A former pupil of a private boarding school has told how he was sexually abused by another student and beaten so frequently his “buttocks were always bruised”. The man, who
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The widow of a Court of Appeal judge wiped away tears as she denied sexually abusing a young boy in the 1980s. Lady Lavinia Nourse was married to Sir Martin
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Judges who were asked to consider how social workers and police can protect children at risk of harm if the parents are foreign diplomats have decided not to declare that
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Twenty-nine men have been charged in connection with the child sexual exploitation of one victim in West Yorkshire. The men are accused of committing offences, including rape, attempted rape, indecent
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Ofsted should not be responsible for a review into claims of sex abuse in schools as they are not suitably impartial in the matter, the head of an education union
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A three-month-old baby found dead more than three years ago was injured by his mother, a High Court judge has concluded. Mr Justice Newton was told that the cause of
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A care home worker has appeared for trial charged with the murder of a newborn baby whose body was found in a park. Babita Rai has been accused over the
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The number of referrals made by a child abuse helpline to authorities has increased by more than a third during the pandemic, latest figures show. The NSPCC made 2,476 referrals
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Abuse victim Gary Cliffe has called for tougher legislation to weed out those who use sport to target vulnerable people. Cliffe (pictured) was sexually abused as a schoolboy by coach
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The Home Secretary has warned that Facebook’s plan to end-to-end encrypt private messaging across its apps could put progress in preventing child sexual abuse “at jeopardy”. At a virtual event
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