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1 week ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | James Tozer |John Kelly |Olivia Christie
The horrific scale of abuse carried out by the latest Rochdale grooming gang that exploited two teens as sex slaves has reignited calls for a national inquiry into how a generation of girls was betrayed. The case, which concluded on Friday with all seven gang members being convicted of rape, has laid bare the shocking failure of police and social workers to protect their vulnerable young victims.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
dailymail.co.uk | Richard Marsden |John Kelly
This is the young mum who was battered outside school gates by a parent furious that their daughters had fallen out. Mother-of-three Charlene Harkin, 37, was dragged to the ground by her ponytail and repeatedly kicked in the face by Jessica Kitching, 25, during the school run in Lancaster. Kitching was collecting her daughter from school when she set upon Ms Harkin, who was the mother of her daughter's then classmate in September 2023.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
thisismoney.co.uk | James Tozer |John Kelly
A man accused of people smuggling took part in a YouTube video celebrating his prowess at getting illegal immigrants into Britain, a court heard. Amanj Hasan Zada, a 33-year-old Iranian, was shown grinning as supporters praised him as 'a first class smuggler' and 'the best agent'. He was also extolled as 'the leader of the smugglers' by the singers who claim 'Thousands of his enemies are scared of him', a jury heard.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
dailymail.co.uk | James Tozer |John Kelly
A depraved former children’s hospital night superintendent was today told he faced dying behind bars after being jailed for 25 years for an appalling catalogue of abuse against young boys. Graham Goodchild, now 82, used his position as a senior paediatric nurse at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool in the 1960s and 70s to carry out sex attacks on boys as young as five.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
dailymail.co.uk | John Kelly |Cameron Roy |Eirian Jane Prosser |Milo Pope
The search for a 14-year-old boy missing since he went for a swim in a tidal river was called off today. The boy had been swimming in the River Mersey with friends but disappeared as the others exited the water at around 7pm last night. The tragedy occurred on Crosby beach near Liverpool within site of the famous 'Iron Men' statues created by sculptor Sir Anthony Gormley. The haunting statues which stare silently out to sea are called Another Place.
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May 24, 2024 | 
thisismoney.co.uk | James Tozer |John Kelly |Mark Duell
The mother of an 11-year-old boy who was shot in the head while trying to retrieve a football over a fence has revealed he is 'doing OK, considering'. The boy collapsed to the ground after being hit behind the ear by a metal pellet fired from an air rifle and has been left with a hole the size of a 5p coin in his skull. He had been playing with friends in Leyland, Lancashire, after school on Monday evening at the time - and doctors said the shot missed his brain by a fraction.
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May 21, 2024 | 
thisismoney.co.uk | Richard Marsden |John Kelly |James Tozer
The family of baby killer Kate Roughley's ex-wife have revealed their shock after the nursery worker was guilty of killing a nine-month-old girl. Roughley, who faces life imprisonment over the death of baby Genevieve Meehan after she was left strapped face down on a bean bag for over 90 minutes, was briefly married for less than six months. Nevertheless, her ex-wife's family still think fondly of Roughley and were shocked to see the allegations she faces.
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May 20, 2024 | 
thisismoney.co.uk | James Tozer |John Kelly
An 'arrogant' doctor who punched a vulnerable patient for making a racist comment and spitting at him has become the fifth health professional from a single hospital to be jailed in the past year. Devout Christian Dr Xowi Mwimbi, 68, was this week given a 12-month sentence after ignoring warnings that the man – who had a degenerative brain condition - might lash out and losing his temper.
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May 13, 2024 | 
thisismoney.co.uk | Richard Marsden |John Kelly
A mother and son have been jailed after an XL Bully dog attacked an eight-year-old boy so ferociously the child's scalp was left on the floor and his skull fractured. Amanda Young, 49, and son Lewis, 30, were keeping the dog in the small, rented flat they shared at the time of the attack in February this year. Lewis Young, a delivery driver, bought the dog from a Facebook advert but failed to check whether it was a banned breed after new legislation came in at the beginning of the year.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
thisismoney.co.uk | Tom Cotterill |Richard Marsden |John Kelly
A murdered pensioner whose butchered torso and remains were dumped across Manchester was barely seen by his neighbours, who felt there was 'nobody living in the house'. Stuart Everett's severed body parts were strewn across four different locations around the Salford area, in a crime that appalled the city. The suspected killers, Michal Jaroslaw Polchowski, 68, and Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, have been remanded in custody following a court appearance in Manchester.
