Taunton Town Football Club has released a statement following revelations that their former CEO, Karl Lindsay, is among a group of men set to face trial on serious sexual offence charges. Lindsay resigned from the non-league …
Taunton Town Football Club has responded publicly following reports that their former CEO, Karl Lindsay, is among 13 men facing trial in a high-profile case involving allegations of prolonged drug-facilitated sexual abuse. …
Karl Lindsay, 55, the former chief executive of Taunton Town Football Club, stands accused alongside 12 other men in Britain’s largest known case involving a husband allegedly drugging his wife and orchestrating sexual …
A dangerous predator, Pascal Bitton, 35, from Weston-super-Mare, has been sentenced to over ten years in prison for the rape and sexual abuse of teenage girls. On June 11, at North Somerset Court, Bitton was found guilty of …
A 22-year-old man from Yeovil has been sentenced to prison after admitting to sexually abusing two young girls, with offenses starting when they were just seven years old. Connor Chard pleaded guilty to three counts of …
A 22-year-old man, Connor Chard, has been sentenced to prison after admitting to a series of sexual offences against two young girls in Yeovil, which began when the victims were just seven years old. Chard pleaded guilty to …
Stephen Hudd, a 60-year-old from Trowbridge, has been sentenced to 13 years and nine months in prison after admitting to nine counts of sexual abuse against a child under the age of 13. The case was heard at Salisbury Crown …
Stephen Hudd, 60, from Trowbridge, has been sentenced to 13 years and nine months in prison after admitting to nine counts of sexual abuse against a girl under the age of 13. Hudd appeared at Salisbury Crown Court two weeks …
An employee of the Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was dismissed after being accused of a sexual offence against a patient during the 2023/24 financial year, according to information obtained through a Freedom of …
A convicted sex offender from Somerset has been sentenced to prison after approaching two school girls with a sexually explicit question as they walked home. David Blackwood, 58, of Trinity Road in Combe Down, pleaded guilty …
Wiltshire Police have revealed that over 500 individuals have reported sexual abuse occurring during military medical examinations. Initially launched last year focused on Army enlistment exams, the investigation has since …
Michael Eckersley, 86, of Coldstream Close in Warrington, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for historic sexual offences against a child in Somerset. The 86-year-old was convicted at Taunton Crown Court on Tuesday, …
Emily Victoria’s harrowing story of enduring sexual abuse by her father from the age of two until she was 17 is now shared boldly in the documentary A Paedophile In My Family: Surviving Dad, recently released on Netflix …
Roderick Lukins, 76, of Bell Close, Bridgwater, has been sentenced at Taunton Crown Court for sexually abusing a child. Lukins was convicted of two counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, along …
August 2025 saw a range of serious criminal cases concluded across Somerset and nearby areas, with offenders receiving substantial prison terms for a variety of grave crimes. Courts in the region have delivered justice to …