British government lawyer: Military's reputation stained by abuse of civilians in IraqSeptember 21st, 2009 UK lawyer says Iraq abuse hurt military's standingLONDON — A British government lawyer acknowledged Monday that the reputation of the country's military has been tarnished by the abuse of civilians in southern Iraq — actions that resulted in the death in custody of a hotel worker. Britain's military apologized for the treatment of Baha Mousa, a 26-year old Iraqi who was beaten and killed in the custody of British troops following a raid on his hotel in the southern Iraq city of Basra in September 2003.
Correction: Britain-Child Abuse DetectiveSeptember 8th, 2009 Correction: Britain-Child Abuse DetectiveLONDON — In a Sept. 7 story about a former police officer pleading to charges under the Sexual Offenses Act 2003, The Associated Press erroneously reported that detective Andrew Rowe admitted to having sex with a 15-year-old girl.
Philadelphia-area man jailed 14 years for contempt of court to be freedJuly 10th, 2009 Man jailed 14 years for court contempt to be freedMEDIA, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man jailed for contempt of court for 14 years has been ordered released.
Brit woman jailed for adultery in Dubai releasedJune 17th, 2009 LONDON - A British mother jailed for adultery in Dubai has been freed and reunited with husband who turned her in. Sally Antia, the British mother-of-two, has reportedly flown to Australia with her husband, Vincent, after serving six weeks of a two-month jail sentence.
Brit Muslim mom held for forcing daughters into sex slaveryMay 22nd, 2009 LONDON - A British Muslim mother has been jailed for forcing her two minor daughters to marry their cousins and become sex slaves in Pakistan. The 39-year-old duped the girls, aged 14 and 15, by telling them that they were going on a holiday to Pakistan.
Child abuse can have long-term damaging outcomeMay 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Being abused in childhood can have damaging outcomes for the victim throughout his or her life, leading to more suicide attempts, prevalence of substance use disorder and proneness to personality disorders. These victims also had an earlier onset of mental illness and an increase in psychiatric hospitalisations, said a Mayo Clinic study.
'British Fritzl' wins cut in minimum jail termMay 20th, 2009 LONDON - A British man who repeatedly raped his two daughters and made them pregnant 19 times has won a cut in his minimum jail term. The 56-year-old was due to serve a minimum term of 19 and a half years after receiving 25 life sentences for a campaign of abuse spanning more than quarter of a century, starting when his children were eight and 10.
Gerard Butler charged with criminal batteryMay 15th, 2009 LONDON - Actor Gerard Butler will have to serve six months in jail if he is convicted on charges of criminal battery for punching a photographer last year. Butler had an altercation with a photographer on Oct 7, 2008, the night his movie 'Rock n Rolla' was premiered in Hollywood.
Parents need to be counselled to handle child abuse: panelMarch 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Alarmed at the sudden spurt in cases of fathers sexually abusing their daughters, the child rights commission said that parents need to be counselled to handle such cases and recognise the fact that more than half the country's children are sexually abused. Just days after the shocking revelation of a Mumbai girl being allegedly raped by her businessman father over nine years, two other cases from Amritsar and Nagpur surfaced, recounting similar sordid tales.
'British Fritzl' kept 15-year-old as his sex slaveMarch 22nd, 2009 LONDON - A 36-year-old man, dubbed the "English Fritzl", chained a 15-year-old schoolgirl to his caravan and kept her as his personal sex slave, it has emerged. Scrap dealer David Cooper even forced her to take part in orgies.
Jacko 'to adopt child from Britain'March 22nd, 2009 LONDON - King of pop Michael Jackson is considering adopting a child from Britain. The 'Thriller' hitmaker, who is in Britain for his sell-out concerts, is said to feel he is an 'ideal' adoptive parent.
One-fourth of world's CCTVs are deployed in bureaucratic and authoritarian UKMarch 12th, 2009 LONDON - A quarter of the world's CCTV cameras are deployed in Britain, which is increasingly becoming a bureaucratic and authoritarian state, a study of Labour's decade in power claims. According to The Telegraph, national debt is running at 175,000 pounds per household, five times more than thought, while each year the Government has passed 3,500 regulations, along with 100,000 pages of rules and explanation.
Air force official held for employing, abusing childFebruary 10th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - An Indian Air Force official was arrested Wednesday for keeping a 10-year-old child as a domestic help, torturing him and locking him up inside his house here on several occasions, the police said. Sergeant Rajesh Kumar was arrested after a neighbour lodged a complaint against him with the police, said Circle Officer (Border) S.P.
Paedophile who molested more than 100 boys jailed in Hong KongJanuary 7th, 2009 HONG KONG - A serial paedophile who admitted abusing more than 100 boys over a period of two decades began a three-year jail term in Hong Kong Thursday. Kenny Chung Chi-man, 41, last year gave money to two boys aged nine and 11 after molesting them in his home, months after being released from a previous 11-month jail term for child abuse.
Ban on slapping cuts down child homicidesJanuary 6th, 2009 SYDNEY - Ban on slapping cuts down child homicides dramatically as borne out by the case of Sweden. Similarly, a ban on smacking at home could prevent deaths arising from the physical abuse of children, accounting for more than a third of child homicides in New South Wales (NSW) alone, according to a study.
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