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A former karate coach has been jailed after he admitted non-recent sex abuse on two boys in Telford
Tony Castle, 65, of Horninglow Street, Burton-on-Trent, pleaded guilty to 12 charges of sexual abuse against boys , including 10 counts of indecent assault. The offences took place in the 1990s while he was a karate coach in Telford, his victims were students. The...
Scout leader faces third jail sentence over child sex abuse
John Pycock, 83, who was a Scout leader in Billinghay and then later in Fiskerton, had denied five sexual offences against one victim, who is now an adult and can not be named. But a jury at Lincoln Crown Court found Pycock guilty of one count of indecency with a...
Former housemaster jailed over sexual abuse of young boys
Religious and Church, School and Teacher Abuse
A former Scout leader and housemaster at a children’s home in Nottingham has been jailed for 26 years after a jury found him guilty of historic sexual abuse. Steven McNally, now aged 67, abused five children between 1974 and 1979 when he worked at Nazareth House...
Former verger jailed for teenager sexual assaults in Hampshire and Southwark
A former cathedral verger has been jailed for sexually assaulting two teenage boys. Clive McCleester, 77, was sentenced to 16 years on Thursday after pleading guilty to 10 counts of sexual abuse. The first victim was assaulted between 1969 and 1970, when McCleester...
Charles Spencer, Princess Diana’s brother, speaks out about ‘devastating’ abuse at British boarding school
Charles Spencer, the younger brother of the late Princess Diana, was only 8 when he was sent away to an all-boys boarding school in the English countryside. Maidwell Hall catered to the upper crust of British society. But Spencer says what he experienced from...
Ex Somerset Sea Cadet volunteer Phillip Grove jailed for abuse
A former Sea Cadet volunteer who sexually abused children has been jailed for 22 years. Phillip Grove was found guilty of 15 charges linked to sexual assaults in the 1990s - including rapes - while living in Somerset. In December a jury convicted Grove of two counts...
Mesh and sodium valproate scandal victims need payouts soon, report says
Families of children left disabled by an epilepsy drug and women injured by pelvic mesh implants should be given urgent financial help, England's patient safety commissioner has said. Dr Henrietta Hughes has called on the government to act quickly to help...
Prescot cheerleader coach groomed and abused girls
A cheerleading coach who sexually abused girls and sent them child abuse images has been jailed for 15 years Tom Walsh, 37, of Prescot, admitted multiple counts of sexual abuse against three girls at Bolton Crown Court. Walsh, of Shaw Lane, also admitted possession...
Nicholas Brooks – Meoncross School teacher guilty of non-recent sexual offences against a school pupil
Paedophile Nicholas Brooks, now 71 and of Park Gate, was a teacher at Meoncross School in Stubbington at the time of the offences, which took place between 2008 and 2011. The allegations came to light after a woman approached police in 2020 to report abuse she...
Former social worker sexually abused boys he was paid to care for
Local Authority and Foster Parent
A former social worker from Weston-super-Mare has been jailed for sexually abusing two boys in the 1970s and 1980s. Raymond Poyner, 73, pleaded guilty to indecent assault, committed while he was working as a social worker, and was sentenced at North Somerset...
More dancers allege body-shaming and bullying at ballet schools
Dozens more ballet dancers have described body-shaming and bullying at schools across the UK, following a BBC investigation earlier this year. One ex-Elmhurst Ballet School student says she was shut in a room by staff while having a mental health crisis. Another...
Nigel Saddington – Ex-Portsmouth cadet leader Royal Navy chief petty officer due in court over sex offences against boys
Nigel Saddington, 68, of Bracknell Road in Bagshot, Surrey, but who used to live in Spenlow Close in Buckland, Portsmouth, has been issued a summons to appear in court in relation to seven counts of indecent assault, two counts of buggery, and one count of...
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