What to do if you think a child is being abused

Crime A father-of-eight has been charged with assault and warned ‘times have changed’ after ‘disciplining’ his six-year-old with a leather belt.

Crime A mother left her son at home alone overnight to look after his one-year-old sister. The children were found when a teacher came to drop off school work.

Crime One of the country's worst internet predators has been jailed for exchanging more than 800 ‘disturbing’ emails with a registered sex offender.

Crime Rotting teeth, covered in lice, unable to talk amid “unrelenting domestic violence” - Child Protection knew of concerns for this toddler but failed to act.

Crime For the second time in three months, an adult has been jailed for sex abuse of a pregnant girl in state care.