7 h. ago Met Police officer who tried to meet girl, 10, for sex after messaging her ‘stepfather’ online spared jail

PC Grant Long, 34, snared by an undercover officer posing as a paedophile

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8 h. ago Chinese fashion giant Shein bans all sex dolls after French investigation into ‘child

Scandal erupts just as Shein opens its first bricks-and-mortar store in Paris

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3 d. ago Ministers were warned of errors at jail that released sex offender by mistake

Chaotic release procedures at HMP Chelmsford were flagged to the prisons minister last yearMinisters were warned by a watchdog that prisoners were “falling through the cracks” of chaotic release procedures at the jail that mistakenly freed a convicted child sex offender.An annual report on HMP Chelmsford uncovered “a litany of issues and errors” including “a mix-up of release dates” when letting out a vulnerable prisoner. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Met Police PC admits sending Telegram messages about child sex abuse

PC Duncan Bouette now faces the sack after admitting sending the illegal Telegram messages

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3 d. ago Prince Andrew's grim 'catch up' email to paedo Jeffrey Epstein months after prison release

A newly released email reveals Andrew telling Jeffrey Epstein that it would be "good to catch up in person" months after the sex offender was released from prison for child prostitution

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4 d. ago Alabama man charged with threatening rabbis, imam and others in multiple Southern states

Federals prosecutors have charged an Alabama man with making threatening calls and texts to multiple rabbis, an imam and others in the South, including telling one that “I want you to die.”

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4 d. ago Police officer who supported Claudia Lawrence's father when she disappeared pleads guilty to child sex offences

Paul Beckwith, 53, admitted three counts of having indecent images of children and five counts of voyeurism at York Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.

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4 d. ago Claudia Lawrence police officer pleads guilty to child sex offences

Paul Beckwith, 53, admitted three counts of having indecent images of children and five counts of voyeurism at York Magistrates’ Court. The disgraced officer was suspended from duty after being arrested last November after 33 years with North Yorkshire force.

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4 d. ago It was four weeks after my second child was born that my husband made this taboo request. I burst into tears... every woman will understand why: STEPH DOUGLAS

It's not something people tend to speak about -whether or not a woman has sex during pregnancy. Despite the fact she has conceived through sex, a pregnant woman is somehow non-sexual.

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5 d. ago Rosie O’Donnell asks fans for prayers after daughter Chelsea handed prison sentence

Comedian’s adult daughter has been arrested multiple times for repeated drug-related charges

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6 d. ago Epping sex offender given £500 after threatening to challenge deportation

Hadush Kebatu claims he tried to hand himself in to police, but was ignored, after being released from prison in errorUK politics live –latest updatesA convicted child sex offender mistakenly released from prison after arriving in the UK in a small boat was given £500 of public money as he was deported back to Ethiopia.Hadush Kebatu was flown back to his home country on Tuesday night with the discretionary payment after raising the possibility of challenging his removal shortly before he was due to be placed on a plane. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Rosie O’Donnell asks fans for prayers amid daughter Chelsea’s prison sentence

Comedian’s adult daughter has been arrested multiple times for repeated drug-related charges

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6 d. ago Epping sex offender Hadush Kebatu deported to Ethiopia, Home Office confirms

Kebatu, who was wrongly freed from Essex prison, was put on a flight to Ethiopia and arrived on WednesdayA convicted child sex offender who arrived in the UK in a small boat and was mistakenly released from prison has been deported, the Home Office says.Hadush Kebatu arrived in Ethiopia in the early hours after being removed from the UK on a flight with no right to return, a statement said. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Sex attack migrant deported 'with no right to return' after UK

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she 'pulled every lever' to deport Kebatu, and added that she was 'pleased to confirm this vile child sex offender has been deported. Our streets are safer because of it'

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7 d. ago 'I befriended female paedophile who offered her own baby to Ian Watkins to abuse': Mother reveals horror at discovering true identity of trusted pal who was 'the nicest person I'd ever met'

Former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins was killed in prison earlier this month, where he was serving 29 years for a string of child sex offences.

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8 d. ago I met child sex offender David Coote before the truth came out

I had many questions for David Coote. Why did a once respected referee, seemingly at the top of his game, see fit to film himself snorting a white powder while on duty at last summer's Euros?

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8 d. ago How I was hoodwinked by child sex offender and Premier League referee David Coote... and the troubling stories he shared over coffee

I had many questions for David Coote. Why did a once respected referee, seemingly at the top of his game, see fit to film himself snorting a white powder while on duty at last summer's Euros?

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8 d. ago Wishaw man caught with child sex abuse images on his phones while being investigated for similar offences

Robert Paterson also sent explicit photos to other paedophiles during online chats.

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8 d. ago Entitled son, 21, of top lawyer mows down police with his Mercedes G

Dalton Janiczek, 21, was charged with attempted murder of a law enforcement officer after ramming multiple cops with his white Mercedes G-Wagen in Pennsylvania.

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9 d. ago The child abuse inquiry was meant to move the dial. Three years on, nothing has changed

As the row surrounding the future Grooming Gang Inquiry deepens, Bryony Gooch reflects on the third anniversary of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, as those who were involved warn key recommendations still haven’t been implemented

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