Bruising on little boy’s ear was no accident, expert tells murder trial
Bruising on a toddler’s ear which was seen the day before he was allegedly shaken to death was not the result of an accident, a murder trial has been told.
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Safeguarding experts demand national action plan to tackle child sexual abuse
A national child safeguarding practice review has investigated the experiences of 193 children who were sexually abused by a family member. The report reveals that safeguarding agencies were not equipped
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Women being trapped in relationships due to economic abuse, charity finds
Nearly one in seven (15%) women say they have recently experienced economic abuse from a current or former partner, a charity has found. Of those women who had experienced economic
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Urgent need for training to spot and act on sex abuse within families, review finds
A seven-year-old girl spoke about killing herself, and another aged 11 gave birth after being sexually abused by a family member, a national child safeguarding review has found. The report,
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Body-in-garden trial told three-year-old died after parents’ ‘breathtaking’ cruelty
A couple who buried their three-year-old son’s body in their back garden showed “breathtaking arrogance and cruelty” by failing to summon medical help or give him adequate food, a Crown
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Man found guilty of murdering partner in ‘vicious’ bedside attack
A man has been convicted of murdering his partner who died on the floor next to his bed after he violently attacked her at the end of a night out.
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Sara Sharif’s father ‘in circles of hell but only stepmother knows how she died’
Sara Sharif’s father will be in “circles of hell for eternity” for what he did to his daughter but only her stepmother knows how she died, jurors have been told.
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Domestic abuse incidents increase in Scotland for first time in three years
The number of domestic abuse incidents recorded by police has increased for the first time in three years. Statistics released by the Scottish Government show there were 63,867 incidents of
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Father denies Sara Sharif’s body jetwashed in garden as family prepared to flee
Sara Sharif’s father has denied her battered body was stripped and jetwashed in the garden as the family prepared to flee to Pakistan. Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, his wife
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‘Inhuman’ violence against Sara Sharif ‘normalised’ by defendants, jurors told
The “inhuman” violence meted out to Sara Sharif was “completely normalised” in the family with all three adults “in on it”, jurors have heard. Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, his
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