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Teenager associated with online sextortion network jailed under Online Safety Act for encouraging victim to self-harm

A teenager who encouraged a young victim to self-harm and produce sexually-explicit images of herself as part of a sustained campaign of online abuse has been jailed today at Sheffield Crown Court.
Press Release Cyber / online crime Sexual offences Youth crime National news Yorkshire and Humberside

CPS refers the sentences passed for three teenage boys found guilty of rape as unduly lenient sentences

The Crown Prosecution Service has referred the sentences passed for three teenage boys who were found guilty of rape as unduly lenient sentences.The teenagers, aged 13, 14 and 14 at the time of the offences, were convicted of raping and filming two young victims in separate incidents less than two…
News Item Sexual offences Youth crime National news Wessex

Three teenage boys sentenced after two girls raped in separate attacks

NB: A previous version of this press release made reference to a knife-point rape to represent the evidence put to trial. However, the Judge’s finding of fact in this case after verdicts stated that after carefully listening to all the evidence in this case, that he is sure that this did not happen…
Press Release Sexual offences Violent crime Youth crime National news Wessex

Boy, 16, sentenced for targeting vulnerable teenage girls online with self-harm campaign lasting 16 months

A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced after encouraging other internet users to self-harm, as well as downloading indecent images of children.
Press Release Youth crime National news Wessex
Image of a concrete canal underpass with graffiti on the wall. Text reads: Proven guilty: Three teenage boys, 13, 14 and 14, guilty of rape and taking indecent images of children

Group of boys as young as 13 convicted for raping girls, 14 and 15, in separate attacks

Three teenage boys have today been convicted of a knife-point rape and other serious sexual offences against two teenage girls in Hampshire.
Press Release Sexual offences Youth crime National news Wessex

Boy charged over double stabbings in north London

The Crown Prosecution Service has announced that a 13-year-old boy has been charged following stabbings at a high school in north-west London.The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder, possession of a bladed article on school premises and…
Press Release Violent crime Youth crime National news

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