8 h. ago Army Captain rapist has "unduly lenient" prison term increased by two years

An Army captain who raped a woman he met through a dating app has had an extra two years added on to his sentence.

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22 h. ago Soldier who raped woman he met on dating app has sentence increased

A panel of judges at the Appeal Court ruled that the original sentence was ‘unduly lenient’.

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23 h. ago Army captain who raped Edinburgh woman he met her on dating app has sentence increased

Rapist has prison sentence increased after Crown appeal.

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29 h. ago Child Q: 'I don't know if I'm going to feel normal again' says woman as Met officers sacked over strip search

A disciplinary hearing found search by three officers at school in Hackney was ‘unnecessary, inappropriate and disproportionate’

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7 d. ago Woman, 69, accused of murdering her film director sister at home near Regent’s Park

Corgi owner Jennifer Abbott, 69, was discovered in her north London home by her niece and neighbours who broke her door down

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8 d. ago Woman, 69, charged with murder of film director found stabbed at home near Regent’s Park

Corgi owner Jennifer Abbott, 69, discovered by her niece and neighbours who broke her door down

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8 d. ago Woman, 66, charged with murder of film director found stabbed at home near Regent’s Park

Corgi owner Jennifer Abbott, 69, discovered by her niece and neighbours who broke her door down

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8 d. ago Three Met officers face misconduct hearing after woman with dementia, 90, is handcuffed and marked with Taser

The elderly woman was handcuffed and put in a spit hood during the incident in Peckham, south London in 2023

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8 d. ago Met officers to face gross misconduct hearing after woman, 90, targeted with Taser

Two serving officers and one former officer to face hearing after woman was also handcuffed and put in spit hoodTwo serving Metropolitan police officers and one former officer will face a gross misconduct hearing after a 90-year-old woman with dementia was targeted with a Taser, the police watchdog said.The woman was also handcuffed and put in a spit hood during the incident in Peckham, south London, in May 2023, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Three Met officers facing misconduct hearing after woman, 90, marked with Taser

The woman, who had dementia, was also handcuffed and put in a spit hood during the incident in Peckham, south London, on May 9 2023.

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8 d. ago Met Police officers to face misconduct hearing after woman with dementia, 90, handcuffed and put in spit hood

A 90-year-old Black woman with dementia was ‘red-dotted’ with a Taser, handcuffed and put in a spit hood

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8 d. ago Double date with your mate as Tinder launch feature to help Gen Z find love

Digital matchmaking app Tinder launches new 'double date' feature to encourage Gen Z to take their matches offline and into the real world in the hope of finding 'The One'

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8 d. ago Man who filmed himself raping woman has ‘unduly lenient’ sentence increased

Gagandeep Gulati had his sentence for rape increased from six years to nine years at the Court of Appeal on Thursday.

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9 d. ago Manhunt as film director, 69, murdered at home ‘for diamond encrusted Rolex watch’ near Regent’s Park

Corgi owner Jennifer Abbott had previously lived in Los Angeles where she ran a film production company and rubbed shoulders with the stars

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9 d. ago Manhunt as woman, 69, murdered at home ‘for diamond encrusted Rolex watch’ near Regent’s Park

Corgi owner Jennifer Abbott had been popular in the central London area, police said

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1 week ago Edinburgh crime: Man who dragged schoolgirl, 13, into woods and raped her is jailed for eight years

A man has been jailed for the serious sexual assault of a teenage girl in Edinburgh.

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1 week ago Lily Allen 'enjoys first date with James Norton after meeting on celeb dating app Raya'

The singer, 40, and actor, 39, appeared in great spirits as they chatted in the crowd and enjoyed non-alcoholic beers before looking cosy during the Brat hitmaker's set.

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2 w. ago Army Ranger accused of raping at least 15 woman he met on dating apps faces trial

Maj. Jonathan Batt faces 43 charges, including six rape counts, seven aggravated assault counts and 10 sexual assault counts. He has pleaded not guilty to all of the counts.

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2 w. ago Met pays damages to woman for failing to investigate rape claim against ex

Officers questioned woman but not the alleged rapist, bringing force into disrepute, rules watchdogScotland Yard has paid a five-figure sum to a woman after officers “brought the service into disrepute” for failing to investigate her report of rape by her ex-husband, the Guardian has learned.The Metropolitan police’s directorate of professional standards – known as the “Line of Duty unit” – criticised officers involved in the woman’s case, saying they had damaged the reputation of the force “at a time when we are working hard to build bridges with the public and re-build the trust we have lost”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Kindness of strangers: a woman I’d never met heard we had flu and dropped a big pot of soup at our doorstep

We’d just moved to a small town and didn’t know a soul. Then we all got sick at the same time. That food saved usRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesIt was 1996 when my husband was transferred to the small rural town of Healesville for work. In inner-city Melbourne, where we’d been living, we had a support network of neighbours, friends and family. In Healesville we didn’t know a soul. It was just me and my husband, our two little kids and two dogs.We hadn’t been there long when we all came down with the flu. It wasn’t a cold, it was the flu – complete with aching, fevers and hallucinating. It was terrible. Continue reading...

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