An “emotive and provocative” television documentary about the work of a charity led to alleged abuse victims coming forward and sparked thousands of requests for access to records, an inquiry
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Recruiting and retaining staff was a “huge challenge” for some residential care establishments in the past, an academic has told a child abuse probe. The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry heard
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A man killed himself after his allegations of being sexually abused as a child in care were dismissed by police, a former director of Barnardo’s Scotland has claimed. Hugh Mackintosh
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A woman with mental health difficulties who has had four children taken from her care has a pattern of becoming pregnant, a family court judge said. Judge Elizabeth Williscroft says
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A former senior boss at Barnardo’s in Scotland has admitted some of the organisation’s previous practices for children in residential care were “not good enough”. Speaking at the Scottish Child
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A couple who complained about their child being taken from them and handed to adopters even though a cruelty prosecution had been abandoned were not the victims of a miscarriage
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An inquiry has heard a girl ran away from an orphanage because she was “mercilessly taunted” by other children. The witness, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was at
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A children’s home worker has been found guilty of 19 sexual offences against boys. Bruce McLean (pictured) was convicted by majority verdicts at Chester Crown Court on 19 counts of
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An independent report has urged ministers to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Scotland to 16 and set up a new youth justice system for offenders up to the
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A man who was shipped to Canada in the 1940s under the child migrant programme has described the experience as a “living hell”. Edinburgh-born Roddy Mackay, who waived his right
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