The widow of Welsh politician Carl Sargeant has told his inquest she believed him “100%” when he denied allegations he had groped and touched women. Alyn and Deeside AM Mr
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A petition has been launched to change the law which prevents alleged sexual abusers being prosecuted for the same crime after they have been acquitted. A lawyer acting for six
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The former first minister of Wales has been accused of being a liar at the inquest into the death of politician Carl Sargeant. Mr Sargeant, the Alyn and Deeside AM,
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Survivors of child sexual abuse are being let down by the “persistent failure” of the criminal justice system, a report by MPs and peers has found. The parliamentarians said they
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The “fantasist” accused of inventing a VIP Westminster paedophile ring has refused in court to fully identify another alleged victim who he said could corroborate his claims. Carl Beech, 51,
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An aspiring lawyer has been jailed for 10 years after recording more than 150 children carrying out sex acts he told them to perform. Owain Thomas (pictured), 29, targeted “vulnerable”
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A man was caught with nearly 250,000 indecent images of children including “upskirt” pictures of two young girls. Konstantinos Hrisos (pictured), 63, pleaded guilty to 49 charges including sexually abusing
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A retired teacher has become the sixth from a leading private school to be convicted for historic sexual abuse charges. Roger Martin, 83, of Great Dunham, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, has
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The Government has been accused of trying to “stifle the debate on issues like abortion and equal marriage” in Northern Ireland. Labour MP Connor McGinn (St Helens North) raised concerns
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Hundreds of rape cases are being delayed by months because of a backlog in digital processing. The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee heard that the issue is “a major
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