3 d. ago Married paramedic who secretly drugged lover with syringe laced with abortion pills to kill their unborn baby is jailed for 10 years

Married paramedic, Stephen Doohan, 33, secretly drugged his lover with a syringe laced with abortion pills after she told him that she was pregnant with their child. He has been jailed for ten years.

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7 d. ago My Sister and Other Lovers by Esther Freud review – Hideous Kinky, the teenage years

A subtle, intriguing sequel revisits two girls as they grow into adults and question the impact of their unconventional upbringingEsther Freud’s childhood on the Moroccan hippy trail inspired her 1992 debut Hideous Kinky. That novel was told through a young child’s limited perspective, so daily life was described vividly – almond trees and coloured kaftans – while bigger issues, such as why she didn’t see her father, remained vague and mysterious.Some 30 years later, Freud has returned to the same narrator, Lucy. But in this accomplished new novel, she explores how Lucy grows up and starts to question the impact of her unconventional upbringing. My Sister and Other Lovers opens with teenage Lucy, her mother and sister once again on the move. It’s the 1970s, her mother has a new son from another failed relationship, and they are on a ferry to Ireland, as they have no money and nowhere else to go. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Two Met Police officers committed gross misconduct in Child Q search, panel says

A 15-year-old girl was strip searched by officers in Hackney, east London, in December 2020, after being wrongly accused of carrying cannabis.

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2 w. ago Prisoner who stabbed child killer Roy Whiting told nurses he did it to get taken off the wing, court hears

Andrew Light, 45, complained he 'disliked being among nonces' on D-Wing of HMP Wakefield.

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2 w. ago Inmate told child killer Roy Whiting 'that was for Sarah Payne' as he stabbed him with 6in wooden shank in his jail cell, court hears

A prison guard believed Andrew Light, 45, was 'killing him' as he attacked Whiting, 66, with the wooden blade in HMP Wakefield.

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3 w. ago Andy Burnham's child sex abuse inquiry team 'resigned' after authorities 'lawyered up', MPs told

Baroness Louise Casey said that authorities in Greater Manchester were 'lawyering up' to fight over what data would be shared

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3 w. ago Woman told to ‘consider herself very lucky’ after being caught with child pornography

Alicia Nkemla was handed a community order

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4 w. ago Child Q told she ‘may be arrested’ if she did not consent to search, panel hears

The girl, known as Child Q, was strip searched by officers in Hackney, east London, on December 3 2020 after being suspected of carrying cannabis.

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