A school information and communications technology (ICT) technician has been jailed for grooming and sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl. Alex Barnes, 22, pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual activity
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An “alarming” proportion of British adults remain unclear about what constitutes rape, despite the rise of the #MeToo movement, a campaign group has said. The End Violence Against Women (EVAW)
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A former resident of a children’s home confided to an ex-employee he had been raped and sexually abused as a teenager, an inquiry has been told. The Scottish Child Abuse
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The case against a man accused of sexually assaulting a weeks-old baby in Northern Ireland has been adjourned until January 2. The infant had been in intensive care in hospital.
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Lawyers for the father of toddler Poppi Worthington, who was sexually abused shortly before she died, have claimed a coroner “overstepped the mark” at the inquest when he recorded the
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Police have released CCTV footage and a detailed map of the route a suspected attacker took after he “overpowered” and “violently raped” a young woman in the basement of a
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A former police inspector has admitted making more than 140 indecent photographs of children between 2011 and August this year. Ex-West Midlands Police officer Lee Bartram (pictured) entered guilty pleas
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An “epidemic” of online child abuse must be tackled with new data laws, Security Minister Ben Wallace has told MPs. He said there had been a 700% rise in child
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The man known as “Nick” whose allegations sparked the Westminster sex abuse probe can now be identified after a judge lifted legal restriction. Carl Beech (pictured), 50, who is accused
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The Scottish Government has announced £8.5 million in funding to improve forensic medical examinations and other health services for victims of rape and sexual assault. This financial year, £2.5 million
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