child cruelty

Freedom of information (FOI) requests to 35 forces across England show 29,405 cruelty offences recorded between April 2022 and March 2023.

REPORTS to the PSNI about child cruelty and neglect rose by 22 per cent last year.

THE MOTHER of Derry toddler Kayden McGuinness says she hopes her son’s killer “rots in hell”.

A Co Antrim couple have been warned that could face jail after they were found guilty by a jury of offences against children.

The former head of a south Belfast children's home has denied she caused suffering to a youngster in her care, branding the claims against her as "outrageous.

A WOMAN subjected to child cruelty by her former Sinn Féin councillor stepmother has won her legal battle over being refused compensation.

A COUPLE accused of cruelty to a two-year-old boy allegedly scalded and subjected to genital injuries are banned from contact with any children under 16, a High Court judge ordered.

THREE boys in Northern Ireland subjected to years of chronic neglect were rightfully taken from their parents' care, a High Court judge has ruled. Mrs Justice Keegan also said more robust action should arguably have been taken much sooner to protect brothers who lived in filthy homes with dog faeces spread throughout.

A CO Tyrone man who admitted beating his children with a belt has walked free from court. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his son and daughter, admitted charges of child cruelty between February 28 and August 10, 2012.

A CO Tyrone man has pleaded guilty to hitting his young son and daughter with a belt. The man, who is in his thirties but cannot be named to protect the identity of the children, admitted charges of child cruelty by wilful ill-treatment and assault in a manner likely to cause unnecessary suffering or injury to health.