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Marcus Johnstone

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Three boys have dodged jail for rape - sometimes we must accept rehabilitation is not enough

Three boys have dodged jail for rape - sometimes we must accept rehabilitation is not enough

The sentences handed to three teenage boys convicted of raping two young girls in Fordingbridge are very lenient, and I expect them to be challenged....

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Marcus Johnstone

Get ready for the AI crimewave: Deepfakes, sextortion and child abuse are only the beginning

Get ready for the AI crimewave: Deepfakes, sextortion and child abuse are only the beginning

The NSPCC has reported a startling 36% increase in online child sexual abuse in the last year, including a rise in the number of children being...

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Proximity tagging won’t protect victims, it will just mask early release of dangerous offenders

The Ministry of Justice has announced plans to pilot the UK’s first ‘proximity tagging scheme’ to keep offenders away from victims. Listen to...

30.03.2026 20

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The net is closing on Andrew - but he may still wriggle out

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s association with convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has cost him his reputation, status, and title - but I do...

19.02.2026 8

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Shabana Mahmood's big, beautiful policing reforms have her channeling Donald Trump

By Marcus Johnstone Reading the Home Secretary’s White Paper on Police Reform and watching her media rounds on the proposals has created in my mind...

30.01.2026 9

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Labour’s deepfake crackdown sounds tough, but the tech, and the criminals using it, are already out of reach

By Marcus Johnstone The UK Government has now accelerated its attempt to tackle intimate image abuse involving women and children with the...

14.01.2026 10

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Policing built for the streets cannot keep up with crime online, and the system is creaking because of it

By Marcus Johnstone Last week we learned that Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is planning the biggest reform of policing in England and Wales since...

17.12.2025 10

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Britain isn’t getting safer - we’ve just stopped reporting most crimes

By Marcus Johnstone It seems like every week we are exposed to new crime statistics, and headlines celebrating a perceived decline in crime. The most...

27.10.2025 10

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