A Plymouth man has been jailed after being found guilty of a number of historic child abuse charges.
Hinton Sheryn was found guilty at Plymouth Crown Court on Friday 25th September of 18 counts of indecent assault and gross indecency with children dating back to the 1970s and 80s; one of Sheryn’s victims was as young as six at the time of the abuse.
A Plymouth man has been found guilty of a number of historic child abuse charges at Plymouth Crown Court on Friday (25th September).
Hinton Sheryn was found guilty of 18 counts of indecent assault and gross indecency with children dating back to the 1970s and 80s; one of Sheryn’s victims was as young as six at the time of the abuse.
A powerful new film highlighting the abuse suffered by adults at risk has been launched to coincide with Safeguarding Adults Awareness Week in Devon and Torbay.
Last year there were over 2,700 safeguarding adult abuse concerns reported to Devon and Torbay Local Safeguarding Adults teams and the latest campaign, starting on Monday 2 March, aims to raise public awareness about this...
Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg is taking a national lead in the battle to cut alcohol related crime and harm, which is estimated to cost the country £11 billion annually.
Mr Hogg will chair a national PCC group which has a clear vision to reduce alcohol misuse and the associated huge cost for policing and health. It will focus on changing attitudes,...
Devon and Cornwall Police are launching a social media campaign this week to help change perceptions about reporting domestic abuse as part of the national ACPO In Focus Domestic Abuse Week (4–8 March 2014).
The campaign, which comprises of tweets and facebook messages, aims to reach as many people as possible across Devon and Cornwall. The messages will remind people that abuse can...
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is continuing to take a zero tolerance approach to any form of abuse on its staff after having seen an increase in the number of reported assaults throughout the past 12-months.
Between 1 February 1 2013 and 31 January 2014 there have been 104 reports of physical abuse to front line crews. The type of injuries staff have...
Police working on an ongoing investigation into alleged abuse at a number of care homes in Devon have now arrested a total of seven people in relation to the enquiry.
The care homes under investigation are Teignmead in Teignbridge, Veilstone in Bideford and Gatooma in Holsworthy.
Those arrested are three people from Teignmouth (a man aged 67, a man aged 39 and a woman aged 26...
Twitter has apologised to the women who have encountered violent abuse on Twitter from a number of anonymous users.
Tony Wang the General Manager of Twitter UK offered an unequivocal apology for the abuse some women have been subjected to, saying it "was not acceptable in the real world and it's not acceptable on Twitter".
The issue has been raised by a number of high profile...
