Debate Over Anonymity For Alleged Sexual Abusers Rages In Wake Of Channel 4 Drama
Monday, 26 September 2016
Channel 4 drama, National Treasure, has sought to dramatise the events of Operation Yewtree and has caused a fresh debate to surface on the topic of anonymity for alleged sexual abusers. With similar calls coming earlier in the year, Abuse Law specialist Peter Garsden explains the effect anonymity could have on abuse survivors who feel
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Kirklevington Detention Centre – allegations of abuse
Thursday, 08 September 2016
Cleveland Police have confirmed that almost 250 former inmates of HMP Kirklevington detention centre have come forward with allegations of abuse. There is an ongoing inquiry into the alleged abuse, Operation Magnolia, which has seen two men arrested earlier this year but who were released without charge. However, police have said the inquiry is ongoing
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Former IICSA Chair, Dame Lowell Goddard, Questions Inquiry’s Scope
Wednesday, 07 September 2016
After a shock resignation last month, former Chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) Dame Lowell Goddard, has questioned the inquiry’s manageability. Dame Lowell Goddard held the position of Chair for 15 months, after replacing Baroness Butler Sloss and Dame Fiona Woolf, both of whom left the position over their alleged links
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Child abuse solicitor appeals for witnesses of abuse by ex teacher at Thorn Primary School in Leeds.
Tuesday, 06 September 2016
Guilty Norman Robinson, 76, an ex-teacher at Thorn Primary School has pleaded guilty to a catalogue of sexual offences against children. Sentenced at Leeds Crown Court in May 2016 for the abuse he committed, he was jailed for a period of 15 years. Robinson who taught at the school during the 1970s and 1980s, was
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