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Handyman Maurice Button fled child abuse trial before being jailed
A former Torquay hotel handyman has been jailed for a series of sex offences against children dating back four decades. Maurice Button, 69, disappeared half way through his trial at Exeter Crown Court for offences against two girls who were aged just eight and 12 at...
Ex-Dove House teacher, Julius Edwards, guilty of child abuse
A FORMER Basingstoke school teacher has been convicted of sexually abusing two young boys. Julius Edwards, who once worked for Dove House School Academy on Sutton Road, was found guilty after a three-week trial at Kingston Crown Court. The 49-year-old, who...
Police believe music teacher jailed for abusing teen girl attacked other victims
Police believe a music teacher who sexually abused four girls also attacked other females. Detectives think that there are more victims attacked by 46-year-old Christopher Dunn, who was jailed last week for abusing a teenage girl more than 10 years ago. Christopher...
British Judo investigating cases in which coaches have been arrested for sexual offences
The cases include one coach who was arrested for engaging in sexual communications with a child. In a separate case, another was arrested for voyeurism at a place of work after placing a camera in female toilets. Both incidents occurred in 2019. In a statement, the...
Mark Burgess Portsmouth choirmaster trial: Choirboy ‘froze when abused’
Religious and Church, School and Teacher Abuse
Mark Burgess, 67, from Hilsea, Portsmouth, denies 52 counts relating to the alleged abuse of 13 children, between 1976 and 2009. At the time he was a choirmaster and music teacher in the city. Portsmouth Crown Court was shown a recording of a police interview in which...
Football child sex abuse: Sheldon review finds ‘institutional failings’
"Significant institutional failings" by the Football Association meant it "did not do enough to keep children safe" - according to the findings of an independent review into historical child sexual abuse in the game. It found the FA was "too slow" to have sufficient...
Simon Shaw – Former Cowplain School teacher jailed for 30 months for sexual assaults
‘Manipulative and predatory’ art teacher Simon Shaw’s actions remained hidden until the ‘haunted’ former Cowplain School pupil bravely came forward. Portsmouth Crown Court heard the victim went to police in 2017– which time she was an adult – after Shaw was jailed for...
Child abuse laws to be expanded in England and Wales
Sports coaches and faith leaders who have sexual relationships with 16 and 17-year-olds in their care will be breaking the law under new legislation planned for England and Wales. The move would put them on par with roles like teachers and social workers....
Former martial arts instructor Colin Stratton jailed again for child sex abuse
A FORMER martial arts instructor who was jailed on Thursday for sexually abusing a young boy had already been given 12 years’ worth of jail time for similar offending. Colin Stratton, now 62, was handed a 21 month sentence after he admitted nine counts of indecent...
Timothy Mawer: Lincoln sports coach jailed for sex attacks on 13 boys
A former badminton coach who groomed and sexually abused more than a dozen boys has been jailed for 20 years. Timothy Mawer, 52, targeted teenagers he met while coaching in schools and through trainspotting before subjecting them to "vile" sex attacks. One victim...
Ex-priest Joseph Quigley jailed for child sex offences
A former priest who subjected a teenage boy to "depraved" sex offences has been jailed for 11 years and six months. Joseph Quigley, 56, had denied engaging in sexual activity with a child, sexual assault, child cruelty, and false imprisonment, but was convicted of...
Pensioner Ian Scott jailed for sexual abuse of child committed in 1970s
A pensioner who sexually abused a child has been jailed almost 40 years later after his victim came forward. Ian Scott, 74, raped his victim, who has lifelong anonymity, on two occasions and indecently assaulted her on four occasions in the 1970s while living in...
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