Rotherham man jailed for ‘hideous’ child sex offences – BBC News
‘An 18-year-old man who groomed, raped and abused seven girls in a series of “hideous” sex attacks has been jailed for nine years.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: sexual offences
Child sex abuse inquiry ‘hands police 80 cases a month’ – BBC News
‘An average of 80 child sex abuse cases a month have been referred to police over the last year following victims’ testimony to an independent inquiry.’
BBC News, 1st December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police will need licence to practise for child sex abuse cases, says Rudd – The Guardian
‘Police officers investigating child sex abuse are to be required to be specially trained and accredited in the same way as specialist firearms officers under proposals announced by the home secretary.’
The Guardian, 30th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MPs are sexually assaulting young staff members in Parliament, MP claims – The Independent
‘A Labour MP has called for a whistle-blowing service to be set up for staff who are sexually assaulted by MPs, in order to help them come forward.’
The Independent, 29th November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Football coach Barry Bennell charged with eight child sex offences – Daily Telegraph
‘Barry Bennell, a former football coach, has been charged with eight offences of sexual assault against a boy.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th November 2017
source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ted Heath’s accuser ‘gave child abuse inquiry fantastical evidence’ – The Guardian
‘A woman who accused Sir Ted Heath of satanic child abuse contributed to “a catalogue of fabrication” by making outrageous allegations after hypnosis, a leading criminologist has claimed.’
The Guardian, 27th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Football sex abuse claims: Police widen their inquiries – BBC News
‘Four police forces say they are now investigating allegations of historical child sex abuse within football.’
BBC news, 25th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Serial killer Stephen Port jailed for rape drug murders – BBC News
‘A “wicked and monstrous” serial killer who poisoned four young men with lethal doses of a date rape drug has been given a whole life prison term.’
BBC News, 25th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Metropolitan Police sex abuse case ‘failings put children at risk’ – BBC News
‘Children in London are being put at risk because of “serious failings” in the way the Met Police deals with child sexual abuse, inspectors have found.’
BBC News, 25th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Naming your Abusers – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council [2016] EWHC 2864 (QB).The right of a claimant to name the people who abused her prevailed over the rights of the perpetrators and others to private and family life.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd November 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Watchdog investigating 187 claims of police failings in child sex abuse cases – The Independent
‘The police watchdog is carrying out 187 investigations into possible failings by police in their handling of historical child sex abuse cases, it has been reported.’
The Independent, 24th November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Serving prisoner to spend longer in prison after sexually assaulting another inmate – Attorney General’s Office
‘Court of Appeal has increased the sentence of serving prisoner following Attorney General referral.’
Attorney General’s Office, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
Child sex abuse inquiry receives letters from four senior lawyers – The Guardian
‘The Commons home affairs committee is to hold talks on the future direction of the independent inquiry into child sex abuse after receiving letters detailing the concerns of four senior lawyers who have quit the inquest.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Victims’ group withdraws from historical child sex abuse inquiry – BBC News
‘The largest victims’ group in the independent inquiry into historical child sex abuse has quit the process, calling it an “unpalatable circus”.’
BBC News, 18th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Minor neighbour dispute sees sex offender caught for his crimes 15 years later – Daily Telegraph
‘A would-be rapist who attacked two women on the streets 15 years ago has been jailed for 12 years after being caught following a dispute with his neighbour.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Cambridge students build a ‘lawbot’ to advise sexual assault victims – The Guardian
‘Imagine RoboCop went to Oxbridge – well, it’s nothing like that at all.’
The Guardian, 9th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Henriques report: Met Police in the dock as review finds string of ‘significant failings’ in sex abuse inqury – Daily Telegraph
‘Senior Scotland Yard detectives have been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commissionafter a damning report into the Met’s handling of Operation Midland found a string of “significant failings”.’
8th November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
