9 h. ago Aggressive pornography acts as a gateway to child sexual content, charity warns

The Lucy Faithfull Foundation's stark warning comes after its research found that increasing porn consumption among Britons is one of the most common routes to sex offending.

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9 h. ago Watching extreme porn is leading to online sexual offending, charity warns

A married man in his 30s said he was placed on the sex offenders register after his porn addiction escalated into viewing child sexual abuse images

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28 h. ago 'Horny as hell' child support worker struck off over sexual messages to service user's partner

Derek Morton, a children and young people’s worker from Cumnock, Ayrshire, sent messages of a sexual nature to the partner of a young man he had been employed to support.

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38 h. ago 'Predatory pimp' nicknamed Nails exploited vulnerable girls to introduce them to sex work, jurors are told

Christopher Oates, 44, from Stockport, denies seven charges including sexual activity with a child and inciting child prostitution

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5 d. ago Heartbreaking life of first child to accuse Michael Jackson of sex abuse laid bare

Jordan Chandler got a $15million (£12million) payout after he became the first child to accuse Michael Jackson of sexual abuse - but has since tried to disappear from public view

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1 week ago 'Dangerous sexual predator' caged after travelling 150 miles to rape child he met on Snapchat

Wayne Philip Phillipson, who is already behind bars for a series of child sex offences, was found guilty of attacking the girl following a trial at the High Court in Livingston in August 2024

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2 w. ago Police in Scotland record almost 3,500 child sex abuse image in five years

Almost half of crimes took place on Snapchat while a quarter took place on Meta sites including Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp.

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