Rotherham child sex abuse:
Seventh convicted man named
Surprise! He's a Pakistani Muslim!
A seventh man has been convicted over the sexual exploitation of teenage girls in Rotherham more than a decade ago, it can now be revealed.
Six men were found guilty on Wednesday of a string of sex offences following a five-week trial at Sheffield Crown Court.
There had previously been a restriction on naming Mohammed Ashan, 35, who pleaded guilty to indecent assault charges before the trial began.
He will be sentenced at a later date.
Ashan, of HMP Wymott, admitted three counts of indecent assault against girls under the age of 16.
Abid Saddiq, 38, was convicted on Wednesday of two counts of rape, five of indecent assault, and two of child abduction.
Sharaz Hussain, 35, Masaued Malik, 35, and Aftab Hussain, 40, were found guilty of indecent assault.
Two other defendants, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were convicted of rape and indecent assault.
Abid Saddiq, Sharaz Hussain, Aftab Hussain and Masaued Malik have already been convicted
The court heard the men abused their victims between 1998 and 2002.
Five of the six are due to be sentenced on Friday.
The convictions are the latest to arise from Operation Stovewood, a major National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.
It looked into sexual abuse and exploitation in Rotherham covering the years 1997 to 2013.
The agency has said it believes 1,510 teenagers were exploited in the town during the period.
St. John's, N.L., female teacher charged with
sexual exploitation
Ryan Cooke · CBC News
A substitute teacher under investigation since January is now charged with a sex crime against a youth.
Krysta Grimes, 31, is charged with unlawfully committing sexual exploitation.
According to court documents, Grimes was "in a position of trust or authority towards a young person," when she "did for a sexual purpose touch directly or indirectly a part of her body with the body of [the alleged victim]."
The boy listed in court documents is a youth but CBC News has been unable to ascertain his age. It's alleged the incident took place in Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove between March 1, 2018, and June 30, 2018.
Last winter, the Newfoundland and Labrador English School District confirmed a teacher was being investigated after unspecified complaints.
According to news clippings and rosters listed online, Grimes had previously served as teacher representative for the Gonzaga High senior boys' hockey team.
She is due for an appearance at St. John's provincial court on Oct. 17.
While the legal age of consent in Newfoundland and Labrador is 16, sexual exploitation charges can be laid when a person is in a position of trust or authority over a youth between the ages of 16 and 18.
The charge carries a minimum sentence of 90 days' imprisonment, and a maximum of 14 years in prison.
In Canada's criminal-friendly justice system, it is highly unlikely that she will get more than 90 days, if that.
Northern Ireland Police reinvestigating claims of
child sex abuse by Orange Order members
child sex abuse by Orange Order members
Allegations latest in series of reports of historic child sex abuse in Fermanagh
Gerry Moriarty
Irish Times
The PSNI has reopened a historic case of alleged sex abuse after two women claimed that as children they were abused by Orangemen in Co Fermanagh and that the Orange Order “did nothing” about the case.
The PSNI has confirmed that it is reinvestigating the cases which were previously investigated with files sent to the office of the North’s director of public prosecutions. The cases were not proceeded with due to “insufficient evidence”.
Further details of the allegations were made this week in the Impartial Reporter, which is published in Enniskillen in Co Fermanagh.
These are the latest in a series of allegations of historic child sex abuse in Co Fermanagh that the newspaper has reported on since March. The PSNI has set up a special taskforce to investigate the claims with more than 50 alleged victims naming 60 alleged abusers.
The two women using the pseudonyms of Sara and Jackie alleged they were repeatedly raped and sexually abused. They said the Order did nothing when they raised their allegations with the institution.
Sara claimed she was abused by several Orangemen over many years during the 1970s, and that she also was abused by a school bus driver and a businessman. She said the abuse started from the age of eight when she attended band practice in an Orange hall, and continued for several years.
Sara said that she was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1997 and that her doctors told her it was “most likely” it was as a result of the alleged sexual abuse she suffered as a child.
She said, “I remember [I] asked the doctor why I got cervical cancer and he said there were a number of reasons. One was becoming sexually active at an early age; two was having numerous sexual partners. I sat there in the Erne Hospital (in Enniskillen) thinking that I am still paying for what those bastards did to me all those years ago.”
She also told the newspaper that she had suffered from resultant alcohol dependency, that in 2008 she was diagnosed as having an addiction to diazepam and that in 1998 she attempted suicide.
Sara said that when the public prosecution service dropped her case she hit rock bottom.
Jackie alleged that she was abused in her grandparents’ home by two men, both of whom held roles in the Orange Order.
Jackie said she was prepared to give evidence against the two men in court but that both cases were dropped by the public prosecution service.
She said, “The man in the PPS told me he believed every word I said but a defending barrister would rip me to shreds. I said, ‘let me try, I want that one chance to face those two boys in court’.
“He said no. I went home and took an overdose.”
The allegations related to one Orange lodge in Co Fermanagh, the newspaper reported. There are 89 lodges in the county with a total county Orange Order membership of about 2,000.
The PSNI said that both cases are being reviewed to ensure all lines of necessary inquiry were completed at the time and to determine if any new evidence is now available.
“Detectives have maintained contact with the victims throughout and will continue to do so,” said a spokesman.
“The public should be assured that detectives in Public Protection Branch treat every allegation of child sexual abuse seriously, whether it happened recently or many years ago,” he added.
“Whilst we understand how difficult it can be for someone to report this type of abuse, victims can have confidence that their reports will be dealt with seriously, sensitively and with the utmost care and respect by specially trained detectives,” he said.
A spokesman for the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland said the allegations were very serious. “The Orange institution will fully co-operate with any PSNI investigation. No further public comment will be made at this point,” he said.
Newlywed Scot who hoarded horrific child sex abuse, bestiality movies facing jail
By Ron Moore
Daily Record
A pervert who hoarded horrific images of girls as young as four being sexually abused has been warned he is facing jail.
Brian McCallion, 39, was also caught with vile material showing women having sex with dogs when police swooped on his address.
Newly wed McCallion, who only married his wife in June last year, was rumbled barely six months later with more than 5,000 indecent images and videos featuring the sexual abuse of mainly young girls and extreme pornography depicting bestiality.
Paisley Sheriff Court heard it was his wife who answered the door when police armed with a warrant went to the address in Renfrew at around 8am on 19 December.
Procurator Fiscal Depute Keri Marshall said: “In November 2018, the Public Protection Unit of Police Scotland received information that, on May 2, 2018, category C indecent images of children had been uploaded on to the KIK messenger app.
“An Android device, which had been used, was traced via an IP address to a property in Renfrew. Police obtained a warrant which was executed at 8am on December 19. A number of police officers attended but the accused was not present. His partner permitted access to police. A short time later the accused arrived.
“A Samsung mobile phone was seized from the living room. The accused indicated it belonged to him. A Compaq Processing Unit was seized from the fourth bedroom. The accused stated it belonged to him.
“Initial examination revealed category C images were present and the accused was arrested and taken to Helen Street Police Office.”
The prosecutor told the court the Cyber Crime Unit’s analysis of the devices revealed there were 5,470 indecent images on the Compaq device, and 22 on the Samsung mobile. A breakdown of the Compaq revealed 521 were category A, the worst classification, 141 were category B and 4,808 were category C.
The court heard an example of the category A material involved two girls aged around eight involved in sex acts while facing a camera.
Analysis of the Samsung phone showed there were 22 images, with four at category A, four at category B and the remaining 14 at category C.
An example of the category A material featured a girl aged between four and six being abused by an adult male.
The court heard “extreme pornographic” moving images recovered from the Compaq, “depicted females engaged sexual activity with dogs.”
McCallion pleaded guilty to charges of taking or permitting to be taken indecent images of children, possession of these indecent images and possession of extreme pornographic images depicting bestiality between dates 6 December 2006 and 19 December 2018.
A defence agent for McCallion said the accused suffered from a “deep-rooted psychological difficulties arising from a traumatic childhood.” He added: “You will require to defer matters for background reports. I would reserve mitigation until sentencing and would ask the court continues his bail.”
Sheriff James Spy placed McCallion on the Sex Offenders’ Register and warned him he is likely to be jailed. He said: “This is a very serious matter. Uppermost in the court’s mind is a custodial sentence given the nature of the charges.”
He was released on bail and will learn of his fate when he returns to court on October 9.
Hanoi's street boys and runaways are easy prey
for child sex exploitation
By Zoe OsborneABC AU
Most of Hanoi's street children are boys who have run away. (Supplied: Do Duy Vi/Blue Dragon)
"Hi, how are you? Where are you from?"
A boy has stopped a middle-aged man on a busy walkway beside Hoan Kiem Lake, one of central Hanoi's busiest tourist attractions.
It's about 8:00pm and my fixer and I are sitting nearby, researching a story on Hanoi's runaway street boys. There are thousands of kids surviving on Hanoi's streets. Vulnerable and alone, many fall prey to exploitation, trafficking, criminal gangs or long-term abuse by foreign and local paedophiles.
Is this boy one of them?
We watch as the man, short, squat and slightly fox-like, replies. He's from France. It's his first time in Hanoi.
"Oh. Are you here with friends?"
The man says he's travelling alone. "What about you — are your parents with you? Where do you live?"
"Close to here."
It's a popular tourist spot, but Hoan Kiem Lake also has a seedy side. (Reuters/Kham)
"Oh, really?"
It feels like they are playing a game, sussing out if they both know what they are really talking about.
Eventually the boy asks the man if he would like to "find somewhere to sit down?"
They walk over to a park bench. A woman comes up with a little girl. She starts talking, pushing both children closer to the man, gesturing to the boy as though showing him off.
After a while, she notices us and sends the little girl over. She could only be three or four. She has clearly been given a script and beyond that she doesn't know what to say.
Meanwhile, my fixer walks towards the woman on the pretence of using a rubbish bin. As she passes, the man pays the woman and leaves with the boy.
Two street boys so exhausted that they have simply fallen asleep where they are sitting.
(Supplied: Do Duy Vi/Blue Dragon)
It was just too easy. Looking back, the woman probably mistook our observation for interest in the little girl. Maybe she was feeling lucky — two quick transactions then she could sell the children again a few hours later. I didn't sleep for several nights after that.
Most of Hanoi's street children, the majority of whom are boys in their pre and early teens, are runaways.
Many were neglected, physically or mentally abused at home. An estimated 71.6 per cent of boys in Vietnam experience violent punishment, often for things as minor as getting poor grades.
Family breakdown has become a serious issue in Vietnam, linked to the country's rapid development, says Michael Brosowski , the founder of Blue Dragon Children's Foundation, an organisation focused on child rights and trafficking victims in Vietnam.
Street kids in a makeshift squatter camp. Some boys sleep there, among the rubble.
(Supplied: Do Duy Vi/Blue Dragon)
"Families in rural areas, where there's less access to opportunities and weaker education systems, don't have the support or the tools to cope," he says.
"It's easier for problems to take hold, like drug addictions or gambling, and families are weakened by parents having to travel far from home for work."
Feeling unloved and alone, the boys run away. But when they get to the city, they are plunged into a hard, cold world where gangs rule, fights over territory are common and everyone is out to get you.
"One particular gang … presents itself as being incredibly wealthy and powerful, with their social media pages full of images of them looking tough and intimidating," says Michael. "This can really appeal to boys who feel disconnected and powerless."
A boy climbs under Long Bien Bridge to relative safety on a pylon right beneath the train tracks.
(Supplied: Do Duy Vi/Blue Dragon)
Sex is a taboo subject
The most significant and traumatic threat the boys face is sexual exploitation.
In one 2013 study with street children in Ho Chi Minh City, 92.5 per cent of participating children reported at least one form of sexual abuse and another 33 per cent had worked as sex workers.
There is more to this story found on ABC.
