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Man jailed for 11 years for non-recent child sex offences – Remedy Law Instructed
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Following an investigation by the Thames Valley Police Child Abuse Investigation Unit, a man has been sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment after he was convicted of a string of non-recent sex offences against children. Gerald Raffell, aged 74, of West View Road in...
App to block child abuse images gets £1.8m EU funding
The development of a new app designed to reduce online viewing of child sexual abuse material has received £1.8m of funding from the EU. It will be tested with volunteers who have sought help because they are drawn to illegal images and want to ensure they cannot act...
Man jailed for 23 years for non-recent sexual abuse and rape
A man has been jailed for 23 years after being convicted of non-recent sexual abuse and rape. John William Hart, 70, of Warsash Close, Havant, committed the offences against a girl who was between the ages of 12 and 14. A court heard the incidents happened in the...
Teacher jailed for abusing student banned from teaching for life
A former teacher who was jailed for indecently assaulting a pupil has been banned from teaching for life. Christopher Sillitoe, who until recently lived in Calstock and is now in his 70s, was jailed for four years in 2021 for crimes committed in Essex 40...
Derek Hodder jailed – Abuse survivors urge others to come forward
Two women who were victims of a sports coach jailed for 74 rapes have said they hope to encourage other victims of abuse to come forward. Derek Hodder, 65, abused nine girls who attended his martial arts club in Devon over a 30-year period. Both victims told the BBC...
Surrey private school pupil will ‘never forget’ abuse from paedophile teacher
A former private school pupil sexually abused by a paedophile teacher "will never forget" what happened to him. The man, who wants to be named only as ‘AP’, attended independent prep school Chinthurst School in Tadworth between the ages of four and 12 where he was...
Crosfields School: Reading headteacher Frank Skipwith jailed
Former teacher Frank Skipwith, from Oxfordshire, was sentenced on Monday, January 31 at Hove Crown Court after he abused a number of children at two different boarding schools over a 12-year period. According to reports, Skipwith become headteacher at Crosfields...
Robert Rixon – Swimming teacher sexually abused young girls
A school swimming teacher carried out a long-standing "campaign of sexual abuse" on five young girls he taught, leaving them with deep-rooted psychological trauma. Over a 16-year period, Robert John Rixon sexually abused his victims who were as young as 11. Swansea...
IICSA – Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse – Final Report
The Inquiry has published its final Report today - Thursday 20 October 2022. It follows: • 325 days of public hearings with 725 witnesses • 2,457,543 pages of evidence being processed • The publication of the Interim report, 19 investigation reports, 24 research...
Former Oldham primary school teacher jailed for sexual abuse
A former teacher who sexually abused 19 pupils while working at two primary schools has been jailed. Christopher Pickup, 76, of Underwood Way, Shaw, had attacked the pupils at two schools in Oldham in the 1970s and 80s, Greater Manchester Police said. He was convicted...
Gerald Highgate jailed for abusing young boys
Gerald Highgate, 83, from Hailsham, East Sussex, was found guilty of 30 counts relating to non-recent child sexual abuse at Guildford Crown Court after preying on young boys throughout his adult life. Highgate used his position of trust at sports and social clubs in...
Former teacher jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing pupils
A retired English teacher and school rugby coach has been jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing 19 pupils at a Yorkshire school between the 1970s and 1990s. Peter Andrew Holmes, of King Street, Bristol, was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court yesterday (Friday,...
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