Rape victims are being told they must hand over their mobile phones to police or risk prosecutions against their attackers not going ahead. Consent forms, which ask permission to access
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An inquiry into the abuse of children in care in Scotland should be extended to include victims at state schools, MSPs have heard. Speaking to the Scottish Parliament’s Petitions Committee
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Survivors of childhood abuse in care who are either elderly or terminally ill can now apply for a £10,000 redress payment from the Scottish Government. Deputy First Minister John Swinney
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Police have released CCTV images after a teenage girl was a victim of upskirting at a rail station. British Transport Police (BTP) said a man tried to take pictures under
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Record amounts of child sexual abuse imagery were found online and removed last year thanks to improving technology in the field of detecting and assessing such images, according to a
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Lord Ahmed will go on trial later this year charged with historic sexual offences against children. The Rotherham-based peer appeared for a brief hearing before a judge at Sheffield Crown
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A father’s body has been exhumed in a bid by his family to clear his son of historical rapes. Eric McKenna, 60, was jailed for 23 years in March 2018
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A watchdog has raised concerns over “inadequate supervision” of child sex offenders being held at an immigration removal centre. In one case a detainee was transferred to prison following an
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A police force put a teenage girl “at greater risk” by letting a business forum know she was vulnerable to child sexual exploitation, a High Court judge has ruled. Details
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A football coach who singled out youth players with man of the match awards and then sexually abused them has been jailed for five-and-a-half years, said police. Sydney Hallworth, 71,
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