6 h. ago Not in my name: Victim who waited six years for sex abuser to be convicted urges Lammy to rethink 'cost

A woman who waited almost six years for her childhood sexual abuser to be convicted today urged the Government to stop using cases like hers to push through controversial plans to cut jury trials.

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55 h. ago Funeral directors taking 'urgent action' after undertaker convicted of having vile images

The court heard how he accessed images showing 'sexual interference with corpses'

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4 d. ago TV Nicky's teacher appears in the dock to deny sexually abusing boy in South Africa

A former teacher who is accused of 93 historic sex attacks on Scottish schoolboys has denied ever abusing a youngster in his native South Africa.

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6 d. ago Missing football coach now wanted over sex abuse claims after vanishing with a gun

Travis Turner vanished last week sparking urgent pleas for his whereabouts, but it later emerged he was wanted on child sex abuse charges. After initially using social media to plea for information, wife Leslie Caudill Turner has deleted her account

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6 d. ago Trans sex offender who abused a teenage girl before saying he was a woman called Natalie is held in male prison

Natalie Wolf was previously known as Ryan Haley but adopted the female moniker sometime after attacking the girl several years ago.

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6 d. ago Vile sex predator used fake social media profiles to abuse 'vulnerable' girls

"His actions were calculated and predatory"

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6 d. ago Four men arrested over alleged link to ‘international satanic child sex abuse ring’

Detective Superintendent Jayne Doherty said the case was ‘devastating’

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6 d. ago Sydney men charged with spreading child sexual abuse videos tied to international ring

Police have charged four men in Sydney with criminal offenses over their alleged involvement in the distribution of child sexual abuse material linked to an international child sex abuse ring

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7 d. ago Sydney police charge four men over alleged ‘international satanic child sex abuse material ring’

Detectives claim to have uncovered Sydney-based network involving online distribution of child sexual abuse material involving ritualistic or satanic themesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNSW police say they have uncovered an “international satanic child sex abuse material ring” and charged four Australians for their alleged involvement.Detectives from the sex crimes squad said that as part of Strike Force Constantine, an investigation into the online distribution of child sexual abuse material involving ritualistic or satanic themes, they disrupted a Sydney-based network. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Top cop vows to bring "grooming gangs" and online child abusers to justice

The Chief Constable of Police Scotland Jo Farrell has vowed to crackdown on grooming gangs and other forms of child sex abuse. in a new report published today

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2 w. ago Police failed to act on historic sex abuse claims against 'Monster in Met' rapist David Carrick

Carrick’s youngest victim has spoken to the BBC, saying the way police handled the case was ‘disgraceful’

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2 w. ago Teacher caught with thousands of child sex abuse photos including the rape of 2

Many of the indecent images found on his devices had never been encountered by police in the UK before

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2 w. ago Epstein survivors urge justice department to ‘do the right thing’ and release complete files – US politics live

Several survivors of late sex offender’s abuse urge department to ‘not withhold information’ as ongoing probes at Trump’s behest could limit what is releasedThe Trump administration presented a new plan to roll back regulations in the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on Wednesday, a move experts fear will accelerate the extinction crisis if adopted.The proposed changes would allow the federal government more power to weigh economic impact against habitat designations, remove safeguards against future events – including the impacts from the climate crisis – and rescind the “blanket rule” that automatically grants threatened species the same protections as those designated as endangered. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Child sex abuse victims face ‘agonisingly long waits’ for justice

The wait rose to around 18 months for cases of rape of a child aged between 13 and 15

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2 w. ago The top police officer’s sex abuse case that sent shockwaves across New Zealand

Jevon McSkimming will be sentenced in December and faces up to 10 years in prison

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2 w. ago Trump’s White House dodges on whether president would ever meet with Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse survivors

Trump changed course this weekend and is now urging House Republicans to vote for the Epstein files to be released

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2 w. ago Chief prosecutor reassures Scots sex abuse victims after Supreme Court judgment

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC has said that sex abuse of women and children was “the single greatest challenge our justice system faces”.

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2 w. ago Chief prosecutor reassures victims of sex abuse after Supreme Court judgment

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC says safeguards ‘remain firmly in place’ after judges’ ruling on questioning of victims’ history

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3 w. ago Close pal of Michael Jackson says new film is 'whitewashing' child sex abuse claims

Matt Fiddes - a former bodyguard of the King of Pop - said he was a big supporter of Michael but claimed the film shouldn't 'airbrush out' parts of his life

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3 w. ago ‘What’s wrong with me?’ – Conor Benn reveals trauma of attending school that ‘thought I had demons in me’

CONOR BENN opened up on the trauma of attending a religious school who believed he was possessed by demons. Benn's family moved to Majorca in 2002 after his dad - ex-world champion Nigel - needed a fresh start. The British boxing legend battled sex addiction and substance abuse - leading to a suicide attempt -...

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