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Number of alleged sexual abuse incidents at Youth Offenders’ Institutions revealed

At least 40 incidents of alleged sexual abuse inside Young Offenders’ Institutions (“YOIs”) have been referred to police, it has been revealed, between November 2019…

By Hayyin Fan
Witness appeal – Abuse at 16th St Denys Cub Scout Group

I represent a client who has instructed me that he was subjected to abuse by one of his scout leaders, Robert Desmond Barclay Harris in…

By Hayyin Fan
Prep school teacher charged with online child sex offences

A former prep school teacher has been charged with 11 online child sex offences. Sam Phillips, 27, was arrested in March on suspicion of child…

By Emma Barrow
First jail sentence for cyberflashing in England: the start of new consequences for online abuse

A man has become the first person to be sent to jail for cyberflashing, under legislation that marks a turning point in how online abuse…

By Hayley Chapman
Former teacher Robert Kalton jailed for historic sex offences against pupil

A teacher described as a sexual predator has been jailed for historic sex offences. Robert Kalton, 88, from Burton upon Trent, launched a campaign of…

By Olivia Ward
Former Sea Cadets volunteer jailed after child abuse in Somerset

A former Sea Cadet volunteer has been jailed for 22 years after sexually abusing children in his care. Philip Grove, who volunteered as a chief…

By Emma Barrow
British Gymnastics has an abuse problem

For decades, a problem has been festering at the heart of gymnastics. For far too long, senior coaches have been able to act with total…

By Joseph Carr
Former Scouts leader Michael Costin found guilty of child sexual offences for third time

A former Scout leader and teacher considered a “hero” by youngsters has been convicted of sexually abusing children for a third time. Michael Costin, 59,…

By Gurleen Arora
Prescot cheerleading coach who groomed and abused girls jailed for 15 years

A cheerleading coach has been jailed for 15 years after grooming and sexually abusing three children in a nine-year campaign of exploitation. Tom Walsh, 37,…

By Raphael Amyrotos
Dulwich College music teacher sexually assaulted pupils as young as eight

A music teacher at a prestigious private school has been convicted of sexually abusing boys during piano lessons. Martin Ball, 89, routinely touched two students…

By Raphael Amyrotos
Former Brighton teaching assistant jailed for sexually assaulting girls

A former teaching assistant has received a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting four young girls. Stephen Payne, 69, was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court…

By Emma Barrow
Former teacher, Nicholas Brooks, jailed for of sexual abuse of pupil at school

A former teacher has been jailed after sexually abusing a pupil on school grounds. Nicholas Brooks, 71, was convicted of four counts of sexual activity…

By Julia Jensen
Steven McNally, former Scout leader and housemaster sentenced to 26 years for abusing children

Steven McNally was a housemaster at Nazareth House in Nottingham, which was run by the Sisters of Nazareth Catholic order. He was also a Scout…

By Marek Marczynski
Prestigious music conductor charged with child sexual offences

World-renowned classical music conductor Jan Latham-Koenig has been charged with child sexual offences. Latham-Koenig, 70, who has conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and was awarded…

By Emma Barrow
Headteacher charged with allegations of child sexual abuse

Neil Foden, who has been suspended from his role as a Head Teacher, has now appeared at Mold Crown Court charged with a total of…

By Joseph Carr
Ex- Army Cadet Leader, Stephen Finnigan, sentenced to 29.5 years

Stephen Finnigan, age 63, has today been sentenced to 29 years and 6 months’ imprisonment at Liverpool Crown Court for 29 sexual offences against boys…

By Julia Jensen
BBK secures six-figure award for sexual abuse survivor at High Court

A woman who was abused by her grandfather has been awarded more than £300,000 in compensation after Bolt Burdon Kemp took the case to the…

By David McClenaghan
Former Eastbourne teacher and football referee jailed for indecently assaulting young boy

A former teacher and football referee has been jailed after multiple counts of indecent assault on a young boy. Peter Turner, 65, was described as…

By Olivia Ward
Teacher at Eton College charged with sexual offences against pupil

News broke yesterday that Jacob Leland, a former teacher at Eton College, has been charged with 14 counts of sexual offences against a teenage boy…

By Joseph Carr
Witness appeal – abuse by Reverend Roy Wynne-Green, clergyman from Torquay

I represent a client who has instructed me that they were subjected to sexual and emotional abuse by Reverend Roy Wynne-Green between 1972 and 1976…

By Joseph Carr

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