Sex offender’s sister convicted of posting victims’ names on Facebook
The sister of a convicted sex offender has been found guilty of posting the names of his victims online. Sophie Turner, 19, of Old Swan, Liverpool, was found guilty at
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Inquiry hears from woman raped by priest with help of nun at orphanage
A former resident at a Catholic-run orphanage has told an inquiry she was raped by a priest and repeatedly abused by a nun. Helen Holland, who has waived her right
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Inquiry hears girl jumped from building to her death following orphanage beating
A former children’s home resident has told an abuse inquiry that a girl jumped from a building to her death after getting “battered” by a nun. Anne Marie Carr, who
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Kent man jailed for six years over two assaults of women walking alone
A man who attacked two young women more than a year apart while they were walking alone at night has been jailed for six years. Trevor Collier (pictured) punched his
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Webwatch: Barnardo’s call for urgent action on use of livestreaming to groom children
A children’s charity is urging tech giants to take urgent action to protect youngsters from predators after it found more than half of 12-year-olds have livestreamed videos online. A YouGov
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Woman jailed for four years after falsely accusing men of rape and sexual assault
A woman who originally walked free after falsely accusing four men of sexual assault has been jailed for four years. Anna Costin, 30, of Shrewsbury, was originally given a three-year
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Tory MP calls for law update to protect children from grooming and exploitation
A Tory MP has raised concerns over the handling of child sexual exploitation cases claiming in some instances the “police don’t fully understand grooming and the power that a perpetrator
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Social workers highlight ‘unethical and degrading’ problems with two-child benefit cap
As part of a meeting facilitated by Gavin Robinson MP, the Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers (NIASW) met with Shailesh Vara MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern
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Report warns vulnerable women being exploited on industrial scale in ‘pop-up brothels’
Vulnerable women are being sexually exploited on an industrial scale in so-called “pop-up brothels” run by trafficking gangs, a new report has warned. The brothels, often set up in residential
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Police hunt North London man accused of series of sex attacks on teenagers
Detectives are hunting for a man suspected of carrying out a series of sexual assaults on teenagers on board buses in north London. Scotland Yard said the same suspect was
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