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This week a court sentenced a teacher to six years in prison for having underage sex with two of his pupils and sex with a 16 year old pupil. As well as the straightforward convictions for underage sex, he was convicted of sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust.
This relatively new offence is set out in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 but only applies in very limited circumstances. Whilst a teacher sleeping with a pupil is clearly caught, the same is not true in sport – there is no offence committed where a sports coach engages in consensual sexual activity with a 16 year old that he or she coaches.
Considering the strong and mutually important relationships that can form between a coach and the individual and the risk of abuse that could exist, it is disappointing that the legislation does not offer those in sport the same protection. This is a change for which the Child Protection in Sport Unit (a joint venture between Sport England and the NSPCC) have been campaigning for some time, and deserves our support.
In June 2020 the University of Birmingham published a research briefing exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child protection practice.
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Nazareth Care Charitable Trust which operates a care home in Bonnyrigg, Scotland, recently received a fine after a resident at one of its care homes suffered a fatal injury after falling down a flight of stairs.
The concept of Assumption of Responsibility is on many stakeholders’ minds at the moment following the Supreme Court decision in CN & GN v Poole.
Sussex Partnership NHS Trust was sentenced on 14 June 2019 for failing to provide safe care and treatment to a 19 year old inmate being cared for on the hospital wing of Lewes Prison, Jamie Osborne.
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