England’s Daily Mirror led in its Sunday 28th July Edition with the news that one of Jimmy Savile’s regular record shops had a list of names uncovered under plaster recently. It’s unclear whether these are victims, but it’s at least 200 more names for the police to trawl through and find out. The Mirror story is here and the Daily Mail here.
As a postscript to my earlier piece about revenge, Anonymous had targeted anyone they believed to be viewing child abuse images anywhere in the world. That was a month ago, so we looked around for any general fallout which may not have been reported by the media amid the Olympic circus. So far a Belgian…
From Monday 29th April there is an update due on further allegations of historical child sexual abuse at North Welsh residential care homes from the 1970s onwards. Over 100 further disclosures were received by police following last year’s initial enquiry regarding the Bryn Estyn and other notorious care homes in Wales. The BBC has the…
From Tracie: Now Accepting Submissions for the July 2012 Edition of the Blog Carnival Against Child Abuse tags: CA I Hate That I Am A “Survivor” tags: CA 5 Reasons People Don’t Report Child Abuse tags: CA Safeplace speaks out about male sexual abuse Good to see a place that offers help for male and…
In English law, sentencing guidelines were changed last week by the Crown Prosecution Service to increase minimum sentences for rape and sexual assaults, raising the tariff to start at 15 years and with other factors taken into account. Despite this change, Ian Watkins was subject to the law in Wales. What connects both countries is…
Today marks one day to go before the BBC’s annual Children In Need Appeal, from 7pm to 2am across the BBC on 19th November. The appeal is 30 years old in its modern telethon format but has roots dating back to Christmas Day 1927 on BBC Radio before going to Black and White television in…
