‘A safeguarding report has revealed a man, 62, who had been living in Carmarthenshire, fathered six children with his own daughter.’
BBC News, 8th September 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who fathered at least six children with his own daughter has been handed a 40-year extended life sentence.’
BBC News, 18th October 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for life for murdering a woman who was his niece and also his partner.’
BBC News, 1st September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority v First Tier Tribunal (Social entitlement Chamber) and Y by his mother and Litigation Friend.’ The predictability of genetic disorders continues to challenge existing law. Here, the Court of Appeal had to consider whether a child born as a result of incestuous rape could claim compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS) for his congenital disabilities. These were 50% predictable as a result of the nature of his conception, as opposed to 2-3% in the general population.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th March 2017
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A disabled man born with a serious genetic disorder, due to an incestuous rape, has failed to obtain compensation for his medical condition.’
The Guardian, 14th March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A severely disabled man born after an incestuous rape is seeking compensation at the Court of Appeal as a victim.’
BBC News, 15th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The courts have tackled the issue of compensation for criminal injuries inflicted before birth.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th July 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed after fathering two children with his niece.’
The Independent, 26th June 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man born with severe disabilities after his mother was raped by her father has won the right to claim compensation.’
BBC News, 1st June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Nearly 700 sex offenders have been removed from the register in the last four years, including 157 child abusers, new figures have revealed. A Freedom of Information request by the BBC found more than half of applications made by criminals to be removed from the register since 2012 have been successful.’
The Independent, 21st March 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A teenager has been found not guilty of raping his mother as she slept after she told a jury she had dreamed the attack. The boy, who cannot be named, was 14 when his mother woke up and accused him of trying to rape her. Despite calling the police to report the alleged incident, when the case reached trial this week the mother claimed she was “99.9% sure” she had dreamed it after a night out drinking.’
The Guardian, 30th April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A father who repeatedly raped his daughter over a four-year period resulting in her having a baby has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 24th April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Europe’s biggest prison for sex offenders is in Nottinghamshire. How does it try to rehabilitate the inmates, asks Rex Bloomstein.’
BBC News, 30th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenage boy who carried out a “campaign of rape” against his younger sister has been given a 10-year custodial sentence.’
BBC News, 24th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Four siblings who were sexually abused by their father and uncle have received what is believed to be a record £1m in damages from a social work department that failed to protect them as children.”
The Guardian, 21st January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 47-year-old man and his daughter have been sentenced for the second time for having sex.”
BBC News, 4th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two daughters made pregnant 19 times by their abusive father were given an apology by the authorities which failed to protect them.”
BBC News, 10th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who sexually abused his daughter for more than three decades, fathering two children by her, was jailed for 12 years yesterday for incest, rape and indecent assault.”
The Guardian, 7th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former police chief who was jailed for 10 years after being found guilty of raping his daughter has lost an appeal against his conviction.”
BBC News, 5th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Child protection agencies in Lincolnshire and Sheffield are bracing themselves for damning criticism over the case of a man who raped and impregnated his daughters, as details of ‘unspeakable’ abuse against the two women begin to emerge.”
The Guardian, 27th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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