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The BBC reports that the GP who was involved in the case of Baby P has been suspended for one year. The General Medical Council had already ruled there were “serious failings.”
Baby P from north London, died aged 17 months in August 2007 after sustained abuse.
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The BBC reports that Brazil’s President has proposed a law that would ban the use of any cruel or degrading treatment that humiliates or seriously threatens children, including spanking.
Corporal punishment in schools was made illegal in schools some years ago, in this country. In the case of A v United Kingdom [1999] 27 EHRR 611 a child [...]
The BBC reports that victims of child abuse within the Catholic Church in Ulster have requested that a compensation fund be set up and an inquiry held. Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness said they would meet them, but the victims said that the Executive should be dealing with the issue more urgently.
Also for a lot of people, [...]
The BBC reports that a 51-year-old man found guilty of smothering his six-week-old baby to death 25 years ago has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. He was also found guilty of assaults on women and children. The death of the child came to light in 2007 after the man confessed to the murder.
Would this man’s [...]
The BBC reports that computers, laptops and hard drives have been seized by detectives as part of a crackdown on possession of indecent images of children in Cambridgeshire. The operation is part of an international investigation into those using the internet to download indecent images of children.
Under Section 1 of the Protection of Children Act [...]
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