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Trio face imprisonment for catalogue of animal cruelty offences including badger baiting

Trio face imprisonment for catalogue of animal cruelty offences including badger baiting

A father who boasted about taking his son out badger baiting to celebrate his release from prison faces more jail time after admitting animal cruelty offenses. Grant Leigh Senior, 52, was convicted of causing unnecessary suffering to a terrier, alongside failing to properly look after six other dogs. His son Grant Leigh Junior, 30, admitted … Read more

Online Safety Bill to be strengthened with more offences brought into scope

Online Safety Bill to be strengthened with more offences brought into scope

The Online Safety Bill has been strengthened with the addition of a number of new criminal offenses to force social media firms to act on illegal content more quickly, the Government announced. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries confirmed that offenses such as revenge porn, hate crime, fraud, the sale of illegal drugs or weapons, the promotion … Read more

Lord Nazir Ahmed jailed for child sex offences

Lord Nazir Ahmed jailed for child sex offences

A disgraced colleague convicted of attempting to rape a young girl and sexually assaulting a boy under the age of 11 in the 1970s has been jailed for more than five years. In January, former politician Lord Nazir Ahmed was found guilty of sexually abusing two children as a teenager in Rotherham. The 64-year-old, who … Read more