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…
Almost a fortnight ago there were a handful of historical allegations against UK DJ and TV Presenter Jimmy Savile, who died last year. By the end of last week there were over 60 allegations from more than 340 calls to the police force in charge. Today the National Association of People Abused In Childhood (NAPAC)…
Two arrests have occured following an appeal by Greater Manchester Police in England following the rape of a 14 year old boy. The BBC updated its story from last week here.
A 17 year old girl from Louisville, Kentucky who named her attackers on Twitter after they distributed pictures of themselves assaulting her when passed out, now faces jail herself for violating the confidentiality order passed by the judge prior to sentencing. We are not naming her because we’re not contributing to hers or her parents’…
Following a successful pilot scheme, England and Wales will fully roll out lie detector tests for sex offenders on licence or parole from prison. Scotland and Northern Ireland will have to review their own laws before deciding whether to follow suit. The BBC has the story here , and the Daily Mail here. – CBG
A female survivor has started on the road to a potential American legal precedent by suing any child pornography collector found in possession of pictures of her, aged 10. Read about it at the New York Times here and since the NYT may go behind the subscription wall after a while, you can google it…
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