Man convicted of ‘brazen’ rape of 15-year-old girl in sea off busy beach
A 20-year-old man has been found guilty of the “brazen” rape of a 15-year-old girl after he took her out of her depth in the sea off Bournemouth beach on
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Constance Marten went ‘up against social services and influential family’ over children’s care
Wealthy aristocrat Constance Marten has told jurors how she went up against “influential” family members with “connections in high places” as she fought for her children. Marten, 36, is on
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Police officers to appear in court over assault on disabled man in care home
Two police officers will appear in court charged with assaulting an elderly disabled man in a dementia care home. Pc Stephen Smith, 50, and Pc Rachel Comotto, 34, are charged
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Mother planned to have baby smuggled abroad to avoid her being taken into care, court told
On-the-run mother Constance Marten has told jurors that she and her partner planned to pay someone to smuggle their baby daughter abroad. The aristocrat, 36, and her partner Mark Gordon
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Healthcare workers suing NHS bodies over Covid infections from ‘inadequate’ PPE
Dozens of healthcare workers are bringing legal action against the NHS, claiming they were provided with “inadequate” PPE and contracted Covid-19 while treating patients, the High Court has heard. The
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‘Serious failings’ in supervision of quadruple murderer, says probation watchdog
There were “serious failings” in the probation supervision of quadruple murderer Joshua Jacques, the Chief Inspector of Probation has said. Jacques, 29, was on probation when he attacked Samantha Drummonds
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Watchdog ‘shocked’ after male prison guards pinned down and forcibly stripped girl inmate
A girl held in a young offenders’ institution was pinned down and forcibly stripped by a group of male prison guards, according to a watchdog. Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie
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Rishi Sunak suffers heaviest defeats yet as peers square up over Rwanda Bill
The Archbishop of Canterbury and Tory former Cabinet ministers have helped inflict the heaviest defeats Rishi Sunak has suffered in the Lords over his proposed Rwanda asylum law. The string
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Man who murdered girlfriend and three relatives as ‘sacrifice’ jailed for life
A cannabis abuser who claimed he stabbed his girlfriend and three of her family members as a “sacrifice” has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 46 years
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Child sexual abuse image crimes logged by police rise by 25% – NSPCC
The number of child sexual abuse image crimes recorded by UK police increased by a quarter last year, according to new data obtained by children’s charity the NSPCC. The charity’s
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