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The BBC reports that a man from Greater Manchester has been jailed for life for abusing eight children over twenty years. The 60 year old man was convicted of 30 offences of rape and sexual assault on children. He was arrested in 2009, when his first victim came forward. This is another example of the frequency nowadays of historic [...]
A man from Rochdale has been convicted of 28 counts of sexual activity with a child in April. The offences were committed in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s against children aged between six and 16 in Leyland and Blackburn, Lancashire. The man has been sentenced to 24 years at Preston Crown Court. This is another example of [...]
The BBC reports on the case of a 12 year-old girl from Manchester, who was raped and murdered by her uncle. An independent enquiry has found that she was failed by child protection agencies. However, the murder of the girl was not predictable or preventable, the serious case review said. Part 2 of the Children Act 2004 [...]
The BBC reports that a woman and seven men have appeared in court charged with being involved in a worldwide internet child abuse ring. They face a total of 113 charges including rape and sexual assault of children aged under 13. See our recent blog on compensation claims brought in relation to child pornography.
The BBC reports that a former teacher from Solihull has been jailed after making and possessing 11,500 indecent images of children. The man was sentenced to 14 months in prison. At earlier hearings the man had admitted 11 offences of making indecent images. According to prosecutors he had edited normal pictures of children to make them [...]
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