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...
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,...
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...
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...
Detectives have launched an investigation into allegations of historic sexual abuse at the former Bembridge School. Hampshire Constabulary has started a criminal investigation looking at whether children at the private independent school were sexually abused during...
The Deputy First Minister has announced the Chair of Redress Scotland, the public body which will make decisions on levels of financial redress awarded to survivors of historical child abuse in care. Johnny Gwynne is the former Deputy Chief Constable of Police...
A victim of a former Great Ormond Street Hospital porter who sexually abused boys over decades has spoken of his "guilt, shame and despair". Paul Farrell, 55, pleaded guilty to 76 offences against eight victims between 1985 and 2020. A court heard that the true number...
A disgraced former Metropolitan Police officer and south London football coach who sexually abused 15 children during 40 years of offending has finally been jailed. Shamed ex cop Stephen Walker, 68, was found guilty of 40 charges of sexual assaults against 15 victims,...
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...
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...
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....
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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