Four months after her initial arrest, one nursery worker, Vanessa George, today admitted sexually abusing at least 30 out of the 200 children she was looking after in Plymouth, England. She then sent the pornographic abuse images via her mobile phone to two other paedophiles, Angela Allen of Nottingham and Colin Blanchard in Rochdale. The…
There were some hitches that threatened to derail the 2009 Stop Child Abuse March and Rally. Firstly, the venue switched at short notice forcing a change in destination. Secondly, part of the march route was sidelined to the pavement rather than the street, which we suspect had something to do with an Army parade later…
This episode, in attempting to stay within its legal framework setting, soon moves from a slow-burning drama into completely and totally unrealistic garbage. One male character has been sexually assaulted, shown by his walking into the office with a black eye and bruised ribs, tipping off the audience until a cop reports the rest of…
This week sees multiple UK TV programmes about child sexual abuse; the review of one drama will follow shortly, but here are the rest; Tuesday 29th September, 22.35 (1hr), ITV1: To Catch A Paedophile (Part 2). This documentary follows London’s Metropolitan Police’s as they attempt to catch sex offenders in London and the general South…
The March, rally and handing in of a petition to 10 Downing Street happened yesterday at Parliament Square, London. Step Up, for parents of abused children, was already linked in from the Rally’s official site. Here’s a list of the other charities that featured in the rally; Survivors Manchester (male only) AMSOSA (male only) Breaking…
Roman Polanski has been arrested in Switzerland in relation to the child abuse charges to which he pleaded guilty over 30 years ago, when he slept with a 13-year-old. Since 1977 the director lived and worked outside America to avoid arrest. It’s an unfolding story and we will have to see whether the charges are…
