Parson Green tube bomber jailed for minimum of 34 years
A “ruthless” teenage asylum seeker has been jailed for at least 34 years for planting the Parsons Green Tube bomb which injured 51 passengers. Iraqi Ahmed Hassan, who claims to
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Ellie Butler’s murder by ‘brutal maniac’ cannot have been in vain, pledges grandfather
Ellie Butler’s grandfather vowed her death “cannot have been in vain” as he described her murderer father as a “brutal maniac” in an inquest into her death. The six-year-old girl
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Facebook community page operator jailed for stalking woman who rebuffed advances
A man who runs a Facebook page with tens of thousands of followers has been jailed for 21 months for a seven-month stalking campaign of “psychological warfare” against a woman
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Social workers involved in St Helana child abuse inquiry suing Foreign Office
Two social workers who say an inquiry report into allegations of child abuse on the British overseas territory of St Helena destroyed their professional reputations have taken legal action. Claire
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Judge tells jurors in rugby players rape trial to set aside emotion and prejudice
Emotion and prejudice have no part to play in deciding whether two Irish rugby internationals are guilty of rape, jurors at their trial have been told. The panel of eight
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Report finds more than a fifth of sexual offences in Scotland committed online
The internet was used to commit at least a fifth of all sexual crimes recorded in Scotland last year, a new report on cyber crime has estimated. The study, published
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Doctors allowed to deceive HIV positive mentally-ill woman into taking drugs
A judge has given doctors permission to deceive a mentally-ill woman who is infected with HIV into taking drugs following a hearing in a specialist court. Mr Justice Mostyn has
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New scheme to help perpetrators of domestic violence stop reoffending
Some perpetrators of domestic violence will be offered a chance to avoid jail through a new scheme aimed at reducing reoffending. The pilot project in Londonderry will see convicted offenders
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Judge orders council to review ‘irrational’ decision on housing for autistic girl
An autistic girl at risk of harming herself in her “dangerous” family home has won a High Court action for an immediate review of her living situation. The six-year-old, who
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Rapist who assualted eight blind children in Edinburgh handed lifelong retriction order
An “evil and dangerous” man who raped and sexually assaulted blind children while he was a schoolboy has been given a lifelong restriction order by a judge. From the age
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