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Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Woman kept in Dickensian' servitude for 25 years speaks out as abuser jailed

A woman held captive and forced to work for 25 years by Amanda Wixon was freed; Wixon received a 13-year prison sentence for severe abuse including beatings, chemical assault, and forced labor.
UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

Mother of murdered boy, 15, says her pleas for help were ignored before London machete attack

Greenwich social services failed to safeguard a 15-year-old from grooming by older youths, contributing to his fatal machete attack.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

My son was groomed by drug dealers and killed, but my pleas for help were ignored

The mother of a 15-year-old boy stabbed to death on a south London street has accused social services of failing to help get her son away from drug dealers who had groomed him. Speaking to BBC Panorama, Daejaun Campbell's mother, Jodian Taylor, says despite her pleas for help, Greenwich Council refused to accept that Daejaun met the threshold for social services help until it was too late, and then failed to provide the support the family needed.
UK news
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 months ago

How one trial laid bare the brutally short life of schoolgirl Sara Sharif

A ten-year-old girl, Sara Sharif, suffered prolonged, severe abuse by her father and stepmother, resulting in her death and lengthy prison sentences.
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