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Abuse in Gymnastics – Independent Inquiry Announced

British Gymnastics has announced an independent inquiry into “shocking and upsetting” allegations of serious physical and emotional abuse made by multiple elite athletes, including fresh claims of fat-shaming by one London 2012 Olympian.Francesca Fox, who competed as...

Remedy Law representing a core participant in the IICSA Lambeth Tranche

Remedy Law have been recently instructed to represent a core participant in the Independent Inquiry in to Child Sexual Abuse which begins its first day of hearings today on the 29 June 2020. In this investigation, the Inquiry will consider the experience of victims...

Truth Project Thematic Report: Child sexual abuse in sports released by the Independent Inquiry In To Child Sexual Abuse

The Inquiry has published new research into child sexual abuse in sports, which finds that coaches and instructors exploited children’s vulnerabilities in order to groom and abuse them. Based on the accounts of victims and survivors who came forward to the Truth...

Jonathan Smith – World renowned music director – Jailed for child sex offences

A world renowned music director who used "psychological manipulation" and blackmail to abuse and rape a young girl has been jailed. Jonathan Smith, 57, carried out a "campaign of sexual violence" against the girl in Lewes, East Sussex, in the 1980s and early 1990s, he...

Portsmouth ex-choirmaster Mark Burgess charged with 73 child sex offences

Mark Burgess a Portsmouth Ex-Choirmaster was initially charged with 58 counts in February of this year which included indecent assault, gross indecency with a child, inciting sexual activity with a child, and sexual touching. Burgess has now been charged with 15 more...

Hampshire Constabulary urge parents to be watchful for signs of online child abuse

The head of Hampshire Constabulary’s Internet Child Abuse Team has urged parents to be watchful and aware of online child abuse. He has warned those considering exploiting children online they will 'face the consequences’ Detective Superintendent Justin Torgout has...

Former Royal Ballet star Stephen Beagley who sexually abused girls is jailed for 10 years

Aformer Royal Ballet star who sexually abused three young girls he taught in private dance lessons has been jailed for 10 years. Stephen Beagley, 62, was a trailblazing classical dancer in the 1970s and 1980s,with lead roles in Swan Lake, the Nutcracker, Romeo and...

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