuse of position of trust, child abuse, children, doctors, news, nurses, professional conduct, sexual offences by sally

‘Healthcare practitioners who committed child sexual abuse commonly did so under the guise of medical treatment, which went unchallenged by other staff even when unnecessary or inappropriate because of their position of trust, research has found.’

The Guardian, 3rd December 2020

Source: www.theguardian.com

Army Cadet leader jailed for nine years for sex offences against boys – The Independent

Posted November 26th, 2020 in armed forces, child abuse, guilty pleas, news, sentencing, sexual offences by tracey

‘A former Army Cadet leader has been jailed for nine years after pleading guilty to child sex offences committed between 1981 and 1991.’

The Independent, 25th November 2020

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Former Great Ormond Street hospital porter charged with child sex offences – The Guardian

Posted November 26th, 2020 in child abuse, hospitals, news, sexual offences by tracey

‘A former Great Ormond Street hospital porter has been charged with a series of sex offences against children.’

The Guardian, 26th November 2020

Source: www.theguardian.com

Eton teacher found guilty of sexually touching students on night-time visits to bedrooms – The Independent

Posted November 26th, 2020 in child abuse, news, sexual offences, teachers by tracey

‘A former Eton College teacher has been found guilty of sexually touching students during night-time visits to their bedrooms.’

The Independent, 25th November 2020

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Richard Huckle: Prisoner jailed over ‘poetic justice’ murder – BBC News

Posted November 25th, 2020 in child abuse, imprisonment, murder, news, prisons, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

‘A psychopathic prisoner who murdered paedophile Richard Huckle in an act of “poetic justice” has been sentenced to a minimum of 34 years in jail.’

BBC, 24th November 2020

Source: www.bbc.com

Vigilante justice: is evidence obtained by ‘paedophile hunter’ groups admissible in criminal proceedings? – 2 Hare Court

Posted November 16th, 2020 in appeals, chambers articles, child abuse, children, criminal justice, evidence, human rights, internet, news, privacy, sexual offences, Supreme Court by sally

‘On 15 July 2020 the Supreme Court handed down its findings in Sutherland (Appellant) v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Respondent) (Scotland) [2020] UKSC 32.’

2 Hare Court, 2nd November 2020

Source: www.2harecourt.com

Jack Mitchell death: Father jailed for manslaughter – BBC News

Posted November 10th, 2020 in child abuse, domestic violence, guilty pleas, homicide, news, sentencing by sally

‘A father who admitted causing the death of his teenage son by shaking him as a baby has been jailed for three years.’

BBC News, 9th November 2020

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Helen’s Law receives Royal Assent – Ministry of Justice

Posted November 6th, 2020 in bills, child abuse, criminal justice, disclosure, indecent photographs of children, murder, parole, press releases, prisons, sexual offences, victims by tracey

‘Killers who withhold information on their victims could spend longer behind bars.’

Full press release

Ministry of Justice, 4th November 2020

Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice

Is there a different burden of proof in relation to misconduct cases in which there is a possibility that an employee who works with children may pose a danger? No, says the EAT in K v L UKEAT/0014/18/JW – 3PB

Posted October 30th, 2020 in appeals, burden of proof, chambers articles, child abuse, children, employment, employment tribunals, indecent photographs of children, news, school children, sexual offences, teachers, unfair dismissal, warrants by sally

‘The Claimant had been employed by the respondents for 20 years as a teacher. On 30th December 2016 the Police entered his property having been granted a warrant to search for and seize computers in the possession of the Claimant. The warrant was based on intelligence that indecent images of a child or children had been downloaded to an IP address associated with the Claimant. The Claimant lived at the address with his son. One of the computers was found to have data that was of interest to the Police.’

3PB, 2nd October 2020

Source: www.3pb.co.uk

Rape prosecutions and convictions dropped by half early in UK pandemic – The Guardian

Posted October 23rd, 2020 in child abuse, children, coronavirus, criminal justice, Crown Prosecution Service, domestic violence, news, prosecutions, rape, sexual offences, statistics, women by sally

‘Prosecutions for crimes against women and girls in England and Wales plummeted in the first three months of the coronavirus pandemic, reflecting a backlog in the court system exacerbated by the UK-wide shutdown and subsequent social distancing measures.’

The Guardian, 22nd October 2020

Source: www.theguardian.com

Man jailed for trying to arrange baby sexual abuse – BBC News

Posted October 12th, 2020 in child abuse, children, imprisonment, news, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

‘A man who tried to arrange for a baby to be brought to his house to be sexually abused has been jailed.’

BBC News, 10th October 2020

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

More than 500 child victims of ‘revenge porn’ in England and Wales last year – The Guardian

Posted October 12th, 2020 in child abuse, children, indecent photographs of children, internet, news, pornography, sentencing, statistics, victims by sally

‘More than 500 children were victims of so-called ‘revenge porn’ in England and Wales last year, according to new data shared with the Guardian.’

The Guardian, 9th October 2020

Source: www.theguardian.com

Barry Bennell sentenced to fifth jail term for sexual offences against boys – The Guardian

Posted October 9th, 2020 in abuse of position of trust, child abuse, children, imprisonment, news, sentencing, sexual offences, sport by sally

‘Former football coach and serial paedophile Barry Bennell has been jailed for an additional four years as he was sentenced over sexual abuse for a fifth and most likely final time.’

The Guardian, 8th October 2020

Source: www.theguardian.com

Justin Welby: Child sex abuse report a ‘wake-up call’ for Church – BBC News

Posted October 7th, 2020 in abuse of position of trust, child abuse, children, Church of England, inquiries, news, sexual offences by tracey

‘A report that found the Church of England failed to protect children from sexual abuse was “a big wake-up call”, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said. Justin Welby said “nothing must get in the way” of change after a report from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse (IICSA) said the Church had failed to protect children.’

BBC News, 7th October 2020

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Ex-BBC presenter jailed for child sex offences – BBC News

Posted October 2nd, 2020 in abuse of position of trust, child abuse, children, imprisonment, news, sentencing, sexual offences, voyeurism by tracey

‘A former BBC presenter and church minister has been sentenced to 10 years and four months in prison for sexually abusing children and adults.’

BBC News, 2nd October 2020

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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