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Scathing report finds ‘extensive failures’ in way child exploitation is tackled

There are “extensive failures” in the way child sexual exploitation by criminal gangs is tackled, with police and authorities potentially downplaying the scale of abuse over concerns about negative publicity, a damning report has found. Child ...

01 Feb 2022 at 13:25

Sexual predator found guilty of blackmailing and abusing women and children

The “pupil” of a dangerous internet predator blackmailed and controlled at least 27 women from all over the world into carrying out degrading sexual acts for his own gratification, a court has heard. Anthony Burns, 39, pleaded guilty to a ...

30 Aug 2023 at 13:25

Online sex blackmailer jailed for 24 years for ‘callous and depraved’ offences

A prolific online sex blackmailer has been jailed for 24 years for a sickening string of offences against a seven-year-old girl and dozens of women using dating and sugar daddy websites. Anthony Burns was told that he had caused immense ...

19 Jan 2024 at 21:22

Boarding school teacher who sexually assaulted student is spared jail

A teacher at a boarding school who sexually assaulted a student and had a “dark secret” of possessing images of children being sexually abused has avoided jail. Nick Baldock, who worked at Lancing College, near Worthing, West Sussex, ...

24 Oct 2024 at 15:46

Brianna Ghey was at risk of sexual exploitation, inquest hears

Brianna Ghey was at risk of sexual exploitation as concerns were raised over her use of her mobile phone and social media, an inquest heard. The murdered transgender teenager, 16, had thousands of followers on TikTok and YouTube, ...

25 Oct 2024 at 14:14

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland catfish abuser who drove girl, 12, to suicide to be sentenced today

An online predator from Northern Ireland who drove one of his catfish victims in the US to take her own life is set to be sentenced. Alexander McCartney, 26, has admitted 185 charges involving 70 children, although a court has ...

25 Oct 2024 at 09:27

Prolific catfish abuser who drove girl to suicide jailed for at least 20 years

An online predator who drove one of his catfish victims in the US to take her own life has been jailed for at least 20 years. Alexander McCartney, 26, who admitted 185 charges involving 70 children, was given a life sentence ...

25 Oct 2024 at 20:33

Catfish abuser who drove girl, 12, to suicide to be sentenced

25 Oct 2024 at 00:02

Online catfishing abuser believed to have targeted 3,500 victims across world

A Northern Ireland man at the centre of a global web of catfishing, blackmail and sexual abuse is believed by police to have targeted about 3,500 children. From the bedroom of his childhood home near Newry, Alexander ...

25 Oct 2024 at 15:07

Judge clapped as paedophile jailed for 28 years

A former ice hockey player and TV extra has been jailed for 28 years for the rape and sexual abuse of seven girls. Victims of Philip Hamer clapped the judge and burst into tears in the public gallery at Manchester ...

05 Feb 2025 at 13:32

Everybody knew what was going on, Rochdale grooming gang trial hears

A woman allegedly turned into a teenage “sex slave” by a Rochdale grooming gang of Asian men told a jury “everybody knew what was going on”. And the witness said she was regarded as a “prostitute” rather than a ...

13 Feb 2025 at 09:55

Ireland

Searches carried out in operation targeting child sexual abuse material

Gardai have carried out searches at a number of locations across Ireland and seized devices as part of an international operation targeting the sharing and distributing of child sexual abuse material The ...

09 Apr 2025 at 22:24

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