Emma Glasbey
Social Affairs Correspondent at BBC Look North (Yorkshire)
Home & Social Affairs Correspondent @bbclooknorth. Criminal & family courts, social care, abuse, poverty, crime, housing. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Victoria Scheer |Emma Glasbey |Phil Bodmer
'I was groomed and abused as a child - but I ended up with convictions'Victoria Scheer, Emma Glasbey and Phil BodmerBBCFiona Broadfoot, a victim of child sexual exploitation, said she had been criminalised as a result of the abuseA woman groomed and abused as a teenager has said she welcomed the news that criminal convictions of victims of child sexual exploitation would be reviewed.
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Emma Glasbey |Victoria Scheer
Grooming gang survivors hopeful over new inquiryEmma Glasbey & Victoria ScheerGetty ImagesSurvivors have addressed the findings of Baroness Louise Casey's reportA woman who was groomed and raped when she was was 14 said she hoped a national inquiry into child sexual exploitation would serve as a "starting point" for lasting change. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced the new review into grooming gangs following the publication of a report by Baroness Louise Casey.
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Emma Glasbey
Mother killed in 'ferocious' attack, trial toldEmma GlasbeyWest Yorkshire PoliceKulsuma Akter was pronounced dead at the scene in Bradford on 6 April last yearA mother was stabbed to death in a "cold blooded, calculated, premeditated murder" as she pushed her baby in a pram, a court has heard. Kulsuma Akter, 27, from Oldham, died after she suffered multiple stab wounds to her body and face outside a shop on Westgate in Bradford city centre in April 2024. The baby was unharmed.
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3 weeks ago |
ca.news.yahoo.com | Emma Glasbey
A man has admitted killing his wife as she pushed their baby in a pram through Bradford, but denied her murder. Habibur Masum, 26, stabbed 27-year-old Kulsuma Akter several times as she walked through the city centre on 6 April last year. The baby was unharmed. Appearing at Bradford Crown Court, Masum, of Leamington Avenue, Burnley, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and possession of a bladed article, but denied a charge of murder.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.co.uk | Emma Glasbey
Image source, OtherImage caption, Habibur Masum entered his pleas at Bradford Crown Court A man has admitted killing his wife as she pushed their baby in a pram through Bradford, but denied her murder. Habibur Masum, 26, stabbed 27-year-old Kulsuma Akter as she walked through the Westgate area of the city on 6 April last year. The baby was unharmed. Appearing at Bradford Crown Court, Masum, of Leamington Avenue, Burnley, pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied a charge of murder.
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A court has heard that a mother was stabbed to death by her husband as she pushed her baby in a pram in Bradford. https://t.co/Zkofa5CIpR
A charity helping victims of sexual violence has closed its waiting list because of “unprecedented demand” and a funding shortage. https://t.co/EFcbYBa19a
Such sad news about Andrew Norfolk. An exceptional, courageous journalist who worked with child abuse victims and fought to expose the grooming scandal. https://t.co/lmrIiVSFhZ