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Andrew Gibson was jailed in June 2022 for abusing children whilst he was a scout leader in Bristol and a conservation warden on Lundy Island. Gibson denied the charges but was found guilty of indecent assault and buggery in respect…
Nicholas Sherwood was a Scout or Beaver Scout Leader for nearly 30 years. At a hearing earlier this month at Exeter Crown Court, he was jailed for 22 months. He was caught when police found thousands of indecent images on…
John Haynes was appointed as an Assistant Cub master in the Heyford Group, in the county of Northamptonshire, in June 1959 and became a Scout leader in October 1964. In October 1967, Haynes was suspended from the Scouts following allegations…
Victor Jacob was the caretaker and ran the tuck-shop at Ravensbourne School for Boys, in Bromley. He was also the Scout leader of the 15th Bromley Scout Troop and actively encouraged young boys from the school to join his Troop. …
I represent a client who has instructed me to bring a civil claim for child abuse, on the basis that he was subjected to serious sexual and emotional abuse by his Scout leader, John Edward Bates, between approximately 1978 and…
On Thursday 22nd July, Moir was sentenced for sexually abusing three children. The abuse happened between 1986 and 1996 and included six counts of indecent assault against the children. It was heard how Moir groomed one of his victims with…
On 23rd November 2020, at Minshull Street Crown Court, Graham Avison, an ex-Scout leader was sentenced to more than five years imprisonment after pleading guilty to four counts of indecent assault against a scout. Avison was issued with a Sexual…
The French movie “By the grace of God”, beautifully constructed and performed, makes a significant and sensitive contribution to the scandal of sexual abuse in the Church. On 7th March 2019, French Cardinal Barbarin was found guilty of non-disclosure of…
In recent years we have seen stories of non-recent sexual abuse hit the headlines time and again. As a nation, we have acknowledged the extent of non-recent child sexual abuse and the damage it has done. As a result, the…
Siobhan Crawford, Associate Solicitor in the Child Abuse team at Bolt Burdon Kemp, reports. Former cub scout leader at the 4th Boxmoor Cub Scout troop and coach at Emerald Vale football club has been jailed for 42 months at St…
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