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Woman ‘murdered baby after snapping over stress of applying to stay in UK’

By Ben Mitchell, Reporter17th November 2021News England

The wife of a former Commonwealth army soldier murdered her newborn son after “snapping” over the stresses of applying for permission to stay in the UK while struggling to support

Two-year-old girl who suffered ‘appalling injuries’ probably killed by adoptive father, judge rules

By Brian Farmer, Reporter16th November 2021News England

A two-year-old girl who died weeks into lockdown after suffering a serious brain injury was probably killed by her adoptive father, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice Williams

Communication breakdown sees health board fined £200,000 over woman’s suicide in hospital

By The Press Association15th November 2021News Scotland

A Scottish health board has been fined £200,000 after a patient with a history of self-harm took her own life in hospital. Anne Clelland, 49, was found unconscious in an

Judge approves £27m clinical negligence settlement after boy suffers ‘catastrophic brain injuries’

By Brian Farmer, Reporter12th November 2021News England

A High Court judge has approved a £27 million settlement of a clinical negligence claim after a boy was left with “catastrophic brain injuries”. The boy’s father sued Alder Hey

‘Violent and controlling’ serial abuser of women found guilty of fatally stabbing girlfriend in neck

By Emily Pennink, Reporter10th November 2021News England

A serial abuser of women has been found guilty of fatally stabbing his girlfriend in the neck. “Self-obsessed” Taye Francis already had convictions for rape and violence when he killed

Thousands of victims of domestic abuse ineligible for legal aid ‘forced to stay with abusers’

By Jemma Crew, Reporter10th November 2021News England

Thousands of victims of domestic abuse are being “badly let down” by the legal aid system and forced to remain with their abusers because they cannot afford representation in court,

Man who cut his mother’s head off is sentenced to indefinite hospital order

By Sam Russell, Reporter9th November 2021News England

A man who cut his mother’s head off, believing her to be the devil, has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order. Ernest Grusza (pictured, left), 41, cut 59-year-old Wiesslawa

Stepmother accused of child’s murder ‘blamed’ boy for relationship woes with his father

By Richard Vernalls, Reporter9th November 2021News England

A stepmother accused of cruelly abusing, poisoning and murdering a six-year-old boy has told a jury she blamed the child for problems in her increasingly troubled relationship with his father.

Rehabilitation to be ‘primary consideration’ in sentencing young people in Scotland

By The Press Association9th November 2021News Scotland

Judges will have to take rehabilitation into account as a primary consideration when sentencing young people after a new guideline was approved in a “significant milestone”. The Scottish Sentencing Council

Abuse victim tells judge how passing Barry Bennell’s old house chills him to the core

By Brian Farmer, Reporter8th November 2021News England

A man who was a talented schoolboy footballer has told a High Court trial how driving past a house where he was sexually abused by paedophile former coach Barry Bennell

Tag: Courts / Justice

Woman ‘murdered baby after snapping over stress of applying to stay in UK’

Two-year-old girl who suffered ‘appalling injuries’ probably killed by adoptive father, judge rules

Communication breakdown sees health board fined £200,000 over woman’s suicide in hospital

Judge approves £27m clinical negligence settlement after boy suffers ‘catastrophic brain injuries’

‘Violent and controlling’ serial abuser of women found guilty of fatally stabbing girlfriend in neck

Thousands of victims of domestic abuse ineligible for legal aid ‘forced to stay with abusers’

Man who cut his mother’s head off is sentenced to indefinite hospital order

Stepmother accused of child’s murder ‘blamed’ boy for relationship woes with his father

Rehabilitation to be ‘primary consideration’ in sentencing young people in Scotland

Abuse victim tells judge how passing Barry Bennell’s old house chills him to the core

Urgent need for training to spot and act on sex abuse within families, review finds

Body-in-garden trial told three-year-old died after parents’ ‘breathtaking’ cruelty

England’s hospitals within hours of running out of some PPE items – Matt Hancock

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Tag: Courts / Justice

Woman ‘murdered baby after snapping over stress of applying to stay in UK’

Two-year-old girl who suffered ‘appalling injuries’ probably killed by adoptive father, judge rules

Communication breakdown sees health board fined £200,000 over woman’s suicide in hospital

Judge approves £27m clinical negligence settlement after boy suffers ‘catastrophic brain injuries’

‘Violent and controlling’ serial abuser of women found guilty of fatally stabbing girlfriend in neck

Thousands of victims of domestic abuse ineligible for legal aid ‘forced to stay with abusers’

Man who cut his mother’s head off is sentenced to indefinite hospital order

Stepmother accused of child’s murder ‘blamed’ boy for relationship woes with his father

Rehabilitation to be ‘primary consideration’ in sentencing young people in Scotland

Abuse victim tells judge how passing Barry Bennell’s old house chills him to the core