A stepmother accused of cruelly abusing, poisoning and murdering a six-year-old boy has told a jury she blamed the child for problems in her increasingly troubled relationship with his father.
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A victim of a monk who was jailed for seven years after being found guilty of sexually abusing boys over two decades has said the sentence “couldn’t ever be long
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The trial of a couple accused of murdering a six-year-old boy has been told social services found no safeguarding concerns after being contacted by his grandmother, who had taken photos
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The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has announced it will begin hearing evidence into the abuse of children in foster care next spring. It will hold public hearings which will include
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The redress scheme for victims of abuse while in care will be backed by a “substantial financial contribution” from the Scottish Government, John Swinney has said. The Deputy First Minister
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A social worker concluded that bruises found on a six-year-old boy allegedly murdered weeks later by his “bullying” father and “coercive” stepmother were down to “boisterous play”, a jury heard.
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A mother accused of murdering her five-year-old son has appeared in court. Angharad Williamson is charged with murdering Logan Mwangi, also known as Logan Williamson, on July 31 in Bridgend,
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A High Court judge is to examine evidence surrounding the death of an 11-year-old disabled boy who drowned in a bath at his home. The youngster, who had cerebral palsy
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Scotland’s largest council has been ordered to pay more than £1.3 million to a man who was abused for years as a child by his foster carer. The Court of
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A 16-month-old girl died from “utterly catastrophic” injures after she was “repeatedly physically assaulted over the weeks and months before her death”, a jury has been told. Star Hobson (pictured)
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