A surgeon convicted of wounding patients with unnecessary operations could have “hundreds, if not thousands” of other victims, a leading solicitor has said as she compared the case to the
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The murder of a 24-year-old who was stalked and had her neck slashed by her “psychopath” soldier ex-boyfriend is a “potent reminder” of why women reporting abuse must be taken
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A judge has decided not to name two adults given suspended jail terms for unlawfully contacting two children embroiled in family court litigation. Mr Justice Cobb, who is based in
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A raft of new safety measures has been introduced after a wheelchair-bound great-grandfather is believed to have died after smoking a cigarette and catching fire at a Bupa care home,
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A religious education teacher who says he was wrongly thrown off a university social work course after suggesting that same-sex marriage was a sin during an online discussion has won
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A 95-year-old man who bludgeoned his wife of 65 years with a lump hammer in an attempted mercy killing has been spared jail. Denver Beddows attacked wife Olive, 88, at
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Child victims of sex abuse within families are being let down by the system, new research has warned. Young people are often left to report the abuse themselves when authorities
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A former nursery worker has pleaded guilty to raping a child and inciting sexual activity with children. Jamie Chapman pleaded guilty to 22 sexual offences, including raping a teenage boy,
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Twenty nine people have appeared in court facing a total of more than 170 charges relating to the sexual exploitation of 18 children. The 27 men and two women appeared
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A father-of-four has lost the latest round of a “worrying” family court battle over the care of his youngest child. Social workers at Brighton & Hove City Council had raised
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