The case of a teenager who walked free from court after sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl shows sentencing guidelines must be updated as a “matter of urgency”, Labour have said.
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The Alesha MacPhail murder trial has been told the six-year-old schoolgirl was smothered and suffered “catastrophic” injuries to her genital area. Pathologist John Williams said the youngster suffered more severe
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A woman blamed by a murder accused for killing a six-year-old girl and “planting” his DNA on the child’s body has told a court she had nothing to do with
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Upskirting has been made a specific criminal offence after a Bill to ban the cruel craze received Royal Assent in the House of Lords. People convicted of taking an image
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The family of murdered Alesha MacPhail told a trial of the frantic search for the six-year-old when they realised she was missing from her bed. Schoolgirl Alesha was spending the
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A care home manager has been charged with neglect after an 87-year-old resident died in hospital. Warwickshire Police said Catalina Ferchiu had been charged by officers investigating unexplained injuries to
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Child abusers will be imprisoned for life under a new draft law brought in by Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat. The move was sparked by the case of a baby called
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The father of murdered six-year-old Alesha MacPhail sold cannabis to the teenager accused of killing her, a court has heard. Robert MacPhail, 26, told the High Court in Glasgow he
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A former day nursery manager has admitted viewing the sexual abuse of children online. The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to using a chatroom to
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A teenage boy accused of raping and murdering a six-year-old girl on the Isle of Bute blames a woman for the crime. The body of Alesha MacPhail was discovered in
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