A care worker jailed for life for the “brutal and ferocious” murder of 13-year-old Lucy McHugh had previously been detained for holding a group of youngsters and staff hostage at
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A probe is under way into how claims of abuse against 13-year-old Lucy McHugh were handled by social services in the months before she was murdered. The trial of Stephen
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Care worker Stephen Nicholson has been found guilty of the “execution-style” murder of schoolgirl Lucy McHugh who he killed to prevent her revealing his year-long abuse of her. The 25-year-old
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Abuse survivors from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds have been encouraged to come forward, after research for a major inquiry revealed they make up less than 10% of
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A religious order that ran a childcare home in Fife has admitted the institution had a “framework” which allowed abuse to take place. The comments came during closing statements in
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The ex-nurse accused of inventing a murderous VIP Westminster child abuse ring is a “sophisticated paedophile” who lies as habitually as someone having a cup of tea every morning, jurors
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An MP is demanding a review of the decision to release from prison a paedophile nursery worker because she no longer poses a “significant risk to the public”. Vanessa George,
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Police are to be given a new set of “game-changing” technological tools to help boost the fight against online child abuse. According to the Home Office, the three new tools
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A nursery worker locked up for sex crimes against children is due to be released from prison following a Parole Board review. Vanessa George, 49, who worked at Little Ted’s
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A coroner has raised concerns about the support given by the Welsh Government to ministers who lose their posts as he concluded the death of politician Carl Sargeant was suicide.
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