Judge’s widow wipes away tears as she denies 17 charges of historical sex abuse
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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Tag: Child Abuse
Judges dismiss social services application over rights of foreign diplomats’ children
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 charged in connection with child sexual exploitation against female victim
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 ‘not best placed’ to conduct school sexual abuse review, says union leader
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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Baby who died in 2017 was injured by his mother, High Court judge concludes
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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Care worker appears for trial charged with murder of baby found dead in Hampshire park
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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Child abuse helpline referrals in Scotland increase by third during pandemic
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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Former Manchester City youth player calls for tougher legislation to prevent sexual abuse in sport
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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Webwatch: Social media encryption plan puts progress against child sexual abuse ‘in jeopardy’
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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Judge rules in favour of adopted teenager opposed to birth family caring for her child
A teenage mother who was adopted at the age of six after suffering neglect has won a court fight with a council over whether blood relatives should be assessed as
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