A mother and her civil partner have been jailed for life for murdering her toddler son after subjecting him to more than two years of abuse and neglect. Defenceless two-year-old
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Nine men have been jailed after a teenager in local authority care was subjected to a “horrifying” catalogue of sexual abuse, some of which was streamed live on the internet.
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The delay in rolling out new measures to ease the distress of vulnerable witnesses giving evidence is “wrong”, a justice minister has admitted. A six-month pilot allowing the most vulnerable
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A 29-year-old unemployed man who wanted to care for his baby son has lost a family court fight after a judge raised concerns about his lifestyle. Recorder Carly Henley said
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A family court judge’s ruling relating to the murder of six-year-old Ellie Butler will make “front page news” if it is published – another judge has forecast. The ruling was
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Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) has published a report on the impact of prisoner recalls on the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland. The report examined how the prisoner
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Findings and recommendations released in a new report by University of Stirling criminologists, Professor Gill McIvor and Dr Hannah Graham, indicate support among criminal justice practitioners for key changes to
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The family of murdered schoolgirl Alice Gross have called for a “careful and targeted” reform of the system for exchanging information about high-risk offenders across Europe. As an inquest jury
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A range of measures to better support jurors in traumatic court cases have been suggested by a top QC. Derek Ogg said prosecutors could risk assess cases before bringing them
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Social services bosses have criticised a police raid on the home of a couple feared to have links to Islamic terrorism. They say the couple’s three children were avoidably traumatised
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