Wife of child abuser avoids prison for looking up victims’ social care records
The wife of a man who was jailed for 20 years for sexually abusing children in a care home has avoided prison for looking up social care records of his
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Internet watchdog finds record number of child sexual abuse images
Record numbers of web pages containing child sexual abuse images are being detected following a dramatic spike in reports, a watchdog has revealed. Some 68,092 URLs were identified and taken
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Five men go on trial over historic abuse of boys at Fife residential school
Five men have gone on trial at the High Court in Glasgow over the historic abuse of boys at a residential school in Fife between 1967 and 1983. The men
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Fife couple accused of murdering young son and catalogue of abuse
A mother and her partner have gone on trial accused of murdering her two-year-old son. Rachel Trelfa or Fee, 31, and Nyomi Fee, 28, deny murdering toddler Liam in Fife
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Ten men jailed for sexual offences against Rochdale girl with learning difficulties
Ten men who committed sexual offences against a teenage girl in Rochdale have been given jail sentences of up to 25 years. The complainant walked into a police station shortly
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Man, 82, jailed for sexually abusing boys at East Lothian residential school
An 82-year-old man who physically and sexually abused boys in his care at a residential school has been jailed for seven years. Michael Murphy, known as Brother Benedict or Brother
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Judge rejects bid to overturn decision to exclude Kincora abuse from Goddard inquiry
A judge has rejected a bid to overturn a decision to exclude the Kincora Boys’ Home in east Belfast from a child abuse inquiry at Westminster. Mr Justice Treacy told
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Serious Case Review launched as mother convicted of stamping murder of toddler
A mother has been found guilty of murder after stamping to death her “happy and smiley” 21-month-old toddler at the family home. Kathryn Smith, aged 23, was convicted of killing
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Innovative research aims to treat child sexual abuse urges prior to offences taking place
Paedophiles not convicted of any crime are being recruited for a new research project aiming to show that men at risk of sexually abusing children can be identified and treated
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Scale of historical child abuse to be examined in crime figures for first time
The scale of historical child abuse is set to be examined in official crime figures for the first time. A new module of questions has been incorporated into the Crime
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