A former Scottish rugby captain walked free last week after being found guilty of domestic abuse against his estranged wife. Despite admitting to a five-year pattern of verbal abuse, including shouting, swearing, and other harmful behaviour, he received a community payback order with supervision rather than a more severe
Care homes are supposed to be safe places where elderly and vulnerable people are looked after around the clock by people who are there to support them through everyday life. However, unfortunately this is not always the case, and sometimes care home residents face abuse at the hands of
A convicted sex offender has been jailed for eight years after admitting sexual activity with a teenager after being released from prison for similar offences. He also admitted to communicating with two other teenagers, putting him in breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Joseph
Former BBC journalist Duncan Bartlett has been jailed after admitting paying money to watch live streams of children being sexually exploited. Duncan Bartlett, of Judd Street, WC1 was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment at Wood Green Crown Court on 9 December. He had pleaded guilty to 35 offences
A man has been jailed for a catalogue of offences relating to sexual messages and indecent images involving children. Adrian Augustyniak, 25, from York, thought he was messaging a 12-year-old girl – and sent ‘her’ disgusting messages and images via an app from August 2022 onwards. But
November 25 marks White Ribbon Day, a global initiative focused on ending violence against women and girls by addressing its root causes. At AbuseClaims.co.uk, we are proud to support this important campaign to combat male violence, promote gender equality, and advocate for a safer society for everyone.
Dame Jasvinder Sanghera, Harrods’ newly appointed survivors’ advocate, has suggested that the scale of sexual abuse perpetrated by the late Mohamed Al Fayed could parallel the crimes of Jimmy Savile. Her concerns raised follow a surge of allegations against the billionaire businessman, spurred by a September BBC documentary featuring claims
Twenty men have been jailed for more than 219 years combined after being found guilty of raping and abusing young girls. Through a series of individual investigations and trials, the men were found to have sexually abused and exploited four girls between the ages of 12 and 16 in
A Dewsbury-based junior teacher has been banned from teaching indefinitely after being found guilty of three child sex offences. Liam I’Anson-North, 30 was jailed in 2023 after it was found that he had been speaking to a 13-year-old girl online, but was in fact speaking with an undercover police
A disgraced Leeds priest, who is already serving a jail sentence has been put on trial again after more alleged victims have come forwards. Father Patrick Smythe was jailed in 2022 for crimes against boys in the 1970s and 1980s. He had previously worked as a chaplain under Diocese
