Care home worker found guilty of infanticide of newborn daughter
A care home worker has been found guilty of the infanticide of her newborn daughter, who was found dead in a park. Babita Rai, who is Nepalese, was cleared by
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Officials ‘hounded’ over PPE contract approval to hedge fund with ‘close ties’ to Government
Senior officials were “hounding” colleagues over the approval of a PPE supply contract worth a quarter-of-a-billion pounds to a hedge fund with “close ties” to the Government, the High Court
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Seven men go on trial charged with sexual exploitation and abuse of vulnerable teenage girl
Seven “sexual predators” have gone on trial accused of exploiting and abusing a “vulnerable” teenage girl. The men face a total of 17 charges in connection with the sexual exploitation
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Rape Crisis Scotland reiterates call for not proven verdict to be abolished
Rape Crisis Scotland has reiterated calls for the not proven verdict in Scots law to be abolished after new figures revealed almost a quarter of rape and attempted rape cases
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Government can keep amount of public money spent on unusable PPE confidential, judge rules
The Government can keep the amount of public money spent on unusable personal protective equipment (PPE) from two companies confidential, the High Court has ruled. The Good Law Project and
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High Court to hear challenge over awards of more than £650m in Government PPE contracts
A legal challenge over the Government’s decision to award more than £650 million in contracts for personal protective equipment (PPE) will be heard at the High Court. The Good Law
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Court orders man out of sick elderly mother’s home after he ‘locked her away from world’
A man has been ordered to leave his sick elderly mother’s home after a judge concluded that he had “locked” her away “from the world”. Council staff with welfare responsibilities
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Review includes plans to allow video evidence from rape victims to help improve conviction rates
Rape victims will be able to provide their evidence on video prior to a trial to help improve conviction rates, it is understood. The plans form part of a review,
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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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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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