Three quarters of child abuse allegations referred to police by a public inquiry have resulted in no further action. An interim report from the public inquiry into child sexual abuse
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A retired Appeal Court judge is to lead a major review into how serious sexual crimes are handled by the judicial system. Sir John Gillen, who will be supported by
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Justice Secretary David Gauke has signalled the Government could support creating a specific offence to deal with upskirting. He told MPs he is “sympathetic” to calls for further action against
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A male survivor of domestic abuse has spoken of how he was “days away from death” after being abused physically and psychologically by his partner. Alex Skeel, 22, has urged
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Northern Ireland’s Justice Department is expected to launch a review of how serious sexual offences are addressed. Ireland and Ulster rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding were cleared of
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The Duchess of Cornwall has issued a rallying call in the fight against domestic abuse. At the closing session of the Commonwealth Women’s Forum, Camilla addressed the “corrosive silence” surrounding
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GPS tracking technology which warns police and victims when a domestic abuser enters an exclusion zone would provide “vital security for victims”, MPs have heard. Liz Saville Roberts, Plaid Cymru’s
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A police force has been fined £130,000 for losing disks containing a video interview with an alleged rape victim. Humberside Police was handed the six-figure penalty by the Information Commissioner’s
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A fraudster who posed as Grenfell Tower survivor has been called “the worst of the human race” by real victims of the tragedy as she was jailed for four-and-a-half years.
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A legal challenge to overturn reporting restrictions on the rape trial of two Ireland rugby internationals will go before a judge next week. Northern Ireland’s Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan
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