Child abuse victims

A top Nigerian politician and his wife have been identified as the couple charged with a child organ harvesting plot in the UK. District senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, both Nigerian nationals, will appear at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on Thursday. The pair were charged with conspiracy to transport a child into the UK in order to harvest organs and remanded in custody. Police confirmed that the child, whose age and identity remains unknown, has been safeguarded and taken into care. Mr Ekweremadu, a lawyer and politician, served three terms as deputy president of the senate in Nigeria from 2007 to 2019. He is a member of the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) and has been a senator since the year 2003. Ike and Beatrice Ekweremadu Organ harvesting involves removing parts of the body, often for commercial gain and against the will of the victim. An investigation was launched after detectives discovered potential offences under … [Read more...] about Nigerian politician and wife charged with plotting to harvest child organs in UK

The dad of a Rotherham survivor says it’s “atrocious” that no police have been arrested over the scandal - yet he was held by officers twice. John, not his real name, told The Mirror how he was ‘arrested’ by police for breaching the peace as he tried to rescue his daughter. He said he admits ‘kicking off’ more than a decade ago but explains he was outside a flat where his daughter was being abused by a paedophile gang. John, who has suffered a stroke and a heart attack, was diagnosed with secondary PTSD, which has been blamed on the trauma his family has endured. To add to the stress they have also received death threats and in one incident a fake gravestone was dumped in front of his bungalow with his name on it. The dad of a Rotherham survivor says it’s “atrocious” that no police have been arrested over the scandal (file photo) ( Image: Sunday Mirror) Reacting to the IOPC report, he agrees with his daughter and said: “These reports are a complete and utter waste … [Read more...] about Dad of Rotherham survivor hits out at ‘sickening and atrocious lack of justice’

Ghislaine Maxwell , the jet-setting socialite who once consorted with royals, presidents and billionaires, is set to be sentenced Tuesday for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. The 11 a.m. sentencing in New York is the culmination of a prosecution that detailed how the power couple flaunted their riches and prominent connections to lure vulnerable girls as young as 14, and then exploit them. Prosecutors said Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial, sexually abused children hundreds of times over more than a decade, and couldn’t have done so without the help of Maxwell, his longtime companion and onetime girlfriend. “Maxwell’s conduct was shockingly predatory. She was a calculating, sophisticated, and dangerous criminal who preyed on vulnerable young girls and groomed them for sexual abuse,” prosecutors wrote in a court filing. In December, a jury convicted Maxwell of sex trafficking, transporting a minor to … [Read more...] about Ghislaine Maxwell to be sentenced in Epstein sex abuse case

A damning new report has revealed how a 12-year-old girl was repeatedly raped by different men, hours after police ignored her pleas for help. The girl, who was identified only as Sophie, was abused after “significant opportunities” were missed to protect her when the incident occurred back in 2006. After the youngster was molested in a churchyard, she went to Oldham Police Station, in Manchester, hoping officers would bring her attackers to justice. Instead, her cry for help was ignored and she was turned away for being “drunk” and a time-waster. In a devastating twist, the girl was picked up outside the police station by two more vile sexual predators, who raped her in their vehicle before taking her to a house - where she was the victim of several more incidents of assault. Shakil Chowdhury, who was jailed for six years back in 2007 for six counts of rape ( Image: PA) The refusal of help sparked a devastating chain of events in which she suffered more … [Read more...] about Girl, 12, repeatedly raped after police ignored her pleas as report exposes failings

With Roe v. Wade overturned , exceptions to abortion bans — such as in the case of rape or incest, or for a pregnant person’s safety — are expected to be the only avenue to getting abortions in many states. But meeting the qualifications for those asterisks to the bans can be complex and traumatizing, experts say. For starters, exceptions for rape and incest are uncommon. The Guttmacher Institute , a research organization that supports reproductive rights, anticipates 26 states certain or likely to ban abortion now that there are no federal protections. Among those 26 states, there are about 41 abortion bans total, with some states having more than one ban, it said. Just 10 of the 41 bans have exceptions for rape and incest. In the states that do have rape and incest exceptions, requirements vary. Many, such as Utah, require victims of sexual assault to file a police report. Given that more than 2 out of 3 sexual assaults go unreported, according to the Rape, Abuse … [Read more...] about Post-Roe, exceptions to state abortion bans won’t be easy to acquire