Lord Janner is alleged to have sexually abused children over a period spanning more than 30 years and dating back to the 1950s, a public inquiry has heard. The late
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A 66-year-old man has been charged with a string of historical sexual offences in children’s care homes and a church. Philip Temple, of no fixed address, was charged by the
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A care worker at a children’s home took off his glasses and rained down blows on vulnerable boys as his wife laughed and “egged” him on, a court has heard.
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Seven men and one woman have been arrested in an investigation into historical abuse at a former boarding school. Cumbria Police said the arrests were made in connection with “non-recent”
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Victims say they will continue to press Education Secretary Angela Constance to increase the scope of an independent inquiry into childhood abuse. Andi Lavery, who founded the support charity White
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Britain’s top police officer Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has spoken of a “moral crisis” as he announced a judge will probe the controversial handling of claims of a VIP paedophile ring
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Survivors of child abuse within the Catholic Church are taking their former diocese to court after allegations of an institutional cover-up going back decades. The claims – dating back to
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Failures by police and prosecutors meant three chances were missed to charge Lord Greville Janner over sex abuse claims, an independent report has found. Alleged victims of the late peer
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A number of care homes and public bodies will come under the spotlight of the Goddard Inquiry as it resumes its probe into the late Lord Janner affair. Following the
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Lord Janner’s child sex abuse case has been formally dropped in light of the 87-year-old’s death. Legal proceedings were left in limbo last month following the announcement that the elderly
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