The BBC reports that the first and deputy first minister of Northern Ireland have met with survivors of abuse, and that the meeting was “positive and significant”. Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness met the delegation at Stormont on Thursday.
It is possible that the government in Northern Ireland will put together some kind of compensation package, similar [...]
The BBC reports that teenagers in England who are abused or neglected are not being properly protected as resources are directed at younger children. Research from a recent NSPCC report found that professionals wrongly assumed older children were more resilient to maltreatment and better placed to disclose it.
Certainly the media spotlight tends to focus on the [...]
The BBC reports on a High Court case from Belfast where a woman involved in a divorce case falsely accused her ex-husband of sexually abusing their children. Justice Weir said that the woman’s “lurid and extreme” allegations were so incredible and inconsistent that he initially thought she was suffering from some form of paranoid delusion.
The problem of false [...]
The BBC reports that a former soldier was caught with more than 10,000 images of child abuse has been banned from using the internet. The 29 year old man admitted to a Scottish court, possessing the images between June and December.
Under Section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1978, it is an offence to take or make, [...]
The BBC reports that a couple who repeatedly gave heroin substitute methadone to their child, have been jailed for child cruelty. The 14 month year old baby later died, after being taken to hospital from her home in Broadwell, Gloucestershire.
Although the report does not specify the charges against the couple, it is probable that they were prosecuted [...]
