12 h. ago Call for stronger duty on councils to provide housing to domestic abuse victims

MP Zoe Franklin said councils are not currently obligated to offer like-for-like housing.

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13 h. ago Alleged victim in Rochdale sex abuse case to be recalled to court for further questioning

Girl A had previously given evidence last month

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3 d. ago A list of largest settlements reached by organizations and victims of sexual abuse

Los Angeles County has reached a $4 billion agreement to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities since 1959

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5 d. ago Celtic abuse survivor claims legal settlement protects club and blocks justice

The victim believes the deal allows Celtic FC to “get off the hook” by paying cash to victims while maintaining it was not to blame for any abuse.

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6 d. ago Gary Glitter made bankrupt after failing to pay damages to abuse victim

The six-figure sum included payments for lost earnings and mental health treatment for the victim

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6 d. ago Gary Glitter made bankrupt for failing to pay damages to abuse victim

Glitter was jailed for 16 years in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls.

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6 d. ago Gary Glitter faces bankruptcy for failing to pay £500,000 compensation to sex abuse victim

The former Glam rock star remains in prison for sex crimes against girls in the 1970s and 1980s

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8 d. ago Alleged abuse victims of disgraced Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed are set to launch legal action against late billionaire's estate

Law firm Leigh Day said a pre-action letter has been sent to lawyers for the estate on behalf of the women, who worked as nannies and private air stewards for the former Harrods boss.

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8 d. ago Five women plan legal claim against Mohamed Al Fayed’s estate after abuse allegations

More than 100 alleged victims have contacted police to say they were sexually abused by the tycoon

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8 d. ago Justin Welby ‘deeply ashamed’ by final Lords speech which angered Church abuse victims

Justin Welby has said he is "profoundly ashamed" by his final speech in the House of Lords, which resulted in critics accusing him of using a seemingly jokey tone when discussing serious safeguarding failures at the Church of England.

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9 d. ago Domestic abuse victim demands change after husband allowed to return to her home

Because John Feethan's name was on the title deeds of the house he shared with wife Pat, he was able to move straight back in after appearing in court.

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1 week ago 'He was only concerned with his own twisted sexual gratification, at the expense of a young girl'

Andrew Mackintosh abused the victim between 2016 and 2022

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1 week ago New app allows domestic abuse victims to get help secretly via a kettle or toaster

Survivor Katy Longhurst is determined to help others having called police nearly 170 times about her ex over eight years

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1 week ago Violent abuser suffocated partner after putting fingers in her mouth like a hook

Aaron Matthews spat at, punched, pushed, threw objects at, and was verbally abusive towards his victim during their relationship

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1 week ago Online gangs of 'sadistic' teen boys are sharing sick abuse material and blackmailing girls into performing sex acts and self

Investigators reveal an alarming surge in groups which manipulate victims into abusing themselves and even siblings or pets in the pursuit of online notoriety or money through 'sextortion.'

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2 w. ago Sara Sharif revealed to be one of five domestic abuse victims killed every single week

Most killers are already known to police before they strike - just as Sara Sharif's father Urfan was before he murdered the 10-year-old at their family home - new research shows

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2 w. ago ‘More abusers whose victims die by suicide will be charged with manslaughter’

Suicide was the most common cause of death among victims of domestic abuse for the second year running, police figures suggest.

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2 w. ago Just 3% of domestic abusers charged after victim driven to suicide, figures show

Assistant commissioner Louisa Rolfe said she expects more perpetrators to be charged with manslaughter despite ‘challenges’ proving abuse caused a death

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2 w. ago Harrods 'will offer payouts of up to £300,000 to victims of Mohamed al Fayed's sexual abuse if they agree to psychiatric testing'

MPL Legal, a law firm representing the department-store, has told potential claimants that they could be offered between £110,000 and £200,000.

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2 w. ago Alex Wheatle's remarkable legacy from MBE to giving child abuse victims a voice

Alex Wheatle died yesterday from prostate cancer, aged 62. But he leaves behind an incredible legacy, having survived horrifying abuse to help victims win a landmark payout in the Shirley Oaks children's home scandal

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