January 13, 2021
Stephen Scholes is now part of a third set of criminal proceedings after more people have come forward and disclosed they were abused by him
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December 21, 2020
The Lambeth Children’s Homes Redress Scheme, which remains open until 1 January 2022, awards compensation for those who were fearful of or subjected to abuse at one of the Council’s homes or Shirley Oaks Primary School, either as a resident or visitor.
December 21, 2020
This report was published on 17thDecember 2020 following the conviction of Granville Gibson for two charges of indecent assault in 2016 and again of two charges of indecent assault in 2019.
December 15, 2020
I recently spoke to Sky News as part of an in-depth feature “The Unseen Victims of Abuse”, which focused on the activities of grooming gangs in the UK. Much of the report was filmed near our offices in West Yorkshire but as the report explains, abuse is happening right across the UK.
December 14, 2020
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) published its report into the abuse of children in the care of the Nottinghamshire Councils in July 2019.
December 01, 2020
Father Patrick Smythe, Parish Priest of Our Lady of Kirkstall within the Diocese of Leeds, has been charged with four counts of indecent assault on four boys aged under 16. These offences are said to have taken place in Leeds and Skipton between 1979 and 1983.
November 04, 2020
Greater Manchester Police have announced that they have arrested 3 men in relation to sex and drugs offences against children as part of Operation Green Jacket, a large police investigation into child sexual exploitation (“CSE”) in the city.
October 28, 2020
In 2016 David Greenwood wrote about Jack Mount, who was facing over 50 charges relating to sex offences against children. The trial, which was due to commence in June 2016, was unable to go ahead due to Jack Mount’s ill health. The Court deemed him unfit to stand trial.