‘Maternity services at a hospital have been downgraded to “inadequate” after inspectors found a “potential risk for baby abduction”. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspected Bedford Hospital’s maternity services in November following “14 whistle-blower inquiries”.’
BBC News, 15 January 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who kidnapped and murdered his ex-girlfriend in a woodland hideout has been jailed for at least 25 years.’
BBC News, 21st November 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council has lodged an appeal with Liverpool Crown Court over whether a former policeman convicted 14 years ago of abducting a 15-year-old girl should be granted a taxi driver licence.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd September 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Significant failings by prison and probation staff, and a policy of not recalling high risk prisoners to alleviate pressure on a growing prison population, saw serial rapist Joseph McCann mistakenly freed from jail to attack 11 women and children, a review has found.’
The Guardian, 30th June 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Ministers, police and prosecutors are under pressure to bring the ruler of Dubai to justice after a UK judge ruled that he orchestrated the abduction of two of daughters – one from the streets of Cambridge.’
BBC News, 5th March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is to reconsider its opposition to putting on trial in the UK a pair of British Islamic State terrorists who were members of so-called “Beatles” cell.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A “fantasist” who claimed to be in the elite military unit has been jailed for two and a half years for his part in a plot to abandon a dementia-suffering Californian pensioner in rural England.’
The Independent, 30th April 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Two “cowardly, cruel and callous” men have been jailed for life for torturing and killing an elderly jeweller in a botched £300,000 robbery.’
The Independent, 11th September 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Model Chloe Ayling says she feels “vindicated” after the man she accused of kidnapping her was convicted and jailed for almost 17 years.’
BBC News, 11th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has finally been jailed for a “brutal” abduction and rape featured on Crimewatch, thanks to an “out of the blue” DNA match 24 years later.’
BBC News, 15th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A pensioner arrested for drink driving has been jailed for nine years after a routine DNA sample linked him to the kidnap and sex assault of a young girl more than 15 years ago.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A soldier who abducted and stabbed his love rival has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years.’
BBC News, 9th February 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who stole a car with two children inside before abandoning the baby on a doorstep has been sentenced to two years’ detention.’
BBC News, 18th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected the case of a nine-year-old British girl demanding Theresa May’s government do more to help her father, who has been kidnapped by the Ethiopian authorities and now faces an impending death sentence.’
The Independent, 7th September 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A human rights group has challenged the government’s refusal to disclose whether ministers or Downing Street officials were involved in a decision not to prosecute anyone over an espionage operation to kidnap two Libyan dissidents.’
The Guardian, 21st August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two teenage girls have been detained for more than three years each for kidnapping a child from a Primark store after luring her away from her mother with sweets.’
The Guardian, 18th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A woman who kidnapped a baby as part of a “naive” attempt to fake a pregnancy has been jailed for two years.’
BBC News, 1st July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Prosecutors are set to announce that they are bringing no charges following a police investigation into MI6’s involvement in the kidnapping of two families who were “rendered” to the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s prisons, despite protests by the victims and their lawyers that the evidence against the agency is overwhelming.’
The Guardian, 8th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Three family members have been jailed for forcing a man to do heavy labour for tiny amounts in Cardiff.’
BBC News, 24th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two teenage girls have been sentenced to 12 months youth detention for conspiracy to kidnap babies in September last year.’
The Independent, 21st May 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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