child abuse

Spanish school expels pupils after allegations of rape and abuse of younger student raised by doctors.

Seven members of the Arcade Circus in Western Australia face a total of 127 charges including kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault of a child and making child pornography.

Lovily Johnson, 22, charged with first-degree murder and first-degree child abuse following the death of her son Noah Edward Johnson in July 2017.

Along with Brenton William Reid, his girlfriend Jennifer Buckler also faces charges after admitting to hitting the girl.

The 'highly manipulative' Cambridge graduate Dr Matthew Falder was found guilty of 137 offences at Birmingham Crown Court and will be sentenced this week.

A viral post from a girl's mother alleges that her daughter had her hair cut dramatically short "all over me having highlights put in her hair for her birthday".

A Saudi Arabian father reportedly punished his son for being the victim of a sexual assault by burning his genitals with an iron.

Dennis Batty was detained near at a holiday resort near Benidorm. Police in Alicante swooped on Batty five months after a UK court issued a European arrest warrant.

Germaine Moore, 44, from Alabama, is currently being held at Elmore County Jail after turning himself over to authorities when a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Parents Ginny Irovando and Robert Long made money from fake claim that 13-year-old son had cancer, police say.

Seven people - including five women - in New South Wales are facing a myriad of charges including rape, sexual assault of a child and aggravated kidnapping.

The sentencing comes a week after David Vincent Akins Jr was convicted of four counts of aggravated sexual assault of the three-month-old girl.

Erica Shyrock, 19, and her 18-year-old boyfriend, Charles Elliott, have been jailed for 5 years after their baby was bitten by rats in Magnolia, Arkansas.

Ginny Irovando Long and Robert Edward Long, from Fort Walton Beach, Florida, face 9 counts of fraud and one count of child abuse after being arrested on Thursday (1 February).

Daniel Norton met the girl on a dating website and persuaded her to send him photos and videos of ever more degrading acts, Southampton Crown Court heard.

Amanda R. Wright and Besline Joseph face multiple child abuse charges in relation to the treatment of three children in Maryland State.

The remains of 5-year-old Jordan Rodriguez were discovered in the back garden of a home shared by Larissa Rodriguez and her boyfriend Christopher Rodriguez, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Benjamin Lawrence Petty, 36, of Spencer, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 15 years on probation after he accepted rape charges and a plea deal was arranged.

Michaela Sheldrake, 41, has been jailed for seven years after being caught with a huge stash of child porn and taking indecent pictures of a girl who she had groomed.

Melissa Miranda, 33, and her partner Josue Tovias, 28, were arrested on 27 January on suspicion of child abuse charges after the boy's appearance began changing at school.

"He allegedly sexually assaulted the toddler. When the baby girl fell unconscious and started bleeding, he panicked and fled," a police officer said.

Michael Begin Jr was already facing two counts of child molestation when additional 20 charges were brought against him on 26 January.

A UK man who left messages on an illicit paedophile chatroom saying that he had 'a preference for children aged 0+' has been sentenced to four years in prison.

Cordette Cole and Breanna Cole were arrested after investigators found that the child had extensive injuries including burns and bruises.

Doctors in Uzbekistan were left horrified when they discovered 16 sewing needles inside an 11-month-old baby.

Adil Sultan, originally from Pakistan, had travelled from Sunderland to Middlesbrough in August 2017 to meet the girl.

A 54-year-old man has been arrested after an 8-year-old girl died of stab wounds in hospital. The man is expected to be questioned shortly.

Dori Myers, who teaches social science at The New School for Leadership and the Arts in Kingsbridge, New York City, was arrested on Friday, 19 January, night.

Noor Alam, 34, has appeared at Swansea Crown Court to deny 14 counts of sexual assault against children under the age of 13, up until the summer of last year.

Little Li becomes unwitting social media star - but his story sparks wider debate about child cruelty.