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The BBC reports that a former Brighton assistant head teacher who admitted making and possessing indecent images of children has been jailed. He was sentenced to 10 months at Hove Crown Court. He was also banned from working with children for life and was placed on the sex offenders register. See our first blog below and [...]
The BBC reports that a man from Nottinghamshire is alleged to have sexually abused 17 children, aged eight to 17, between 1999 and 2010. At Mansfield Magistrates’ Court, the man faced 74 charges, including rape. In November last year he was charged with 15 similar offences. A feature of this kind of prosecution is that allegations tend to [...]
The BBC is carrying out research into “on-street grooming”, which is the term used to describe children in the UK being targeted by men for sexual abuse. This can be anything from being offered gifts from older boys to being asked to attend ‘parties’ with older men. The sexual abuse of children is generally preceded by [...]
The BBC reports that a Lanarkshire lorry driver has been given a 22-year sentence by a court in Romania for sexually abusing boys. The man was arrested in Vaslui last August after a nine-year-old missing boy and another child were found in his truck. The 33-year-old was found guilty on four counts, including corrupting a minor [...]
The BBC reports that a man from Ulster who had explicit photos of a 13-year-old girl on his mobile has said he was “shocked” to find they had exchanged 1,761 texts. He said his eight-month relationship with the girl was “friendly”. He faces 13 charges of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and her 13-year-old male friend at [...]
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