Abusive parents will be put on new ‘child cruelty’ register
The consequences are tougher and lasting Parents who are convicted for child cruelty, such as neglect and abandonment, will face the same police notification requirements as registered sex offenders, according to the government. Following a new child cruelty register, there will be tougher and lasting consequences for parents and caregivers who physically harm children. On […]
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The Simpsons have retired Homer strangling Bart because ‘times have changed’
‘Why you little…’ Life at 742 Evergreen Terrace has kept millions of people entertained since The Simpsons first aired in December 1989. But while the antics of bad-boy Bart, socially-conscious Lisa, baby Maggie, Homer and Marge kept everyone in hysterics, family life was somewhat, if not always, dysfunctional. It’s what made it funny. But like […]
2 years ago
Conor McGregor calls for the death penalty to be reinstated for child abusers
‘A reform of our justice system and how we punish crime in needed now!’ Conor McGregor has expressed his outrage at the sentence handed down to a man convicted of raping a boy. On Friday, the man who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, was jailed for seven years at the […]
2 years ago
16-month-old girl dies after mum leaves her home alone to go on vacation – for 10 days
‘Jailyn, she was a happy baby, always smiling, always curious about stuff’ A 16-month-old girl is dead after her mum left her home alone to go on an island vacation. Kristel Candelario is facing a murder charge after leaving her daughter in their Cleveland home for 10 days while she went on a trip to […]
2 years ago
Judge tells jury in harrowing Alfie Steele trial they will never have to sit on a case again
Alfie’s mum and boyfriend will be jailed Thursday after being convicted over Alfie’s death A mum and her boyfriend have been found guilty of killing her nine-year-old son in the bath following a campaign of “sinister” punishment that left him with dozens of injuries. Carla Scott, 35, and Dirk Howell, 41, killed Alfie Steele after […]
3 years ago
Pensioner used child’s head to mop up urine and put rats on kids in shocking child abuse case
‘What the children were put through was quite clearly an absolute hell’ A pensioner has been jailed for 10 years for shocking child cruelty – including putting rats on her children’s and using a victim’s hair to mop up urine. Elsie Wheddon carried out the abuse against three children in Oxfordshire almost five decades ago. […]
3 years ago