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'Predatory' nurse targeted women with eating disorders
More than 20 vulnerable women battling eating disorders were manipulated into sexual relationships by a “predatory” senior nurse because of inadequate management by his NHS bosses, an investigation concluded today, the Times reports.
David Britten, former manager of the Peter Dally Clinic, in Westminster, preyed on at least 23 patients over a 20-year period before allegations of sexual misconduct emerged. They only came to light after the nurse - now 54 - was sacked by the centre for unrelated matters.
Alison McKenna, who chaired the investigation, said: “The effect of David Britten’s abuse of these vulnerable women cannot be overestimated. David Britten was a specialist in eating disorders and would have known that affected individuals can be very compliant and eager to please. He deliberately targeted vulnerable patients, grooming them for his own sexual gratification.”
Mr Britten was portrayed as a romantic hero among patients and staff - but in fact he was behaving like a paedophile, Sarah Harman, the lawyer representing some of the 23 victims, said. She added: “Their lives in some cases have been ruined by the way he behaved.”
Mr Britten has has not faced any criminal charges, with the Criminal Prosecution Service claiming there was insufficient evidence. The report also raised questions over four other members of staff at the clinic, all of whom left the centre in 2001.
How can this have gone unchecked for so long? And how can vulnerable patients be better protected from this kind of horrific abuse?
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UK to close a loophole exploited by paedophiles
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INTERPOL requests public assistance to identify man pictured sexually abusing chil...
INTERPOL is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man pictured sexually abusing children in a series of images found on the Internet and retrieved from the computer of a convicted paedophile.
The man, whose name, nationality and location are unknown is featured in approximately 100 images in a series of around 800, which are believed to have been taken in Southeast Asia and depict the sexual abuse of at least three boys aged between six and 10 years old. The first pictures of the man were originally discovered by police in Norway in March 2006.
“The law enforcement community around the world has done all it can to find this man who clearly presents a danger to young children, and we are now asking the public to help identify this predator and protect other potential victims from abuse,” said INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble.
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Naked fear on display
Last week a small art gallery in the north of England did a remarkable thing: it called the police and informed on itself. Staff at the Gateshead Baltic Centre were so worried that a photograph of two young girls ? one naked ? by the female American artist Nan Goldin might be considered child porn that they phoned the police and had them come and take the questionable picture away. Last week a small art gallery in the north of England did a remarkable thing: it called the police and informed on itself. Staff at th... more
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