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The BBC reports that a man suspected of child abuse in Australia and New Zealand has been traced from CCTV images in Sussex. The 72 year old is charged with sex offences in Australia and New Zealand but failed to answer bail and returned to England in November. His motorhome was seen on CCTV in Brighton, before [...]
The BBC reports that a Belfast man has been gaoled for possession of images of child abuse. He was caught with 932 still photographs and 51 movie files of child abuse on his computer. The court was told he also fantasised on internet chatrooms about killing children. Section 45 to 51 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 [...]
Get Surrey reports on plans by Surrey County Council to make their children’s homes smaller and make more use of foster care. The majority of child abuse compensation claims are brought either by children abused in care homes or in schools. The other emerging category is “failure to take into care” cases where the child [...]
The BBC reports on delays in treatment for sex offenders in England and Wales. Apparently these delays are “unacceptably long”. The treatment of sex offenders has long been a problem, however the system of restriction and rehabilitation of offenders appears to be working well. Sex offenders who are released from prison are monitored by special teams of probation and [...]
The BBC reports that Australia has reinstated race laws suspended by the previous government in its campaign against child abuse in Aboriginal townships. Suspending the law three years ago allowed the authorities to restrict how welfare payments to indigenous people were spent, with the aim of reducing the consumption of alcohol and drugs. Indigenous activists and [...]
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