Rapist Briton had tried to adopt children he later abused

By Maureen Ongala | Published Wed, May 30th 2018

Keith Morris, 72 , and a Briton from Hull, was convicted in his country for defiling Kenyan girls.

Convicted paedophile Keith Morris tried to legally adopt some of the children he sexually molested, according to court documents The Standard has unearthed. Morris and his alleged wife Julie Sharp lodged a Motion seeking legal custody of eight children from Maweni village after they reportedly reached an agreement with the minors’ parents. ALSO READ: MP warns over sex abuse payments During his trial in a UK court, which ended in conviction last week, the prosecution demonstrated that the 72-year-old pensioner befriended parents of the children he was later charged with molesting. Legal guardianship Records at a court in Kilifi show that Morris’ effort to secure legal guardianship of these children were thwarted by Kenyan officials, who doubted his marriage to Julie and also his motivation of seeking to take over the big number of children. The doubts were worsened by the fact Morris could not demonstrate whether he and Julie intended to transfer the children to England or live with them in Kenya.

There was also suspicion that the consent by parents to free their children for adoption was procured through duress or money inducement. The Standard has established that Morris lost the application at the Kilifi Law Courts on July 21 2016. On the day of the ruling, Morris told court he required a fast process because he was about to leave Kenya. “I have booked a return ticket and unless the court hears the application, I will not be around,” said Morris in the supposed urgent application. Although the application was characterised as urgent, and lodged while Morris was armed with an air ticket, records show the convict did not leave Kenya until December 15, 2016.

Rapist Briton had tried to adopt children he later abused

By Maureen Ongala | Published Wed, May 30th 2018

Keith Morris, 72 , and a Briton from Hull, was convicted in his country for defiling Kenyan girls.

Convicted paedophile Keith Morris tried to legally adopt some of the children he sexually molested, according to court documents The Standard has unearthed. Morris and his alleged wife Julie Sharp lodged a Motion seeking legal custody of eight children from Maweni village after they reportedly reached an agreement with the minors’ parents. ALSO READ: MP warns over sex abuse payments During his trial in a UK court, which ended in conviction last week, the prosecution demonstrated that the 72-year-old pensioner befriended parents of the children he was later charged with molesting. Legal guardianship Records at a court in Kilifi show that Morris’ effort to secure legal guardianship of these children were thwarted by Kenyan officials, who doubted his marriage to Julie and also his motivation of seeking to take over the big number of children. The doubts were worsened by the fact Morris could not demonstrate whether he and Julie intended to transfer the children to England or live with them in Kenya.

There was also suspicion that the consent by parents to free their children for adoption was procured through duress or money inducement. The Standard has established that Morris lost the application at the Kilifi Law Courts on July 21 2016. On the day of the ruling, Morris told court he required a fast process because he was about to leave Kenya. “I have booked a return ticket and unless the court hears the application, I will not be around,” said Morris in the supposed urgent application. Although the application was characterised as urgent, and lodged while Morris was armed with an air ticket, records show the convict did not leave Kenya until December 15, 2016.

State’s U-turn on illegal adoptions

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

By Conall Ó Fátharta

Irish Examiner Reporter

Finally there will be a sample audit of all records held by the State, writes Conall Ó Fátharta.

Katihar abandoned baby case: Why adoption law matters?

Imkong Walling

Dimapur | May 29

The case of a newborn from Kohima found at a railway station in Bihar may sound like an isolated incident. But is it?

This case, according to rights activists, has revealed a glaring gap in public knowledge about adoption norms and child rights despite the existence of established law.

(Google Translation)

'Maybe I robbed a mother of her child'

Adoptees and their parents consider a lawsuit against the State after irregularities in adoptions from an Indonesian children's home.

Anouk Eigenraam

May 30, 2018 at 22:49

Managements of the Child Care Institutions (CCIs) should reunite the children, who run away from homes for various reasons and missing kids, with their families and help to groom them as good citizens, said Joint Director, Juvenile Welfare Department B.D.V. Prasad Murthy.

Participating in the one-day capacity building programme on ‘Safe family re-integration of children in need of care and protection,’ Mr. Murthy said it was the right of the children to stay with their parents and other family members, and asked the CCIs to help in forming a healthy society.

The programme was organised by the Forum for Child Rights in association with Children’s Emergency Relief International (CERI), on Monday.

‘Spread awareness’

Director of Global Advocacy, CERI, Ian Anand asked the CCIs to restore the children to their families as early as possible as home is the right and safe place for every child. Child Welfare Committee (CWC) Krishna district chairperson B.V.S. Kumar stressed the need for greater awareness on child- related Acts and laws for CCIs.

Growing up in poverty without parents is a significant struggle. This young woman spent much of her childhood in an orphanage, but with the help of a guardian angel was able to overcome impossible odds.

Kalpana Kindo grew up in an orphanage in the Odisha province of India. Her father had left the family and her mother passed away when Kindo was very young.

Kindo was only 6 years old when she moved to the orphanage.

(Courtesy of Jeffrey Salzgeber)

“My first memory as a child was losing my mother. It was very painful and scary because my father was no longer with us,” Kindo told The Epoch Times via e-mail.

From: Arun Dohle

Date: 29 May 2018 at 20:35

Subject: Open letter: Child trafficking / Roelie Post

To: antonio.tajani@europarl.europa.eu, manfred.weber@europarl.europa.eu, udo.bullmann@europarl.europa.eu, syed.kamall@europarl.europa.eu, ryszardantoni.legutko@europarl.europa.eu, guy.verhofstadt@europarl.europa.eu, gabriele.zimmer@europarl.europa.eu, franziska.keller@europarl.europa.eu, philippe.lamberts@europarl.europa.eu, nigel.farage@europarl.europa.eu, nicolas.bay@europarl.europa.eu, marcel.degraaff@europarl.europa.eu

Dear President Tajani,

Australia supports open adoption practices. Many adoptees and adoptive families wish to search for information about their birth origins and, where possible, establish and maintain relationships with their birth families. These Guidelines outline the post-adoption reporting process, and factors influencing the exploration of birth origins and search for birth families in Ethiopia.

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Decades Of Torment: Serbian Parents Demand Answers On Missing Babies

May 23, 2018 19:22 GMT

Alan Crosby

Iva Martinovic

Mirjana Novokmet shows her missing baby's birth certificate in front of her home in Zemun, near Belgrade, in 2013.