Northern Ireland’s prison population has risen by almost 40% in three years, the Stormont Assembly has heard. Justice Minister Naomi Long said the total prison population was 1,374 on April
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A teenage girl who took her own life at a mental health facility was “failed by the place that was supposed to keep her safe”, her family have said. Tees,
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A therapist accused of raping and sexually assaulting a client said his penis was “like a laser beam” which could “burn up trauma” while using penetration as a “therapeutic technique”,
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A Home Office worker has been arrested on suspicion of asking for money to grant UK residency to an asylum seeker living in Northern Ireland. The BBC reported that the
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Domestic abuse victims are not being given sufficient support in the lead-up to cases reaching court, a review has found. HM Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland (IPS) carried out an
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Paedophiles convicted of serious sexual offences could lose parental rights over their children under a proposed law change. Under current rules, offenders may still have a right to be included
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A nursery deputy manager caused the death of a baby girl who she placed face down, tightly swaddled and strapped to a bean bag for more than an hour and
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Parents who claim they were “gagged” in legal proceedings about their dying children have gathered at the Supreme Court as justices consider allowing the naming of doctors involved in two
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A former GP has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for sexually assaulting three “vulnerable” patients during consultations at his surgery. Mohan Babu (pictured), from Emsworth, Hampshire, was found guilty of
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A male nurse has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after having sex with a “very vulnerable“ female patient at a hospital in London. Christopher Fasakin, 58, had sex with the
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