The “inertia” of Southampton’s board allowed Bob Higgins free to continue to abuse boys at the club, causing them “incalculable” damage, an independent review has concluded. Children’s charity Barnardo’s said
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The wife of a former Commonwealth army soldier murdered her newborn son after “snapping” over the stresses of applying for permission to stay in the UK while struggling to support
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A two-year-old girl who died weeks into lockdown after suffering a serious brain injury was probably killed by her adoptive father, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice Williams
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Children at a Catholic boarding school in Scotland were sexually abused and subjected to sadistic treatment that “destroyed childhoods”, an inquiry has found. Lady Smith, chair of the Scottish Child
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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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