William Roache, an actor in the 50 year old English soap opera Coronation Street since its first episode over 50 years ago, was first accused of and has now been charged with rape following an allegation dating back to 1967. The BBC has the story here but until the conclusion of any trial, there’s not much else to report.
PC Stephen Mitchell was a corrupt English police officer who raped or assaulted up to 16 girls and women between 17 and 48. He was jailed for life for these attacks at the start of the year, plus the associated coercion and in one case, passing drugs on to one of the victims as the…
The final episode in the modern Protecting Our Children series from the BBC, covering social work, ended on Monday 13th February. The cutoff for viewing the entire series is 10pm Monday 20th February, so you’d have to start watching from 7pm to see all three episodes. When the series finishes its online run, then visit…
There is still much we don’t really know about why they work, or why they don’t work for some people, but I agree with Mark when he says this: “The upshot of this, the most intensive piece of meta-analysis ever conducted into antidepressants, is that the millions of people (including me) who take them –…
Ally Fogg pointed it out earlier this week, in all the reports of the abuse ring in Oxfordshire, none of the 50 boys who were included as victims were mentioned at all. Recently, I read an article about rescuing sex trafficking victims and noticed that the authors of the article used the terms “Children” and…
We still don’t want to acknowledge what is happening. We’d rather pretend that these stories of horrific abuse are made up, or a child’s imagination. They aren’t, and they need to be taken seriously. Child victims of violent and sexual crimes are not being taken seriously when they report offences, the victims’ commissioner for England…
The Guardian newspaper has a tradition of printing articles designed to generate debate. Today’s true-life Experience page from their Saturday magazine is no exception. The fact that they sank below their usual self-important lofty standards to name the article “I Fell In Love With a Sex Offender” messes with the image somewhat. It’s an interesting…
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Soap Opera Veteran Charged With Historical Rape 46 Years Ago: http://t.co/Nieh5wflA9