Third rape case collapses after defence unearths key evidence
A third rape case in just over a month has collapsed after a failure from investigators to find key evidence. The case against Samson Makele was halted at Snaresbrook Crown
Read More
Log In
Sign Up
Tag: Courts / Justice
Toddler Poppi Worthington was sexaully abused before her death says coroner
Toddler Poppi Worthington was sexually abused before her death, a coroner has ruled. The “fit and active” 13-month-old was in an “unsafe” sleeping environment and suffered injuries to her bottom
Read More
Ex-football coach ‘carried out systematic sexual abuse of young boys’
Former football coach Barry Bennell carried out the “systematic and persistent” sexual abuse of young boys, including assaulting two youth footballers in the changing rooms at Crewe Alexandra’s ground, a
Read More
Drowned boy had been placed on child protection register year before his death, judge told
Charlie Dunn – who drowned after being allowed to ”fend for himself” at a water park – was placed on a child protection register a year before his death, a
Read More
Ex-Met boss says policing of rape and sexual offences ‘in a mess’
The investigation of rape and sexual offences are “in a mess”, a former top police officer has warned. Ex-Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Blair of Boughton made his stark assessment as
Read More
Peer urges evidence disclosure inquiry following abandoned ‘rape’ cases
A former attorney general has called for an independent inquiry into the system for disclosure of evidence in criminal cases, after the high-profile collapses of two rape prosecutions. Scotland Yard
Read More
Parole boss sorry over failure to tell victims of cabbie rapist about release
The chairman of the Parole Board has apologised “unreservedly” over the failure to inform the victims of serial rapist John Worboys of his imminent release. Professor Nick Hardwick said he
Read More
‘Controlling’ serial killer met third victim while on leave from mental hospital
A serial killer met his third victim while on unescorted leave from a secure mental hospital where he had been locked up for strangling his last girlfriend, a court heard.
Read More
Grandmother moves in to care for children after social workers’ concern
A couple agreed to move out of their home so a grandparent could move in and care for their four children after social workers raised concerns. They agreed to visit
Read More
Two men charged with abusing boys at children’s home in ’70s and ’80s
The former owner and an ex-manager of a children’s home have been charged with sexually abusing young boys 40 years ago. John Webber, 77, of Clifton Hill, Brighton, East Sussex,
Read More