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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....
Lambeth Children’s Homes Redress Scheme to close 1 January 2022
The London Borough of Lambeth have confirmed that the Redress scheme closes on Saturday, 1 January 2022 at 5pm. This is just six weeks away. Unless there are very exceptional circumstances, any application made after this date will not be considered. The Lambeth...
Babysitter Robin James Elms jailed for abusing children
Robin James Elms, 23, targeted a child with special needs during a campaign of abuse in private homes where he worked as a freelance nanny and babysitter. He picked on children he thought were too young to speak up or who had learning difficulties and autism,...
Institutional responses to allegations of child sexual abuse involving the late Lord Janner of Braunstone QC Investigation Report
The Independent Inquiry in to Child Sexual Abuse have today released their report on the institutional responses to allegations of child sexual abuse made against Greville Janner, the late Lord Janner of Braunstone QC, in circumstances where there has been no criminal...
Former Portsmouth teacher and Waterlooville scoutmaster spared jail for abusing boy
School and Teacher Abuse, Scouts and Charities
Former Waterlooville scoutmaster and teacher Gary Coy, 65, groomed, isolated and abused the 12-year-old boy, rubbing his body and genitals when he had him alone. Prosecutor William Sneddon said Coy repeatedly touched the 12-year-old schoolboy who felt ‘unwell and...
Peter Wells convicted for sexually assaulting children at Keble Prep School
A former prep school deputy head who abused young boys including the son of 'Popstars' judge Nigel Lythgoe is set to die in prison after he was jailed for 16 years. Peter Wells, 75, sexually assaulted children while working as a deputy headmaster at Keble Prep School...
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