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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://www.farleys.com/blog/rss/topic/all/abuse-claims.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>Legal News Blog from Farleys Solicitors in Blackburn, Lancashire, UK</title><description>Legal News Blog from Farleys Solicitors in Blackburn, Lancashire, UK</description><link>http://www.farleys.com/blog/rss/topic/all/abuse-claims.rss</link><language>en</language><item><guid>http://www.farleys.com/blog/two-men-jailed-following-attack-on-teenage-boy-in-manchester-debenhams-store</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:10:45 +0100</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Two men jailed following attack on teenage boy in Manchester Debenhams store]]></title><link>http://www.farleys.com/blog/two-men-jailed-following-attack-on-teenage-boy-in-manchester-debenhams-store</link><description><![CDATA[Abdelkader El-Janabi and Alex Wilson-Fletcher were today sentenced to 15 years imprisonment at Manchester Crown Court following a sex attack on a teenage boy last year.Both men were convicted of two offences of rape and one of sexual touching of a boy aged 14 during a nine day trial in April.The assault]]></description><author><![CDATA[ruth.kennedy@farleys.com]]></author><comments>http://www.farleys.com/blog/two-men-jailed-following-attack-on-teenage-boy-in-manchester-debenhams-store</comments></item><item><guid>http://www.farleys.com/blog/social-services-and-police-criticised-in-the-wake-of-guilty-verdict-in-the-oxfordshire-child-sex-ring</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:35:04 +0100</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Social Services and Police criticised in the wake of Oxfordshire child sex ring convictions]]></title><link>http://www.farleys.com/blog/social-services-and-police-criticised-in-the-wake-of-guilty-verdict-in-the-oxfordshire-child-sex-ring</link><description><![CDATA[It has emerged that a string of failings by social workers and police 
allowed the gang convicted last week of a series of sex offences in Oxford to continue to exploit the young girls over an 
eight-year period. Seven members of a child sex trafficking ring were last week convicted of sex offences]]></description><author><![CDATA[ruth.kennedy@farleys.com]]></author><comments>http://www.farleys.com/blog/social-services-and-police-criticised-in-the-wake-of-guilty-verdict-in-the-oxfordshire-child-sex-ring</comments></item><item><guid>http://www.farleys.com/blog/striking-similarities-between-oxford-and-rochdale-abuse-rings</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:44:35 +0100</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Striking similarities between Oxford and Rochdale abuse rings]]></title><link>http://www.farleys.com/blog/striking-similarities-between-oxford-and-rochdale-abuse-rings</link><description><![CDATA[Today we again see in the news headlines details of young girls abused by a paedophile ring, this time in the Oxford area.  Again Social Services are shouldering a significant amount of blame.  Joanna Simons accepts that the Council must "take enormous responsibility for what happened”. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[jonathan.bridge@farleys.com]]></author><comments>http://www.farleys.com/blog/striking-similarities-between-oxford-and-rochdale-abuse-rings</comments></item><item><guid>http://www.farleys.com/blog/sexual-abuse-hall-and-roache-become-the-latest-names-to-face-allegations</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:46:33 +0100</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Sexual abuse: Hall and Roache become the latest names to face allegations]]></title><link>http://www.farleys.com/blog/sexual-abuse-hall-and-roache-become-the-latest-names-to-face-allegations</link><description><![CDATA[The last few weeks have seen a new raft of well-known celebrities forced into the limelight in relation to historic abuse cases. The amount of cases of historic sexual abuse being reported has increased significantly since the start of Operation Yewtree - the investigation following the Jimmy Saville]]></description><author><![CDATA[rachael.longman@farleys.com]]></author><comments>http://www.farleys.com/blog/sexual-abuse-hall-and-roache-become-the-latest-names-to-face-allegations</comments></item><item><guid>http://www.farleys.com/blog/report-published-on-abuse-in-north-wales-childrens-homes-confirms-140-alleged-victims</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 14:52:30 +0100</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Report published on abuse in North Wales children’s homes confirms 140 alleged victims]]></title><link>http://www.farleys.com/blog/report-published-on-abuse-in-north-wales-childrens-homes-confirms-140-alleged-victims</link><description><![CDATA[An independent investigation examining claims of historical child abuse at children's homes in North Wales has found "significant evidence of systemic and serious sexual and physical abuse". The investigation, known as Operation Pallial, published a report on Monday which confirms that there is evidence]]></description><author><![CDATA[ruth.kennedy@farleys.com]]></author><comments>http://www.farleys.com/blog/report-published-on-abuse-in-north-wales-childrens-homes-confirms-140-alleged-victims</comments></item></channel></rss>
