‘Cruel’ mother jailed for duping teenage daughter into forced marriage
A woman who duped her teenage daughter into going to Pakistan and forced her to marry has been jailed for four and a half years, in the first successful prosecution
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Police hunt North London man accused of series of sex attacks on teenagers
Detectives are hunting for a man suspected of carrying out a series of sexual assaults on teenagers on board buses in north London. Scotland Yard said the same suspect was
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First successful prosecution of mother who forced teenage daughter to marry
A mother has been convicted of duping her teenage daughter to go to Pakistan and forcing her to marry, in the first successful prosecution of its type. The woman was
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Victim tells inquiry sexual abuse was ‘whitewashed’ by children’s home staff
A man has told an inquiry how the sexual abuse he suffered as a child was “whitewashed” during his time at a children’s home. A witness told the Scottish Child
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Tory MP calls for law update to protect children from grooming and exploitation
A Tory MP has raised concerns over the handling of child sexual exploitation cases claiming in some instances the “police don’t fully understand grooming and the power that a perpetrator
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Mother and stepfather jailed for raping girl whose abuse complaints were ignored
A mother and stepfather have been jailed for the rape of a girl who was returned to their care after social services dismissed her as “troublesome”. The parents, now both
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Guidance issued to schools to tackle child-on-child sexual violence and harassment
Schools have been given new guidance to deal with allegations of child-on-child sexual violence and harassment. The Department for Education guidelines, which will come into force in September, set out
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Judge rules baby suffered brain damage after anxious father shook him
A baby suffered brain damage after choking while feeding and being shaken by his anxious father, a family court judge has concluded. The little boy, who is now approaching his
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Internet study warns children being coerced to live-stream their own sexual abuse
Children as young as three are being coerced into live-streaming their own sexual abuse from their homes, a study has found. Researchers discovered more than 2,000 videos of live-streamed child
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Former youth football coach to stand trial on sex abuse charges
Former youth football coach and scout “Kit” Carson is to stand trial accused of the historical sexual abuse of boys aged under 16. Michael “Kit” Carson, 74, pleaded not guilty
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