Researchers from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) and City University London say the findings of a study on female genital mutilation could help prevent the practise
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Rape Crisis Scotland have announced the launch of Shetland Rape Crisis service at an event at The Mareel in Lerwick yesterday. The new service will offer support, advocacy and information
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Nine men have been convicted of committing sexual offences against a teenage boy who was subjected to a “horrifying” catalogue of abuse while in council care. A three-month trial was
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A former teacher branded a “dangerous predator” has been jailed for more than six years for sexually abusing pupils at a private school. William Bain, 62, of Crieff, Perth and
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Two men who sexually exploited 12 teenage girls in a seaside town are facing jail after being found guilty of a catalogue of offences. Osman Koroma (left), 31, and Max
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A paedophile has joined his father, brother and nephew in becoming the family’s fourth convicted child sex offender. Derek Smith, 50, from Darlington, has been jailed for 16 years after
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A 16-year-old girl said to associate with criminals feared to be involved in sex trafficking should be placed into secure accommodation for her own protection, a family court judge has
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Record numbers of web pages containing child sexual abuse images are being detected following a dramatic spike in reports, a watchdog has revealed. Some 68,092 URLs were identified and taken
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The number of sex crimes reported to police has passed 100,000 in a year for the first time, while homicides jumped by more than a tenth, official figures have revealed.
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Five men have gone on trial at the High Court in Glasgow over the historic abuse of boys at a residential school in Fife between 1967 and 1983. The men
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