‘A man has been jailed for three years for trying to arrange the sexual abuse of a child while working at the south pole.’
The Guardian, 18th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A junior doctor working in paediatrics who sexually abused a child and groomed and abused others over the internet has been jailed for seven years.’
BBC News, 11th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Government is to consult on extending the new criminal offence of ‘wilful neglect’ of patients to children’s social care, education and elected members in a bid to eradicate “the culture of denial”, the Prime Minister has announced.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd March 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The killer of Joanna Yeates has admitted four charges of possessing indecent images of children. Dutch engineer Vincent Tabak, 37, was jailed for life in October 2011 after being convicted of killing his 25-year-old neighbour at her flat in Clifton, Bristol.’
The Guardian, 2nd March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A music teacher has avoided being sent to prison after he pleaded guilty to possessing indecent images of children and extreme pornography involving animals.’
The Independent, 4th February 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Independent Police Complaints Commission will investigate how staff at the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre dealt with information from the Canadian police.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A former Royal Navy sailor has been jailed for 14 years for a series of horrific child sex offences including the rape of a six-month-old baby.’
BBC News, 23rd January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 55-year-old primary school caretaker walked free from Cardiff Crown court, claiming possessing over 600 child abuse images was “just a morbid curiosity.”’
The Independent, 15th January 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman who repeatedly warned police about the paedophile activities of the disgraced rock star Ian Watkins, but was herself prosecuted after trying to entrap him, claimed children could have been saved from abuse if she had been believed.’
The Guardian, 14th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Judge Andrew Woolman says laws mean he has to give sex offender Jason Leonard a “completely academic” sentence after he breached his licence conditions.’
Full story
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Former Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning has been jailed for 13 years for sexually assaulting 24 boys – including one allegedly at Jimmy Savile’s house.’
The Independent, 16th December 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘David Cameron will place Britain’s GCHQ eavesdropping agency and the National Crime Agency (NCA) at the centre of a fight to eliminate “digital hiding places for child abusers”.’
The Guardian, 11th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Child abuse viewers who access images and video on the internet need medical help to overcome “perverse attractions” rather than serve prison terms, said a senior police officer.’
The Independent, 6th December 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Data taken from tens of millions of child abuse photos and videos will shortly be used as part of a new police system to aid investigations into suspected paedophiles across the UK.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A paedophile doctor who abused young cancer patients has been sentenced to 22 years in jail. Myles Bradbury, 41, of Herringswell, Suffolk, admitted abusing 18 children in his care at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, between 2009 and 2013.’
BBC News, 1st December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A doctor who secretly filmed hundreds of patients, colleagues and hospital visitors has been jailed for five years.’
BBC News, 26th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former Ukip regional chairman has been jailed for almost five years for grooming children as young as 12 and possessing almost 200,000 indecent images of children.’
The Independent, 25th November 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A former Met police officer who was caught with nearly two and a half thousand indecent images and films of children has avoided a prison sentence after a judge cited “his background” as a mitigating factor.’
The Independent, 8th November 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A junior doctor working in paediatrics has admitted sexually abusing boys as young as 12.’
BBC News, 31st October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Some of the UK’s estimated 50,000 suspected paedophiles will escape prosecution, according to Britain’s leading law-enforcement officer, who said that authorities had to rethink how to pursue suspects and how they could be prevented from perpetrating crimes.’
Full story
The Guardian, 20th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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