‘A Metropolitan Police officer caught spying on a woman in the changing room of a Primark store has avoided jail.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd July 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Tech companies should move ahead with controversial technology that scans for child abuse imagery on users’ phones, the technical heads of GCHQ and the UK’s National Cybersecurity Centre have said. So-called “client-side scanning” would involve service providers such as Facebook or Apple building software that monitors communications for suspicious activity without needing to share the contents of messages with a centralised server.’
The Guardian, 21st July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A parliamentary debate on whether a public inquiry should be held into the 1993 murder of toddler James Bulger is due to take place later this year.’
BBC News, 20th June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Digital fingerprints of a million images of child sexual abuse have been created, the Internet Watch Foundation has said. The UK charity, which is responsible for finding and removing such material online, said the fingerprints, known as hashes, would help companies and police find copies of the images.’
BBC News, 6th June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A nurse “fixated by sex” who filmed up the gowns of unconscious hospital patients has been jailed for 12 years.’
BBC News, 11th May 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A paedophile has been jailed for 10 years after using social media to groom children.’
The Guardian, 10th May 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A young adult with a lifelong serious mental illness should not be prevented from visiting a man in Brazil suspected of grooming her, but should very carefully consider the wisdom of doing so, a Deputy High Court judge has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th April 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A police officer who was caught trying to arrange the abuse of an eight-year-old girl and accessed indecent images of a vulnerable teenager has been jailed for eight years and four months.’
The Independent, 12th January 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A sex offender caught trying to meet children in an undercover police sting has been jailed for 12 years.’
BBC News, 20th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An online blackmailer who forced children to engage in sexual activity and sold that material on has been sentenced to 32 years today (10 December 2021) at Birmingham Crown Court.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 10th December 2021
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A report from a joint committee of MPs and Lords recommending what should be included in the Online Safety Bill is due in the next few days.’
BBC News, 6th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who babysat in private homes has been jailed for sexually abusing children aged between two and 14.’
BBC News, 15th November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A hospital worker has admitted murdering two women in 1987, and sexually abusing at least 100 female corpses, including children.“
BBC News, 5th November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A British mum who sexually abused her children and even urinated in their drinks was caught by the FBI, a court heard.’
The Independent, 6th September 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Met Police has been warned it could put children in danger because of the way it investigates online abuse.’
BBC News, 1st September 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Metropolitan Police are waging a legal battle over the sacking of a senior officer who was convicted of possessing a child abuse video. Superintendent Novlett Robyn Williams successfully appealed against the decision to dismiss her earlier this year and was reinstated as a police officer.’
The Independent, 4th August 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A music teacher who had sex with two girls aged 13 and 14 has been convicted of 32 sexual offences.’
BBC News, 3rd August 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A black police chief dismissed from the Metropolitan police has won her job back after a tribunal said her sacking was unfair.’
The Guardian, 16th June 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A paedophile who exploited and blackmailed almost 2,000 victims globally has admitted 158 charges in what has been described as “industrial-scale” offending.’
The Guardian, 7th June 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A former Great Ormond Street Hospital porter has been given a life sentence after admitting to sexually abusing young boys.’
BBC news, 24th May 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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