Remedy Law Blog
Eloise Jotischky becomes first to win a civil case against British Gymnastics for abuse suffered
A former elite acrobatic gymnast has become the first to win a civil case against British Gymnastics for the abuse she experienced in the sport. Eloise Jotischky says Andrew Griffiths subjected her to inappropriate weight management techniques and verbal harassment...
Remedy Law instructed to bring a civil claim for abuse suffered at the hands of Creighton Muirhead
Creighton Muirhead, 67, of the Lechlade area of Gloucestershire, was convicted of 23 offences of non-recent sexual offences against 19 victims which took place at a school in Dorking and a school in Swindon between 1980 and 2008. The victims were all former pupils,...
Creighton Muirhead jailed for 11 years for non recent abuse in Swindon and Dorking Schools
A man who abused his position as a teacher over a 28 year period has been jailed. 67 year old Creighton Muirhead of the Lechlade area of Gloucestershire, was convicted of 23 offences of non-recent sexual offences against 19 victims which took place at a school in...
Repton School: Teacher jailed for abuse of girls in 1990s
A former teacher has been jailed for abusing pupils at a well-known private school in Derbyshire. Simon Clague, 55, worked at fee-paying Repton School in the 1990s and admitted charges of indecent assault shortly before his trial was due to start. Derby Crown Court...
IICSA – The residential schools investigation released
In this investigation, the Inquiry heard evidence about incidents of child sexual abuse, harmful sexual behaviour between children and other safeguarding concerns which arose at 12 schools in England, in order to understand the effectiveness of the framework for...
Neil Francis receives 9 year sentence for 19 counts of child sexual abuse
At Amersham Crown Court, Buckinghamshire, Neil Francis, 46, was found guilty of 19 counts of sexual assault and eight counts of indecent assault. Francis, formerly of Conyers Road, East Cowton, North Yorkshire, sexually and indecently assaulted 11 female pupils while...
Frank Skipwith former boarding school headmaster jailed for 11 years for abusing 11 pupils as young as six
A boarding school headmaster who sipped sherry as he watched naked boys in the showers has been jailed for 11 years. Former headteacher Frank Skipwith, 81, of Eynsham, Oxfordshire, watched the sons of diplomats and army officers in the showers at Fernden Preparatory...
Football coach Alfie Morel guilty of child sex offences
A Hampshire football coach has been convicted of sexually abusing three young boys. Alfie Morel was found guilty following a trial of eight offences including attempted rape, sexual communication with a child and sexual assault of a child under 13. Prosecutors said he...
Redress Scotland – Redress for Scottish Abuse Survivors Scheme
Scotland’s Redress Scheme is for survivors of historical child abuse in care in Scotland. It has been set up to recognise and acknowledge what happened, and the harm this abuse caused. The scheme covers: physical abusesexual abuseemotional abuseneglect You can apply...
Thomas Hancock jailed for sexual offences against two teenage girls
A former teacher has been sentenced after pleading guilty to sexual offences against two teenage girls. Thomas Hancock, from Gloucestershire, was jailed for 16 months at Bristol Crown Court. He also has received a 10-year sexual harm prevention order. At a hearing,...
Former Nottingham primary school teacher jailed for sexual abuse of pupils in the 1980s
A retired primary school teacher who abused his position of trust in order to repeatedly abuse two pupils decades ago has been jailed. Pensioner, Roger Thorne, aged 75, committed the offences at Scotholme Primary School in Hyson Green, Nottingham, over a five year...
Stuart Woods – Teacher at Reddam House jailed for 11 years for child sexual abuse
A PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHER WHO SEXUALLY ABUSED A PUPIL AND GROOMED TWO OTHERS HAS BEEN JAILED FOR 11 YEARS. Stuart Woods, 34, plied the "vulnerable" pupils with alcohol to aid his abuse, while teaching at Reddam House Berkshire in Wokingham, Reading Crown Court heard....
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