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LIVE BLOG: Sheffield news as police launch investigation into ear piercing video

Updates from The Star team as South Yorkshire Police confirm an investigation has been launched after a video of a girl appearing to be forced to get her ears pierced went viral.
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LIVE BLOG: Sheffield news as police launch investigation into ear piercing video

Key Events

  • Meadowhall ear piercing: Sheffield police find owner of video of girl ‘forced’ to have ears pierced
  • Sheffield pervert caught with indecent images of children, aged four to six, spared jail
  • Fundraising appeal to bring Sheffield Wednesday fan Sam Fisher, 29, home after death in Australia

9.01am - Sheffield pervert caught with indecent images of children, aged four to six, spared jail

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Sheffield Crown Court

A pervert who admitted possessing indecent images of children has been spared jail.

8.52am - Meadowhall ear piercing: Sheffield police find owner of video of girl ‘forced’ to have ears pierced

Police have traced the owner of a viral video showing a little girl being ‘forced’ to have her ears pierced at a jewellery store in Meadowhall.

A police investigation has been launched into an ear piercing incident at MeadowhallA police investigation has been launched into an ear piercing incident at Meadowhall
A police investigation has been launched into an ear piercing incident at Meadowhall

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