A social worker concluded that bruises found on a six-year-old boy allegedly murdered weeks later by his “bullying” father and “coercive” stepmother were down to “boisterous play”, a jury heard.
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A mother accused of murdering her five-year-old son has appeared in court. Angharad Williamson is charged with murdering Logan Mwangi, also known as Logan Williamson, on July 31 in Bridgend,
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A High Court judge is to examine evidence surrounding the death of an 11-year-old disabled boy who drowned in a bath at his home. The youngster, who had cerebral palsy
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Scotland’s largest council has been ordered to pay more than £1.3 million to a man who was abused for years as a child by his foster carer. The Court of
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A 16-month-old girl died from “utterly catastrophic” injures after she was “repeatedly physically assaulted over the weeks and months before her death”, a jury has been told. Star Hobson (pictured)
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Olympian Allyn Condon and his wife have secured a new inquest into the death of their eight-week-old son after a six-year battle for “the truth”. Ben Condon, born prematurely, died
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Legislation incorporating children’s rights into Scots law must be brought back before Holyrood urgently, opposition parties have insisted. Conservatives and Liberal Democrats made the plea after the UK Supreme Court
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A group of campaigners are calling on the Scottish Government to criminalise men who pay for sex in order to reduce demand for prostitution. A group called A Model for
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A terminally ill man who plans to travel to Switzerland to end his life before the year is out says legislators have so far “failed” people on assisted dying laws.
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A former care home manager has avoided prison following the death of a dementia patient after she was put into a scalding bath. Frances Norris, 93, died on February 8
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