8 h. ago Seven men charged in Bristol child sexual exploitation investigation

Men appear in court accused of more than 40 offences against teenage girlsSeven men have been charged with alleged offences against 11 teenage girls as part of an investigation into what police have called “group-based child sexual exploitation” in Bristol.The men are accused of more than 40 offences between 2022 and 2025. The investigation began in November 2023 after concerns were raised about the sexual exploitation of a teenage girl.Mohamed Arafe, 19, of Speedwell in Bristol. He has been charged with five counts of arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child, one of causing or inciting the sexual exploitation of a child, one of sexual assault, one of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and a further count of being concerned in the supply of ecstasy.Sina Omari, 20, of Fishponds in Bristol. He has been charged with two counts of rape, four counts of arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child, one of causing or inciting the sexual exploitatio...

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9 h. ago Woman raped in lane in Glasgow city centre as cops seal off area after horror attack

POLICE have sealed off a lane in Glasgow city centre after a woman was raped in a horror sex attack. Police rushed to Sauchiehall Lane at around 3.10am this morning after reports of a "serious sexual assault". The street has been cordoned off and cops are currently investigating the terrifying attack. Emergency vehicles were situated...

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9 h. ago Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador endured systematic torture, report finds

Human rights groups accuse Trump officials of complicity and draw comparison with scandal at Abu Ghraib prisonMore than 252 Venezuelans expelled to El Salvador under Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy suffered systematic and prolonged torture and abuse, including sexual assault, during their detention, according to a report published on Wednesday.The report, compiled jointly by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Cristosal – a group investigating violations in Central America – says conditions at El Salvador’s sprawling “terrorist continent center” (Cecot) breached the UN’s standard minimal rules for the treatment of prisoners. It cites “inhumane prison conditions, including prolonged incommunicado detention, inadequate food” and other shortcomings. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Squid Game star, 81, is cleared of sexual assault as court rules memory of 'victim' may have been 'distorted'

The 81-year-old was charged in 2022 with sexually assaulting a woman twice, after allegedly hugging her and kissing her on the cheek against her will.

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55 h. ago Man jailed over sexual assault of woman who came to fit electronic tag

Patrick Nolan’s victim described him as ‘absolutely pathetic’ after he assaulted her at his home in Stornoway.

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56 h. ago Rapist captured on CCTV moments before Glasgow attack jailed after string of sex offences

Mihai-Nicolae Patran was found guilty of rape, sexual assault and sexual exposure following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

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56 h. ago Former BBC DJ Tim Westwood appears in court to face rape charges

The 68-year-old accused of 15 charges, including three indecent assaults at BBC studios in the 1990s

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57 h. ago Former BBC DJ Tim Westwood arrives at court to face rape charges

The 68-year-old is accused of sexually assaulting seven different women

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57 h. ago Tim Westwood arrives at court to face rape and sex abuse charges including claims of abuse at BBC studios

Tim Westwood is accused of sexual abuse at the BBC Studios in the 1990s

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57 h. ago BBC Radio 1's Tim Westwood arrives in court over multiple charges of rape and sexual assault

Former BBC Radio 1 broadcaster Tim Westwood has appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court, just weeks after being charged with rape and sexual assault against seven women

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2 d. ago Trailer Park Boys’ Mike Smith accused of sexual assault and ‘steps away’ from management of comedy group

Actor was charged in Nova Scotia in early October

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3 d. ago The Guardian view on the assault of Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum: when a president is groped, no woman can feel safe | Editorial

A shocking incident should become an opportunity to address broader problems of misogyny What does the experience of women at the top tell us about the rest? Those most vulnerable to sexual harassment, assault and abuse are, unsurprisingly, those who have less power or are treated with less respect: undocumented migrants; women in precarious employment; women with disabilities; LGBTQ women; young women and girls.Paradoxically, that helps to explain why the assault of Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, has drawn such outrage domestically and internationally. A drunken man tried to kiss her neck and grabbed her chest as she spoke to citizens in the capital’s streets. It is the proof, captured on camera, that no woman is safe. You can be the most powerful person in the land and a man will still feel entitled to grope you, in front of the world, because you are a woman. When you object, some will complain that you are taking it too seriously, or that it is all made up. As Ms Sheinba...

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3 d. ago Trailer Park Boys’ Mike Smith accused of sexual assault and removed from comedy group

Actor was charged in Nova Scotia in early October

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3 d. ago Man accused of sexually assaulting boy at Loch Ness campsite dies in Inverness Prison

A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.

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3 d. ago Netflix comedy star charged with sexual assault as show goes ahead with new season

Mike Smith is best known for his role as the ever loveable Bubbles in Trailer Park Boys, but behind the scenes the actor is allegedly more sinister than his character

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3 d. ago Trust in the NHS depends on an overhaul of nursing standards

Editorial: The new management team at the watchdog must make sure staff are fit to practise and must learn from its past mistakes

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3 d. ago Trailer Park Boys star Mike Smith charged with sexual assault

Mike Smith, best known as Bubbles on Trailer Park Boys, has reportedly been charged with sexual assault.

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4 d. ago The president is groped in broad daylight, and Mexican women cry: MeToo, MeToo, MeToo | Mona Eltahawy

After Claudia Sheinbaum was assaulted this week, her opponents claimed she staged it. From their own experiences, the women I met know she didn’t have to“Machismo in Mexico is so fucked up not even the president is safe,” said Caterina Camastra, a professor and feminist, when I talked to her in Morelia, a city west of the Mexican capital this week. Succinct and to the point, it is a sentiment shared by many women in Mexico after watching the now viral video of a drunk man groping the country’s first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, as she walked from the National Palace to the education ministry on Monday. Sheinbaum, who has pressed charges against the man, said much the same at her daily press briefing on Wednesday: “If they do this to the president, what happens to all the other women in the country?”Sheinbaum’s unprecedented position has made this a teaching moment in a country where women have long complained that sexual harassment and assault on streets and public transport...

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4 d. ago LA man posed as ‘famous singer’ to meet women and sexually assault them, police say

Davionne Jackson, 33, was arrested more than 2,000 miles from home

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5 d. ago Nancy Mace’s ex files lawsuit against MAGA congresswoman after she accused him of sexual assault

Nancy Mace made headlines last week after allegedly launching into an expletive filled rant at an airport

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