Consideration is being given to raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Northern Ireland. Under current legislation children aged 10 can be arrested and taken to a youth court
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The leader of an online paedophile ring who convinced women to abuse children has lost a parole bid to be freed from jail amid concern over his “extreme sexual interests”.
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A heartbroken mother said a childminder who shook her baby boy to death is a “monster” who should be “haunted” by her actions. Karen Foster (pictured), 62, was also branded
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A 46-year-old man has been arrested as part of the National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation into PPE Medpro. The suspect, from Barnet, north London, was held at his home on
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Convicted multiple murderer Lucy Letby was “caught virtually red-handed” by a doctor as she displaced the breathing tube of a baby girl, a court has heard. Letby, 34, is alleged
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A preliminary hearing has taken place in the case of a pensioner accused of murdering a woman who disappeared in 1984. Marion Hodge was 34 years old when she disappeared
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Diagnostics firm Novacyt has reached a settlement with the UK health department after claims related to Covid-19 test kits. The London-listed biotechnology firm saw shares dive in early trading after
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Seven men have been found guilty of a string of sex offences against two teenage girls in Rotherham, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has confirmed. The girls were aged between
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A grandmother who was fighting for her life in hospital when a healthcare assistant fraudulently used her bank cards said she was in “absolute disbelief” that the worker could prey
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Two councils have withdrawn separate proposed legal challenges over Home Office plans to house asylum seekers at former RAF bases. West Lindsey District Council (WLDC) and Braintree District Council (BDC)
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