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A therapist who claimed that the sexual assaults he inflicted on a patient were part of her treatment has been jailed for 11 years. Gerald Peck claimed he was an accredited psychotherapist who could perform Bioenergetic Analysis. But Lewes Crown Court heard that he was not recognised by any umbrella organisation for psychotherapy in the […]

Police will use the River Thames to separate protesters and counter-protesters at the Al Quds Day rally in central London on Sunday. A planned march to the Home Office was banned earlier this week after Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood approved a request from the Metropolitan Police to block it to “prevent serious public disorder”. The

The cousin of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was shot dead by police who mistook him for a terror suspect, has said undercover officers “invaded my privacy” when they spied on her campaign for justice. Patricia da Silva was sharing a flat with Mr de Menezes in south London when the 27-year-old was killed at

The proportion of NHS staff who have been attacked at work is at a three-year high, a survey has revealed. The poll of 766,000 NHS staff in England showed some 14.47% reported at least one incident of violence from patients or other members of the public in the past 12 months – the highest figure

The prison service will pay for a ‘minimalist’ cremation to dispose of Ian Huntley’s body, as part of an arrangement with his mother as next of kin. It is not yet clear how much it will cost, but it’s longstanding policy for taxpayers to contribute up to a maximum of £3,000 for any death in

A 17-year-old girl has been shot in the legs in a “targeted attack” in Liverpool, police said. The teenager was injured in the shooting in Toxteth at an address at Lime Grove, off Lodge Lane, at 12.55am on Thursday. Investigators believe it was a “targeted attack by someone known to the victim”, Merseyside Police said.

A mother who held a woman captive as a slave inside her “squalid” home for 25 years has been sentenced to 13 years. Amanda Wixon, 56, forced the woman – now in her 40s – to shave her hair, regularly beat her if she didn’t complete jobs around the home, and made her live off