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Allegations on social media about “inappropriate sexual behaviour” have come to the attention of police, a spokesman said yesterday. But the service said that formal complaints were needed for officers to launch inquiries. The spokesman said: “The Be...

The most powerful moment in Larry Nassar’s 2017 court proceedings came in the form of his victims’ blistering confrontation of the man who had gotten away with so much for so long. Woman after woman rose in a Michigan courtroom to excoriate the disgr...

A child protection charity has condemned a decision to release a serial paedophile from prison four years early. Kelly Hunt, executive director of the Coalition for the Protection of Children, said last night that it was “unfathomable” that Jomar Akb...

A 54-year-old man who committed a string of sex offences against a ten-year-old girl more than two decades ago was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in prison. The woman’s victim impact statement read in Supreme Court said Pernell Brangman “groomed and...

Parents must get more comfortable talking about child sexual abuse and the wider community needs to “face up to the truth” that it is happening, MPs said yesterday. The House of Assembly heard that the issue had been “hidden for far too long” in Berm...

A two-hour information session was held for senators two days before they were asked to consider wide-ranging legislation to enhance the protection of children against sexual abuse. They were invited to the briefing ahead of an “unusual” move in the ...

A 38-year-old man pleaded guilty to a sex assault charge yesterday in the Supreme Court. Jah-Rome Hill, who appeared from custody, admitted assaulting a woman in Sandys on September 6 last year. The victim cannot be identified for legal reasons. Hill...

Justice was served! Our hearts go out to this precious child who was so courageous and spoke her truth in a court environment that could be classified as intimidating, scary and which I feel is inhumane. I applaud her family and advocates, who not o...

A child safety campaigner has called for urgent investment in more courtroom space so young victims of sex crimes do not have to wait years for their cases to be heard. Debi Ray-Rivers, the founder an executive director of charity Saving Children and...

Changes to the management of sex offenders in prison are working, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs said this morning. Kathy Lynn Simmons told the Senate: “Sex offenders who do not complete the required programmes during incarceratio...

A 26-year-old man was convicted yesterday of sexual offences against an underage girl. A jury found William Franklin Smith guilty of unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of 14 and sexual exploitation of a young person by a person in a po...