Former Tory MP shows ‘no remorse’ as he’s jailed for groping 15-year-old boy in 2008
Former Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan has been jailed for 18 months as a judge said he faced “a day of reckoning” for groping a 15-year-old boy in 2008. The
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Tag: Non-Recent / Historic Abuse
Engage: Jimmy Savile – How the Netflix documentary fails to address the role institutions play in abuse
Jimmy Savile was one of the UK’s most serious serial sexual predators. Over several decades the television personality groomed and abused up to 1,000 boys and girls in TV studios
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True scale of alleged abuse in council foster care may never be known due to poor record keeping
The true scale of alleged child abuse in local authority foster care may never be revealed due to historic issues with record keeping, the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry heard. Opening
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New book sees former child migrant revisit fight for justice inside UK’s ‘biggest sex abuse scandal’
British child migrants who were physically and sexually abused as children at a notorious orphanage farm in rural Australia have had their long fight for justice immortalised in a new
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Victims of Rochdale grooming gangs win apology and damages from Greater Manchester Police
Three victims of grooming gangs in Rochdale have received “substantial” damages and a personal apology from the chief constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP). The women met Stephen Watson, the
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Scottish child abuse inquiry to begin hearing evidence on abuse of foster care children in May
The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry will begin hearing evidence into the abuse of children in foster care in May. During the first phase of the foster care case study, which
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Historical abuse victims told they were failed by state during long-awaited public apology
Victims of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland have been told they were failed by the state during a long-awaited public apology at Stormont. Survivors watched on in the Assembly
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Brandon Lewis welcomes ‘deserved’ apology for historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said “it is only right” that victims of historical institutional abuse will receive a formal apology in Stormont. The apology will be given by five
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Residential schools ‘ideal grooming environment’ with children at higher abuse risk – new IICSA report
A new report into child sexual abuse has found boarding schools are the “ideal environment for grooming”, with pupils being more dependent on adults around them than in non-residential settings.
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Ex-police officer ‘failed to investigate child abuse claims’ believing them ‘a matter for social services’
A police officer in charge of a unit tasked with investigating child abuse in Rotherham failed to investigate information that teenage sisters were having sex with workers from a car
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