Boy stripped and beaten ‘black and blue’ at children’s home, Inquiry hears
A man stripped and beat a boy “black and blue” in an assault at a children’s home, an inquiry has heard. A witness at the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry said
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Watchdog identifies ‘potential misconduct’ involving police officers investigating Rotherham abuse
Investigators looking into police officers’ roles in the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal have identified “potential misconduct”, according to the police watchdog. The Independent Office for Police Conduct’s (IOPC) inquiry
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Over three quarters of child abuse allegations made to police result in no action
Three quarters of child abuse allegations referred to police by a public inquiry have resulted in no further action. An interim report from the public inquiry into child sexual abuse
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Boy at children’s home told ‘your family doesn’t want you’ before forced migration
A nun told a boy “your family doesn’t want you, your country doesn’t want you” as she informed him he was to be sent from Scotland to Australia, an inquiry
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Police receive hundreds of complaints of abuse at Sisters of Nazareth care homes
More than 300 complaints have been made to police in Scotland about alleged abuses at children’s homes run by a Catholic order, an inquiry has heard. The Scottish Child Abuse
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Retired Appeal Court judge to lead review of serious sexual crimes in Northern Ireland
A retired Appeal Court judge is to lead a major review into how serious sexual crimes are handled by the judicial system. Sir John Gillen, who will be supported by
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Justice Secretary signals support for specific offence to deal with ‘upskirting’
Justice Secretary David Gauke has signalled the Government could support creating a specific offence to deal with upskirting. He told MPs he is “sympathetic” to calls for further action against
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Staffordshire students jailed for sexually abusing vulnerable girls
Four students who sexually abused vulnerable girls have been jailed for between four and five years after a judge said they had treated their victims like “trophies”. Taiyab Hussain, Shaheem
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Private school sports coach convicted of sexually assaulting teenage girls
A top private school sports coach has been convicted of indecently assaulting his students. Ajaz Karim sexually abused six girls aged 14 to 18 while he worked at Christ’s Hospital
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Charity Commission opens hundreds of safeguarding cases following Oxfam scandal
Hundreds of new serious cases of charity beneficiaries and staff being put at risk of harm have emerged in the wake of the Oxfam scandal, a watchdog said. The Charity
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