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Seven men have been jailed for committing child sex abuse offences against two young girls in Rotherham during the 2000s.The Crown Prosecution Service prosecuted Mohammed Amar, 42, Mohammed Siyab, 44, Yasser Ajaibe, 39, Mohammed Zameer Sadiq, 49, Abid Saddiq, 43, Tahir Yassin, 38, and Ramin Bari,…
A former limousine driver who systematically groomed and abused young girls in the Rotherham area over a decade, has today been jailed. The CPS prosecuted David Saynor, as part of Operation Stovewood, a major investigation into non-familial child sexual abuse and exploitation which took place…
A man who used computer technology and real photographs of children to create sexual abuse images and encouraged the rape of children via the internet has been convicted.Hugh Nelson, 27, has pleaded guilty to a total of 16 charges relating to child sexual abuse offences.The CPS authorised five…
A former National Crime Agency (NCA) officer who used his work device to access, view and download indecent images of children, and child sexual abuse material, has today been jailed.Adam Taylor, 40, was prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) following an investigation by the NCA's Anti…
A former limousine driver who systematically groomed and abused young girls in the Rotherham area over a decade, has today been convicted of child sex abuse offences.The CPS prosecuted David Saynor, as part of Operation Stovewood, a major investigation into non-familial child sexual abuse and…
A former taxi driver has been found guilty of committing child sex offences against two underage girls during the 2000s.The CPS prosecuted Adam Ali, 43, as part of Operation Stovewood, a major National Crime Agency investigation into non-familial child sexual abuse and exploitation which took place…
A teacher has today been found guilty of child sex offences against two pupils at the school where she worked.Rebecca Joynes, 30, who taught at a Manchester high school, claimed there was no sexual contact between her and the first schoolboy and claimed sexual contact did not take place with the…
UPDATE: On 19 March, Nicholas Hawkes, was sentenced at Southend Crown Court to a total of 66 weeks in prison. He received 52 weeks for the cyberflashing offences and an additional 14 weeks for breaching a previous court order and a suspended sentence was activated. He was also made subject of a…
CPS leaders have welcomed the final findings of an academic report looking into the organisation’s handling of the prosecution of rape.The CPS invited an independent academic team from the University of Warwick to evaluate the design and impact of activities piloted under Operation Soteria – the…
The second moderator of a dark web forum for sharing indecent pictures of children to be jailed within a week has today received five years and four months in prison.William Yates, 45, admitted running The Annex, a membership-only forum which hosted a number of areas dedicated to child sexual abuse…
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