Anyone who carries acid could face up to four years in prison or risks a life sentence if they use it to attack someone, under tough new rules for prosecutors. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), against the backdrop of horrifying acid attacks, has issued updated interim guidance which for the first time explicitly refers to […]

The NSPCC report of increasing calls in relation to forced marriage (Report, 31 July) is alarming. In 2016 more than a quarter of cases dealt with by the Forced Marriage Unit involved under-18s. Child marriage is a harmful practice that has severe, lifelong consequences and is a violation of human rights under international law. Childline and charities like ours provide […]

A MAN, 33, has appeared in court after the body of a 19-year-old woman was found in a fridge in a London home following a suspected honour killing. But what are honour killings and how common are they in the UK? What is an honour killing? Honour killings are committed within families or social groups […]

Two men have been charged in connection with the suspected “honour killing” of a teenager whose body was found in a fridge. The Metropolitan Police said a 33-year-old man has been charged with the murder, rape and kidnap of the 19-year-old woman. He is further charged with the rape, attempted murder and with the kidnap of a second […]

Detectives are investigating the murder of a young woman in a possible so-called honour killing. The body of the woman, who was believed to be 19, was found at a house in Kingston, London, just three hours after she was reported missing along with another woman, who is believed to be in her twenties. Police […]

VULNERABLE women will be given a new lease of life with the launch of a housing service for those fleeing abuse. The Navigator Scheme, recently launched in six local authorities across the North-East, will provide accommodation to women who cannot live in traditional refuges. There are a many reasons why some escaping domestic abuse and […]

Patrols are being stepped up at London airports amid fears children are being taken on ‘holiday’ for female genital mutilation (FGM). Police say they will target flights to-and-from countries where the prevalence of cutting young girls is high, such as Guinea, Somalia and Sudan. FGM is the altering or causing injury to the female genital organs […]

‘FGM is a crime it is child abuse and will not be accepted in this country,’ the Prime Minister says. A woman facing deportation to Nigeria has won a reprieve after Theresa May was told her three-year-old daughter faced female genital mutilation if they were returned. A decision to refuse Lola Ilesanmi’s application to remain in the UK […]

The man and woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Teesside Magistrates’ Court Parents accused of breaching a forced marriage protection order by trying to take their children out of the country have appeared in court. The Teesside family, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were stopped at the departure gate […]