“Baby Peter’s GP, who failed to spot that the toddler was suffering abuse eight days before his death, was suspended for a year today for misconduct.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Metropolitan Police are trying to block an inquest into the death of Baby Peter, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 14th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Catholic diocese has launched an appeal after being found liable for running a boys’ school where 150 former pupils are suing for abuse.”
BBC News, 12th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Social services in Manchester have been criticised in an independent review into the care given to a baby boy who was left brain damaged and blinded.”
BBC News, 14th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A GP who breached his professional duty towards Baby P in the months leading up to the toddler’s death faces being struck off after a disciplinary panel ruled today that his fitness to practise was impaired.”
The Independent, 13th July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The GP who examined Baby Peter Connelly on 15 occasions in the months before his tragic death faces being struck off the medical register after being found guilty of missing a series of opportunities to prevent the abuse he was suffering.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Church of England has paid substantial damages to a woman who claims she was forcibly drugged and sexually abused whilst in the care of a church-run children’s home.”
BBC News, 7th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who was repeatedly raped at a Berkshire children’s home in the 1960s has been jailed after throwing petrol over a man he claimed abused him.”
BBC News, 5th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The ‘draconian powers’ of social workers to order a child to be taken from a mother who turns out to be innocent is a cost to be paid to protect the vulnerable, appeal judges said today.”
The Independent, 2nd July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A dangerous paedophile at the centre of an international child sex abuse ring was jailed indefinitely today to protect young boys.”
The Independent, 30th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A rapist who subjected a girl to a six-year ordeal of sex abuse has been jailed for fourteen and a half years.”
BBC News, 29th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The mother of a seven-year-old girl who was starved to death at her home in Birmingham has lodged an appeal to reduce her jail sentence.”
BBC News, 28th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Registration with the Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) will be halted to allow the government to remodel the scheme back to proportionate, common sense levels, it was announced today.”
Home Office, 15th June 2010
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A former Army sergeant jailed for five years for directing child sex abuse films thousands of miles away via webcam has had his sentence increased.”
BBC News, 17th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Plans for a database of adults who want to work with children have been halted following a wave of criticism.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Social workers failed to properly investigate a case of two five-year-old boys found engaging in sexual activity at Yarl’s Wood detention centre and concerns an older child may have abused one of them, an official report found today.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A GP will appear before the General Medical Council today accused of failing to investigate whether Baby P was suffering abuse after the little boy attended his surgery with bruises and other injuries.”
The Independent, 14th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An independent review of child protection and social work in England has been ordered by the government.”
BBC News, 10th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Full reports of official investigations into the most notorious cases of child abuse are to be published, ministers confirmed.”
The Independent, 8th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Nursing leaders are taking legal action against the Government’s controversial anti-paedophile database in another blow to the troubled scheme.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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