Father and lover 'tortured' child
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A man and his lover "repeatedly tortured" a 17-month-old boy, resulting in his death, a court hears.
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A British detainee at Guantanamo Bay  said in a letter revealed Friday he was tortured and abused  during detention, in what is believed to be the first such  claim to come from inside the prison.
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The attorney general considers appealing against the non-custodial sentence of a paedophile.
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A 38-year-old Belfast man who sexually abused his stepdaughter over a six-year period is jailed for nine years.
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An infertile couple who believed a self-styled preacher&#39;s claim that their child was miraculously conceived were really the victim of international child traffickers, a British judge ruled yesterday.
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Children whose mothers  experience severe abuse at the hands of an intimate partner are  more likely to wind up in hospital emergency departments, and  their increased risk may persist for up to three years after  the abuse has ended, new research shows.
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Â· Children among captives forced to work for no payÂ· Local officials accused of colluding with traffickers
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A Maine couple accused of tying up their 19-year-old daughter, throwing her in their car and driving her out of state to get an abortion were upset because the baby's father is black, a Maine sheriff said Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - Children whose mothers experience severe abuse at the hands of an intimate partner are more likely to wind up in hospital emergency departments, and their increased risk may persist for up to three years after the abuse has ended, new research shows.
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The family of a four-year-old boy who was stabbed to death say they cannot believe what has happened.
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A paedophile is ordered to pay Â£50,000 towards the cost of bringing him to justice.
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Parents have not received details of police evidence.
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NORWALK, Ohio, Feb. 15 -- A couple who forced some of their 11 adopted, special-needs children to sleep in cages were sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for endangerment and abuse,  after emotional statements in which the parents said  they were  trying to keep the youngsters  safe.
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A couple are each jailed for seven years for keeping their five children in conditions of "utter squalor".
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Children who grow up with alcoholic parents bear emotional, behavioural and mental scars, experts say.
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A second man was being held Wednesday in connection with a series of attacks on a family that killed a father and daughter and left the mother badly beaten.
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