Human rights report indicates clear evidence of UK role in secret detention of British MuslimsUnited Nations human rights investigators have concluded that the British government has been complicit in the mistreatment and possible torture of several of its own citizens during the “war on terror”.In a report published today that will make difficult reading for [...]
Lady Scotland will consider whether the five-year minimum sentence imposed on brothers was unduly lenientThe attorney general is to review the sentences imposed on two young brothers who subjected a pair of boys to an attack involving “prolonged sadistic violence” and sexual humiliation in Edlington, South Yorkshire.Lady Scotland has called for the papers on the [...]
Lady Scotland will consider whether five-year minimum terms are too lenient for brothers, 11 and 12The attorney general is to reconsider the sentences given to two brothers last week for beating and torturing another pair of boys, her office said today.Lady Scotland will look at the terms given to the brothers, aged 11 and 12, [...]
Conservative leader David Cameron once again calls for a report into the Edlington torture case to be published in full.
Doncaster children’s services were already under fire following series of deaths of youngstersThe beleaguered local authority at the centre of the Edlington torture case controversy is to face an official investigation into its management and leadership, it was announced today.Doncaster council was criticised last week after the full horror emerged of how two brothers from [...]
The case of the two young boys tortured by a slightly older pair of brothers in South Yorkshire continues to provoke strong emotion.
Conservatives claim the lessons of the Edlington torture case will never be learnt unless the Serious Case Review is published.
Children’s groups are urging an increase in the minimum term two brothers will have to serve for a torture attack in South Yorkshire.
Many of Saturday’s papers ask what drove two young brothers to torture two boys within an inch of their lives.
Young pair who subjected boys to 90-minute attack involving torture and sexual humiliation to serve at least five yearsA judge sentenced two young brothers who beat and tortured another pair of boys to indefinite detention today, as the head of child protection services in their home town apologised for the way staff had failed the [...]