A Labour councillor said to have lied to an independent inquiry into child sexual abuse in Rochdale is facing a possible police investigation. Richard Farnell told a panel last year
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A “valuable opportunity” was missed to prosecute Rochdale’s former Liberal MP Cyril Smith during his lifetime in the late 1990s, a child sexual abuse inquiry found. The Independent Inquiry into
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A three-month-old baby boy may have been shaken and immersed in water by his parents – causing fatal injuries, a court has heard. Ah’Kiell Walker was cold and soaking wet
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Court of Appeal judges say a man who was earlier found to have “sexually interfered” with his teenage daughter is owed an apology. They say “findings of fact” by a
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A former priest who sexually abused three boys and a student priest has been jailed for nine years. Francis Paul Moore, 82, sexually assaulted one young boy at a primary
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Evidence from vigilantes known as “paedophile hunters” was used to charge suspects on at least 150 occasions last year, it has been reported. There has been a seven-fold increase in
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The action or inaction of agencies involved in the case of murdered six-year-old Ellie Butler cannot be said to have “possibly or probably” contributed to her death, a coroner has
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The grandfather of murdered Ellie Butler said he is disappointed that social services and other agencies involved in the six-year-old’s care have not faced criticism after an inquest into her
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A child killer dubbed the Beast of Wombwell died after suffering a heart attack at a secure psychiatric unit, an inquest has heard. Peter Pickering, 80, had been locked up
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The number of people seeking help to stop viewing child abuse images has risen by 40%, figures suggest. Data from the Stop it Now! campaign, run by child protection charity
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