Somali grooming gang convicted of abuse, rape and prostitution
Fourteen Somali men have been convicted of running an inner city sex ring that involved the abuse, rape and prostitution of teenage British girls, it can be reported for the
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Tag: Sexual Abuse
Former children’s home manager guilty of child sex crimes
A former children’s home manager has been found guilty of 26 charges of historical sex abuse against children who lived in his string of care homes. John Allen, 73, was
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Social workers struggling to keep pace with online abuse
Overburdened social workers are struggling to keep pace with emerging types of child sex abuse like sexting and revenge porn, a new report says. The research commissioned by the National
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Ex-child protection staff were ‘fighting to do their job’
Staff at the organisation aimed at tackling online child sexual exploitation have to share computers and youngsters could be put at risk because of problems at the body, ex-employees have
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Minister rules out all-Ireland abuse probe for now
Northern Ireland’s Justice Minister has ruled out any cross-border inquiry into IRA sex abuse allegations until other ongoing investigations are completed. David Ford confirmed discussions on a potential all-Ireland probe
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New report examines child sexual exploitation in Birmingham
A report has found that at least 132 children in Birmingham have been victims of sexual exploitation or are “vulnerable” to it. The city’s council carried out a year-long investigation
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Report: Ofsted report into the sexual exploitation of children
This thematic inspection was commissioned to evaluate the effectiveness of local authorities’ current response to child sexual exploitation. The report draws on evidence from inspection and case examination in eight
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Victims of sexual abuse let down by poor crime-recording
More than a quarter of sex offences – including rape – are not recorded as crimes because of “unacceptable failings” by police, a highly critical new report has found. Under-recording
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Rotherham child protection policies ‘divorced from reality’
Child protection systems must be reviewed following alarming evidence that organised abuse is widespread in England in the wake of the Rotherham scandal, MPs have said. In a damning report,
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‘Significant under-estimate’ likely, new NI child abuse report
Northern Ireland Health Minister Jim Wells has announced the findings of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE), led by Kathleen Marshall. In an Oral Statement to the Assembly,
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