3 h. ago Child abuse probe after man runs marathon with a baby strapped to his chest

Images purportedly show the man running the race on Sunday, with his child attached to him on a harness. The man's race bib also appears to be pinned on the baby's jacket.

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4 h. ago Melissa Gilbert reacts after husband Timothy Busfield is released from custody following child sex abuse charges

Actor and director surrendered himself to police last week, days after an arrest warrant charged him with two counts of criminal sexual contact and child abuse

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7 h. ago Whitley County Grand Jury indicts London man for criminal abuse of a child

Whitley County Grand Jury indicts London man for criminal abuse of a child  thenewsjournal.net

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12 h. ago Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart review – her frankness about her ordeal is truly inspiring

Taken from her bedroom at the age of 14 and sexually abused for nine months, Smart, now a child safety activist, rails powerfully against shame in this true-crime documentaryNew year, new true-crime documentary from Netflix. Age cannot wither the genre made famous by the streamer all the way back in 2015 with Making a Murderer, which explored the wrongful conviction of Steven Avery for sexual assault and attempted murder who spent 18 years in prison for that and who was later tried and convicted of another murder. That documentary was a decade in the making. Things move more quickly now, and the preferred content is more palatable to a mass audience – tales of victims’ survival and the very rightful conviction of perpetrators meet the voyeuristic appetite and proxy lust for vengeance without requiring too much painful thinking abut the inadequacies of a country’s legal system, say, or the corruption of its law enforcement.Still, the new approach has brought some astonishing untold s...

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14 h. ago Man disqualified from Hong Kong marathon for running with baby strapped to his chest

The runner has also been banned from taking part in future events

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18 h. ago Timothy Busfield released from jail pending child sex abuse trial

The actor was ordered to be held without bond last week

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19 h. ago Judge orders release of actor Timothy Busfield pending child sex abuse case

Emmy award winner faces charges of inappropriately touching a minor while on set directing a TV seriesA judge has ordered that actor Timothy Busfield be released from jail during a detention hearing on child sex abuse charges .The order Tuesday by state district court judge David Murphy is linked to accusations that Busfield inappropriately touching a minor while working as a director on the set of the series The Cleaning Lady. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Melissa Gilbert weeps with joy as actor husband Timothy Busfield is RELEASED from custody with strict conditions as he faces child sex charges

Melissa Gilbert was seen weeping with joy on Tuesday when a judge in New Mexico let her husband Timothy Busfield walk free ahead of a trial on child sex abuse charges.

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22 h. ago Notorious double killer said child abuse images on computer 'nothing to do with me'

Murderer Colin Howell was questioned by police about child abuse images found on a computer in his caravan during murder investigation - but denied any knowledge

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23 h. ago Prosecutors seek to drop child abuse charges against Atlantic City schools superintendent

Prosecutors say they won't proceed with a child abuse trial against Atlantic City’s superintendent of schools

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26 h. ago Headteacher who described sexually abusing a child to mother on fetish website during school hours is banned

Paul Brown (pictured), the safeguarding lead at Bransgore Church of England school, in Christchurch, Hampshire, left in April 2024 due to 'personal reasons'.

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26 h. ago Actor Melissa Gilbert among witnesses at New Mexico detention hearing for husband Timothy Busfield

Actor Melissa Gilbert could speak Tuesday at a New Mexico detention hearing for her husband, Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield, who faces child sex abuse charges

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31 h. ago CCTV cameras could be installed in nurseries after paedophile worker abused children in north London

Vincent Chan, 45, abused children at Bright Horizons nursery in West Hampstead

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31 h. ago Paedophile had price list he would send girls alongside his disgusting requests

Thomas Davies, 25, was also found in possession of indecent images depicting child abuse on his phone, when visited by police.

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41 h. ago Matilda star Mara Wilson reveals the 'nightmare' of having her image used in child sex abuse material

Wilson, 38, said that while she felt safe making movies as a child, she feels anything but in a day and age where technology can be used to manipulate images.

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44 h. ago Timothy Busfield to be edited out of upcoming romantic comedy after child sex abuse arrest

’You Deserve Each Other’ is set to star Penn Badgley and Meghann Fahy

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49 h. ago Taxi driver who sexually abused child in exchange for free lift is jailed

Terence Round, 79, was jailed for four years after he sexually abused a child in his car before giving her a free lift - Round told the girl it was a shame she was not 16

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55 h. ago Nursery paedophile Vincent Chan charged with new child abuse offences

Vincent Chan, from north London, was not required to attend the brief hearing at Wood Green Crown Court today, where he has been charged with a string of new offences.

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3 d. ago Read Melissa Gilbert's begging letter in defense of husband Timothy Busfield as she claims West Wing star is 'honorable and compassionate' despite child sex allegations

Melissa Gilbert pleaded with a judge in a letter of support revealed in new court filings. She characterized her husband as 'honorable and compassionate.'

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3 d. ago Timothy Busfield claims there is 'no proof' for child sex abuse charges as wife pleads for his 'protection' in jail

On Friday, Busfield's legal team filed a new motion in opposition to the state's motion for pretrial detention.

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