A report by Bristol Safeguarding Children Board has found the murder of Becky Watts could not have been predicted or prevented. The 33-page review detailed how Becky’s mother Tanya Watts
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Becky Watts reported feeling “scared” of being abducted to social workers more than three years before she was murdered in a sexually motivated kidnap plot, a report has revealed. The
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Bristol Safeguarding Children Board (BSCB) have today (15 March) published the report of a review commissioned following the tragic murder of Becky Watts by her step-brother who, along with his
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The trial of a father accused of causing or allowing his six-year-old daughter to undergo female genital mutilation has collapsed after a judge ruled that the defendant had no case
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A taxi driver allegedly told a passenger that his daughter had been the victim of female genital mutilation (FGM), saying that it was done “so women don’t feel sexy all
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A man who watched a live-stream of a four-year-old girl being sexually abused has been jailed for three years. Matthew Abbott, 34, of Coombe Dale, Bristol, logged into a chatroom
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The murder of a teenage girl by a fellow care home resident fascinated by necrophilia could have been prevented, an inquiry has found. Melissa Mathieson, 18, was strangled by Jason
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The Bristol Safeguarding Adults Board has today (28 Sept) published a Serious Case Review in the case of Melissa Mathieson, an 18 year old woman who was murdered in 2014
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A family court judge has raised concern about the lack of support offered to a woman with a low IQ who suffered “extreme abuse”. Judge Stephen Wildblood said the woman,
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A scholarship scheme for refugees and asylum seekers will run for a second year following a successful pilot, the University of Bristol has announced. Introduced last year, the Sanctuary Scholarship
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