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QPR linked to historical child abuse allegations
QPR is the latest football club to be linked to historical allegations of child sexual abuse. It’s said it will co-operate with inquiries into one of its former coaches, Chris Gieler, who left the club in 2003 and died a year later.
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Amber Rudd defends child abuse inquiry
The Home Secretary Amber Rudd has defended the controversial independent inquiry into historical child sex abuse, insisting that it has a “vital role to play”. A panel member of the inquiry has told Channel 4 News they will stay the course.
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Sir Edward Heath child abuse claims investigated by IPCC
A police watchdog says it will investigate claims that a child sex abuse case was not pursued against the former Conservative prime minister.
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Belfast children’s home excluded from child abuse inquiry
The government has ruled out the possibility of a nationwide child abuse inquiry investigating abuse at the Kincora children’s home in Belfast.
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Child abuse inquiry: no-one has immunity from scrutiny
Opening the long-awaited inquiry into child sexual abuse, Judge Lowell Goddard pledges that “no matter how powerful”, no-one will be allowed to obstruct inquiries.
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Police child abuse investigations: 38 per cent ‘inadequate’
A series of inspections of police forces in England and Wales has found worrying levels of inadequate investigations into child abuse and neglect, plagued by drift and delay.
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Lord Janner to be prosecuted over child abuse claims
Lord Janner is to face prosecution over claims of historical sex abuse, it was confirmed today by Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders.
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Lord Janner child abuse claims – the key questions
The Crown Prosecution Service today reversed a decision not to prosecute the Labour peer over child sex abuse allegations. What is the background to this latest move? And what happens next?
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Lord Janner will not face CPS prosecution over child abuse
The CPS decides not to prosecute the Labour peer over historic child sex abuse allegations because of his dementia – though it says there was sufficient evidence to warrant prosecuting him.
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Police launch child abuse investigation in Nottinghamshire
As police launch an investigation into allegations of abuse at care homes and secure units in Nottinghamshire, Jane Dodge talks to an alleged victim.
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Did MI5 know about child abuse but fail to act?
A former army intelligence officer says he alerted MI5 to abuse at Kincora boys’ home, but was told to stop digging. It is not the first time MI5 has been accused of covering up child abuse.
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MI5, the Home Office, and child abuse cover-up allegations
As the IPCC announces it is looking into claims detectives covered up child abuse by politicians and police officers, MI5 faces questions over what it knew and whether it tried to suppress evidence.
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Simon Harris jailed for 17 years for Kenya child abuse
Former public school teacher Simon Harris is jailed for 17 years and four months after being convicted of abusing vulnerable street children in Kenya.
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Child abuse inquiry ‘could be extended back to WWII’
The inquiry into alleged child sex abuse may be extended to investigate crimes committed as long ago as 1945, according to Justice Lowell Goddard.
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Ian Watkins ex-lover in court over child abuse allegations
A jury hears extracts of online chats between the paedophile former rock star Ian Watkins and his ex-lover in which they discuss the abduction and rape of young children.
