‘Anger and disgust’ as ex Dundee NHS worker with half-a-day’s child abuse videos avoids jail
A leading charity worker has hit out after a former NHS worker caught with a haul of child abuse videos was spared prison.
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GUILTY: Jury convicts Dundee man of historic child sex offence
A Dundee man is facing prison after being found guilty of a historic child sex offence.
Child abuse image offence recorded every 23 minutes may be ‘tip of the iceberg’
A charity has warned that new figures revealing a child abuse image offence is recorded every 23 minutes in the UK may just be the “tip of the iceberg”.
Dundee pervert who groomed YouTube users while on bail is bailed again
A convicted paedophile freed on bail over child abuse images groomed a series of underage YouTubers into sending him indecent images and videos while he awaited court.
Tayside’s top cop on paedophile vigilantes: ‘We have to protect offenders as well as victims’
Tayside's top cop has spoken about the rise in the number of so-called vigilante groups targeting alleged online paedophiles.
Scottish justice chief welcomes Tele’s campaign to jail ALL child sex offenders
The head of the Scottish Parliament’s justice committee has said the group could consider calls to give convicted child sex offenders mandatory prison sentences.
Dundee pervert who admitted searching for ‘dodgy’ child abuse images spared prison term
A pervert found with a haul of indecent images has been spared a prison sentence.
Dundee MSP backs call for tougher sentencing of sex offenders
A Dundee politician is to quiz the Scottish Government on what can be done to tackle sexual offences involving children.
‘Significant’ rise in OAPs in Scottish prisons for committing sex crimes
The number of sex offenders in Scottish prisons has soared over the past two decades – and many of them are predators who have targeted children.
Local mum who forced law change says ‘sexual abuse of children badly needs to be addressed’
An Angus mum whose eight-year campaign resulted in the Scottish Government producing new guidelines over the restraint of children in schools is backing the Tele’s Our Kids Need Justice campaign.
Former Dundee sheriff has ‘seen prosecutors and police in tears’ over child sex abuse evidence
Sheriff Davidson has spoken of the distress caused to many people involved in the investigation or prosecution of sex offences against children.
Retired Dundee sheriff says it is ‘nonsense’ that courts are ‘soft’ on child sex predators
He spent almost 20 years administering justice as one of Tayside’s most respected sheriffs.
Group that has removed 250K sick online pictures reports 37% rise in child abuse web addresses
For more than two decades, they have been trying to rid the world wide web of child abuse images.
Expert on child sex criminals does not agree with jail for all offenders
An expert on child sex offenders says he does not believe in jailing every single one – but agrees judges need to be tough on those physically harming children.
Our Kids Need Justice: Research under way on how to tackle sex offenders
An advisory body created to help judges dish out consistent sentences has revealed its plans to carry out research on sentencing for sexual offences.
Our Kids Need Justice: Dundee child abuse victim says current sentences for paedophiles could deter others reporting crimes
A woman who was groomed and sexually abused when she was a child has backed the Tele’s campaign calling for mandatory jail sentences for predators.
Our Kids Need Justice: Scottish Government WILL consider automatic prison sentences for paedophiles
Scotland's new justice secretary has pledged to consider calls by the Tele to introduce mandatory jail sentences for those convicted of sex offences involving children.
Our Kids Need Justice: Dundee child abuse charity backs our call for mandatory jail term for paedophiles
Perverts who target children should face mandatory prison sentences to show victims that “we actually care as a society”, a leading campaigner has said.
Our Kids Need Justice: Tele campaign calls for automatic jail sentence for those who prey on children
We want justice and protection for our children.
Our Kids Need Justice: What you had to say in our poll
The readers who took part in our poll were clear in their views on how those who prey on children should be dealt with.