Remedy Law Blog
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...
Jonathan O’Brien former seaford college teacher abuse allegations – CAN YOU ASSIST?
Jonathan O’Brien admitted two counts of historic indecent assaults at Seaford College, West Sussex in the early 90s. The 61-year-old was jailed for two and a half years after admitting the offences at Guildford Crown Court. He is already serving a 13-year sentence...
Doctor’s horrifying sexual abuse of children in Brighton and West Sussex – Robert Cameron Wells
Robert Cameron Wells subjected five young people to shocking ordeals, which included drugging and filming his victims. Robert Cameron Wells was sentenced to life imprisonment for a series of sexual offences against five young people in Brighton, West Sussex, Hampshire...
IICSA – Child protection in religious organisations and settings Investigation Report
THIS THEMATIC INVESTIGATION AUGMENTS THE DEDICATED INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE ANGLICAN AND ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES ALREADY CONDUCTED BY THE INQUIRY. In this investigation, the Inquiry obtained evidence from 38 religious organisations with a presence in England and Wales,...
Remedy Law instructed – Mark Burgess Abuse Claim – Witness Appeal
Religious and Church, School and Teacher Abuse
A former church choirmaster and teacher who sexually abused children over three decades has been jailed for 40 years. Mark Burgess, from Portsmouth, carried out the attacks in church vestries, school music rooms and at home during piano lessons between 1976 and 2009....
Children in the care of Lambeth Council – IICSA Report
The investigation examined the scale and nature of the sexual abuse experienced by children in the care of Lambeth Council over several decades since the 1960s, and the extent of any institutional failures to protect children in care from sexual abuse and...
Julius Edwards – Farnborough teacher jailed for abusing two children
A man has been failed for 14 years for sexual offences against two boys after appearing at Kingston Crown Court. Julius Anthony Edwards formerly of Queens Road, Farnborough, was found guilty of the offences, which took place between March and April 2020. The two...
Special constable, Philip Gregory, faces years in jail for abusing children and young adults
Local Authority and Foster Parent
Philip Gregory, 67, of Abergynolwyn, near Dolgellau, Gwynedd, a former special constable, faces years in jail for reportedly having 'systematically abused children and young adults for over the course of three decades. Despite denials on his part, Judge Timothy Petts...
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