May 10, 2010: A MOTHER prostituted her 12-year-old daughter so she could pay off her home loan and buy a couple of Commodores, a court has heard. The mother, of Glenorchy in Tasmania, who cannot be

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Leslie was never allowed to call her mother mom. "We had to call her by her first name and when we were kids, if we tried to climb on her lap, she would move her legs and not let us -- there was no

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Virginia Harrison From: The Australian April 30, 2010 THE nation's governments are considering a radical overhaul of the criminal justice system aimed at improving the conviction rate in cases of

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Our magazines and TV screens are becoming very crowded indeed with child abuse. Believe the touted statistics and there is no patch of populated earth not crawling with paedophiles and their damaged t

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In a perfect world we wouldn't need laws that dictate our behavior. As it is, we don't permit murder, kidnapping, rape, and, even though it's our body, we have laws requiring us to wear seat belts and

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The odious self-pity of Khyra Ishaq’s father cannot obscure the paternal duty that men like him have taken on I am sorry to take you back to the terrible story of Khyra Ishaq, who died of starv

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A US mother has been convicted of murdering her four-year-old daughter and accused of concocting symptoms of ADHD and bipolar disorder in the girl. By staff writers From: news.com.au February 10

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A COBURG mother who crashed her car into a pole with her two children on board was allegedly more than four times the legal alcohol limit. Police caught the 30-year-old woman after the accident in Pa

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A MOE mother who drank litres of alcohol a day got her five-year-old son so drunk he could barely speak or stand up, a court heard. Geoff Wilkinson From: Herald Sun February 02, 2010The boy was ta

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A DAD cleared of claims he sexually abused his kids is now hitting back at his ex wife. LAURIE NOWELL From: Sunday Herald Sun January 24, 2010 The man is accusing his ex-wife of perjury, assault and threatening to kill. The legal action, believed to be a first for Victoria, will set a controversial precedent and could open the floodgates to similar cases. "Bill", whose identity cannot be revealed for legal reasons, is alleging his wife deliberately lied when she made allegations that he had sexually abused their children. His affidavit was accepted by the Melbourne Magistrates' Court last week, a hearing date has been set for next month and a summons was due to be served on Friday. The case stems from a criminal trial during which Bill spent two years fighting charges based on his wife's allegations. He was eventually acquitted, but the ordeal cost him his job, his home and about $450,000 in lost income and legal costs. The case is also based on similar accusations of sexual abuse of their children made by the ex-wife during a bitter Family Court battle.

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A "SADISTIC" mother has been jailed in England for subjecting her healthy son to "24 hour-a-day torture" by pretending he was severely ill to gain publicity and cash. By David Williams, Sky News O

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A BRITISH single mother faces jail after she slept with a 12-year-old boy almost 200 times. NewsCore January 20, 2010Angela Sullivan had a ten-month affair with the victim after allegedly getting h

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A FEMALE music teacher who had sex with two students sobbed today as she was sentenced to more than four years jail. By Kate Jones | Herald Sun | November 20, 2009 Teacher had sex with two boys S

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A MISSING five-year-old girl whose mother was accused of offering her for sex was found dead near a heavily wooded road yesterday, ending a week-long search. By Alysia Patterson in Washington | The

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By Norrie Ross | Herald Sun | November 18, 2009 Woman had sex with boy after drinking session Woman claims little memory of incident Jail term suspended A 41-YEAR-OLD woman who had sex with two te

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CHARLIE Sheen is reportedly pushing to strip ex-wife Denise Richards of custody rights to their children after she falsely accused him of molesting their daughters. Richards, who stars in her own re

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A huge rise in the number of children calling to report sexual abuse by women has been revealed by Childline. By Hannah Richardson BBC News education reporter A huge rise in the number of children

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A MOTHER threatened to kill her toddler son a year before violently shaking him and dumping his body in a suitcase, a Sydney court has been told. AAP | October 08, 2009 Court told mum threatened

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Mothers are more likely than fathers to neglect and emotionally and physically abuse their children, information obtained under freedom of information laws reveals. The West Australian September 23,

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Dads not the Demons Recent data from the Department of Child Protection in Western Australia has debunked a common misconception about fathers and violence. The data shows that natural mothers are f

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By Lucy Ballinger | Last updated on 10th June 2009 A mother-of-six abandoned her children to social workers to live with her 14-year-old son's best friend. Debbie Mallinson, 36, has moved in with l

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From correspondents in London | Agence France-Presse | June 11, 2009 A WOMAN who worked at a childcare centre in Britain was charged today with several counts of sexual assault and of making and dis

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A YOUNG boy was raped and abused by a foster carer after Department of Community Services failed to act on a father's warning that his son was being invited into the pervert's bedroom at night. The D

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Paul Maley | May 28, 2009 ABORIGINAL children are being abused at a far greater rate than previously thought, a report on serious crime in indigenous communities is set to find. The Australian Crime

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Pia Akerman | April 15, 2008 FAMILY law experts have called for changes to legislation that emphasises joint custody, arguing it is putting children back into potentially dangerous situations where

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Camilla Cavendish | From The Times | May 8, 2009 Social workers did not kill Peter. They did not kill Victoria Climbié, tortured to death within a few streets of him nine years ago. Nor did they dru

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Friday, 8 May 2009 The so-called Cinderella Effect – the increased risk of child abuse in step-families - needs to be confronted if more cases like that of Baby P are to be avoided, says a Tim

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The Family Court has become a violator of human rights because of the way it deals with child abuse, writes John Hirst. Because of its commitment to the best interests of the child, the Family Court

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A DEPRAVED mother carried out a vile campaign of sex abuse on her six kids – including having intercourse with her 13-year-old son. The 40-year-old alcoholic put her children through years of inces

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By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer NEW YORK - Six-year-old Oscar Jimenez Jr. was beaten to death in California, then buried under fertilizer and cement. Two-year-old Devon Shackleford was drowned i

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Thursday, November 1, 2007 Court documents reveal that the father of a toddler left in a hot car on Tuesday wanted full custody of his son. The boy's mother, Ashly Duchene, was arrested on one count

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