Stalking and harassment offences are not being investigated by police consistently or effectively, according to a report. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) published its
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Irish League footballer Jay Donnelly has been jailed for sharing an indecent image of a child. A judge hearing the striker’s sentence appeal at Belfast County Court reduced his original
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The Government will introduce “world first” internet safety laws designed to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online, new proposals claim. A white paper on
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Non-violent stalking can cause lasting psychological damage to victims and should be treated as seriously as domestic abuse by the justice system, new research suggests. A survey of 128 stalking
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Police forces in some parts of the country are closing nearly a half of investigations into racially and religiously-aggravated offences without identifying a suspect, new analysis shows. In the 12
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A short series of animations designed to inform children as young as four about online dangers has been launched by the National Crime Agency (NCA) in response to the growing
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A predator who groomed girls online has been jailed for 12 years for a catalogue of sexual offences, including several rapes. Gavin Scoular, now 24, used social media sites to
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A 66-year-old man engaged in overtly sexual online conversations with an undercover police officer who he believed was a 13-year-old girl in care, a court has heard. Timothy Dowd believed
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Two people with learning disabilities lack the ability to make decisions about the use of social media, a judge in a specialist court has concluded. Mr Justice Cobb decided that
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Images of child sexual abuse and stolen credit card data are being traded on encrypted apps such as Telegram, an investigation by the BBC claims. It claims to have found
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