51 h. ago I thought my son would be safer with a nanny than at nursery. Then her horrific abuse was caught on my secret camera: ELIZABETH ROBERTS

I struggled over whether to send my son to nursery when I returned to work - something I was reminded of following the conviction of Roksana Lecka last week for abusing 21 children at a nursery.

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60 h. ago 'Pimp' nicknamed 'Nails' jailed for 13 years for horrific abuse of two teenagers

'The shame is not theirs - it's yours'

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3 d. ago Horrifying details of 'abuse suffered by victim of 'Poland's Josef Fritzl' who was locked up, tortured and raped for four years after meeting on a dating website' emerge as trial begins

Mateusz Jach was arrested in September 2024 after his 31-year-old victim, identified only by her first name Małgorzata, alerted doctors to her horrific ordeal.

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3 d. ago I had a demon inside me... sex abuse fed the monster and drove my horrific crimes: One of Britain's biggest drug smugglers who was jailed with Reggie Kray comes clean

'When I got involved with crime, I loved it,' Michael admitted. 'It was exciting. People say: "How can you like criminality?" I'm not saying I like the action of crime - I liked the feeling, the high it brought.'

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9 d. ago 'My mum bludgeoned my father to death but it left me feeling relieved'

Sally Challen killed her husband Richard after years of horrific abuse and she was sentenced to 22 years behind bars but is now free after her murder conviction was downgraded to manslaughter

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1 week ago The eight ways grooming gangs got away with their horrific abuse

It was described by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper as 'a timeline of failure from 2009 to 2025' which shamed Britain.

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1 week ago The Guardian view on violence against women and girls: the grooming gangs inquiry should be part of a wider strategy | Editorial

It is right to confront child sexual exploitation, but this week’s announcement comes against a backdrop of failureThe government’s renewed focus on child sexual exploitation (CSE) gangs is overdue, and the new national inquiry recommended by Louise Casey must deliver justice, not just headlines. All child sexual abuse is horrifying. But the extreme sexual violence and financial incentives involved in gang-based offending demand special scrutiny. So do the institutional failures by police and councils, particularly in northern England, where numerous gangs operated.Past inquiries have exposed these institutional breakdowns. They have also shown that a reluctance to inflame racial tensions played a role in the way that some complaints were mishandled. That doesn’t excuse the inaction – nor justify turning a public safety issue into a culture war. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Dark true story behind hit drama What It Feels Like For a Girl: Transgender author Paris Lees endured horrific sexual abuse and was jailed at 16

Critics have commended the BBC 's adaptation of journalist Paris Lees' memoir, What It Feels Like for a Girl, which looks at the British writer's tumultuous history and at times dark journey.

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3 w. ago Fred and Rose West’s daughter 'played dress up in victim’s clothes'

Fred and Rose West's daughter Mae, has spoken out about the horrific abuse she suffered at the hands of her parents, including how she was forced to play dress-up in their victims' clothes

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last month The lesbian artist who used 'paper bullets' to defy the Nazis on occupied Channel Islands in WWII

A new two-part Channel 4 documentary reveals the extent of Claude Cahun's bravery resisting the Nazis in the occupied Channel Islands during the Second World War

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