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Revenge porn: Georgia Harrison vs Stephen Bear

I first heard of Georgia Harrison when she arrived as a bombshell during my favourite season of Love Island. Georgia was responsible for arguably one…

By Abbie Hickson
Stephen Bear sentenced for ‘revenge porn’ offences

Former reality-TV star Stephen Bear was on 3 March 2023, sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court. In 2022, he was found guilty of voyeurism, and two…

By Abbie Hickson
“Take It Down”: Tool Launched to help children remove online images

A new tool has been launched to help remove sexually explicit images of children from the internet. It works by creating a digital fingerprint, unique…

By Abbie Hickson
Police officer banned over sexual misconduct

A police officer from Greater Manchester Police’s Trafford district has been banned from working in the profession after a disciplinary hearing which took place earlier…

By Marek Marczynski
Stephen Bear convicted of voyeurism and disclosing private sexual photos and films

On 13 December 2022, a jury at Chelmsford Crown Court found the Stephen Bear, former reality TV star of Celebrity Big Brother, guilty of all…

By Abbie Hickson
Online Safety Bill and Image-Based Sexual Abuse

The Online Safety Bill returns to Parliament today, 5 December 2022. It is currently in report stage, and has been delayed on multiple occasions, due…

By Abbie Hickson
London Police officer charged with possession of indecent images

According to media reports, PC Darren Hourigan, a London Metropolitan Police officer will appear today at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court. He was charged in September 2022…

By Thomas Beale
British head teacher jailed for international online child abuse

Nicholas Clayton was originally from the Wirral, and was working as a Principal of an International school in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. He used…

By Joseph Carr
Ministry of Defence Police Officer made over 150 indecent images of children

24 year old Andrew Stevenson, was a Ministry of Defence firearms officer. Of the 165 images found in his home, 94 of the images were…

By Siobhán Crawford
Stephen Bear charged with ‘revenge porn’ offences

Following his arrest in January 2021, Stephen Bear has now been formally charged with image-based sexual abuse (commonly referred to as ‘revenge porn’) offences. These…

By Abbie Hickson
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