Nine staff have been suspended from a G4S immigration centre after claims of abuse and assaults against detainees. An investigation into allegations made by BBC's Panorama programme of "chaos, incompetence and abuse" at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre, near Gatwick, has also been launched. The undercover filming operation has raised serious issues about the ...
A sex predator wept as his mugshot was being taken when his vile crimes were first exposed. Detectives have warned teenagers of the dangers of social media after a sexual predator was jailed for grooming vulnerable girls online. Jordan Towers, 24, set up fake online profiles on Instagram and the ...
An 'abhorrent' policeman who hoarded child abuse images and filmed himself performing a sex act in the bedrooms of children has been jailed for six years. Married Jamal Hassan, 36, made and stored videos of himself at several locations including in the homes of victims between 2006 and 2009. The ...
A paedophile encouraged a nine-year-old girl to expose herself on camera using a popular live streaming app. Glen Friend, 28, posted an intimate video of the young girl on social media site Live.Me, which was viewed by almost 300 users before it was removed. The 'predatory sexual offender' had hidden ...
A pub that survived the Blitz only to be illegally knocked down by developers is now being rebuilt brick-by-brick. Regulars were left devastated when the Carlton Tavern, which survived Luftwaffe bombings was torn down by developers in April 2015. The watering hole was being considered for Grade II listed status ...
Life-like child sex dolls are being sold through Amazon and eBay to British paedophiles who use them as a 'companion' to satisfy their sick desires. The dolls, worth between £800 to over £1,000, feature the body of a young child between six and ten-years-old and sneak past border force officers ...
Twitter abuse of politicians piked after the Manchester and London terror attacks with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn singled out for the most vitriol. Abusive tweets doubled following the murderous attacks after the Ariana Grande concert and London Bridge - but the rants were targeted at a relatively small number of ...
Many consider modern slavery and human trafficking an 'underground' issue that is out of sight; hidden in the shadows. However, much of it takes place under our noses, in plain sight. The problem is, it's not always easy to spot and may not seem obvious on the surface. For instance, ...
A sadistic pensioner who forced kids to drink bleach mixed with juice and shower in scalding hot water during a reign of historic child abuse has been jailed. Sick Sandra Clayton, 70, subjected the children to regular beatings and tormented them during a catalogue of offending between the early 70s ...