Following our story about the Welsh rape victim being named on social media, the nine people on trial on Monday 5th November all pled guilty immediately and were ordered to pay compensation of GBP 624 (USD 997) to the victim, effectively ending those cases. It is unclear whether the one teacher in the group will face separate sanctions from their educational authority in…
Prime Minister David Cameron was handed a list of names from a general internet search by one of the presenters of Independent Television’s This Morning daytime show. The show had previously interviewed some of the victims of the Jimmy Savile enquiry. The Daily Mail has the article here and the BBC here. Other reaction will be…
Homeless drifter Stephen Farrow claimed to have been abused by an Anglican priest as child, which fed his hatred of religion. In addition to various violent acts during his youth, his actions finally culminated in the stabbing murders of another priest, Rev. John Suddards, and 77 year old Betty White. We don’t call it Life without…
British Prime Minister David Cameron broke off from a visit to the Middle East and announced a full and wide-reaching enquiry into the initial handling of Welsh care home scandals dating back to the 1970s. This follows just one day after the re-interviewing of Stephen Messham who previously gave inquiry evidence that was 30% censored for the abuse that took place outside…
Stephen Meesham survived years of abuse in children’s care homes in Wales and already testified to these events before. What the public didn’t know at the time was that Meesham and other witnesses to the first set of public enquiries were censored and not allowed to discuss any acts of abuse that took place off-site…
Freddie Starr, who offered to talk to police voluntarily last week, was arrested by police investigating claims of indecent assault made by one woman and bailed for the second time between Thursday 1st November and the last weekend. He also disclosed to the media about his own abuse at the same time. That article is in…
