When Mrs Justice Hogg decided to hand Ellie Butler back to her violent father, she was warned: “You are going to have blood on your hands”, according to a source.
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“Evil” father Ben Butler has been jailed for life with a minimum term of at least 23 years for killing his six-year-old daughter in a fit of rage – 11
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Child welfare professionals were gripped by a “sort of hysteria” when a woman and her two children made sex abuse allegations against a man, a High Court judge has said.
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Social care agencies “missed opportunities” to help an aspiring teenage model who went on to take her own life. Coroner Katy Skerrett said there was a lack of communication by
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A disabled man says he plans to sue after a High Court judge gave medics permission to take him from home to hospital and authorised the use of force. Aamir
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Justice Secretary Michael Matheson has announced £4 million of extra funding to increase the use of community sentences. The money will go towards community justice authorities and voluntary groups as
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A new book by Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research (SCCJR) and University of Stirling criminologist Dr Hannah Graham has been hailed as “a truly remarkable achievement” and an “important
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A public figure whose teenage relative was taken into local authority care while on holiday in England before becoming the focus of family court proceedings cannot be named, a judge
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Stress-related illness among prison staff has hit a five-year high following major cuts to the workforce, new figures have revealed. Prison staff in England and Wales took off 54,519 days
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Judges hearing a legal challenge to the Scottish Government’s plan for a minimum alcohol price have been told of changes to drinking trends and alcohol-related death rates in the years
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