23 h. ago Phone box rapist brands himself 'f***ing dog' before crying in court

Married father-of-one Cornel Filipeche, 21, was sentenced to 10 years behind bars after he dragged a woman into a phone box and raped her in Birmingham - before crying in court

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69 h. ago Victims of rape can challenge CPS if case dropped under new review scheme

One woman recently successfully sued the CPS for £35,000 after her case was dropped on the eve of her trial

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4 d. ago Brave sex assault victim fought off attacker and texted pal 'I'm being raped' after being dragged into bushes in a park at 4am, court hears

A 19-year-old woman sent a text message to a friend saying 'I am being raped' after being picked up by a fake Uber driver and into dragged into bushes in a park, a court heard.

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8 d. ago Isaac del Toro holds firm in battle for pink jersey as Richard Carapaz threatens late Giro d’Italia twist

Nicolas Prodhomme claimed victory on stage 19 as Del Toro fought off Carapaz’s attack to maintain the race lead

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9 d. ago Stunning circular home in converted torpedo testing site in heart of Bushy Park on sale for £7.5m

The circular property was converted by the BBC Television Centre architects firm in the Noughties

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2 w. ago Outrage over koala 'massacre': Helicopter marksmen sniper hundreds dead after devastating bushfires

Roughly 750 koalas have been shot dead by aerial snipers in Australia as part of a euthanasia programme after bush fires left many injured and starving in Budj Bim National Park.

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2 w. ago Jay Slater's friend sent him desperate 'go home' warning on the morning he died

Hours before he died in a ravine in Tenerife, Jay Slater texted his friend a worrying message - to which his concerned pal replied warning him he should "go home"

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2 w. ago Jack MacKenzie in line for Aberdeen Scottish Cup final start after recovering from shocking Tannadice seat attack

The defender is back in training after being the victim of a horrible assault at Tannadice last weekend

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3 w. ago They bundled their victim into the back of a BMW and subjected him to horror attack

The group took the victim to an address and subjected him to a horrific assault

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3 w. ago Taxi driver who claims he was 'assault victim' had 'intimidated David Lammy's wife with a KNIFE after demanding extra cash for taking the Foreign Secretary from Italy to French ski resort' 

A taxi driver who claimed to be the victim of an assault at the hands of British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has been accused of intimidating his wife with a knife

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3 w. ago Taxi driver says he was 'the victim of assault' when David Lammy and his wife 'refused to pay £590 fare after driving them from Italy to French ski resort'

The driver said he collected Lammy and his wife on April 10 at the town of Forli near Bologna after they had accompanied King Charles and Queen Camilla on a three-day state visit to Italy

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3 w. ago Former Premier League assistant referee jailed for rape and sexual assault after trapping victim in his flat in 'degrading and humiliating ordeal'

Steven Wilson, 55 - who was previously known as Steven Dorr - of Rowley Regis, West Midlands, was handed a nine-year prison sentence at Worcester Crown Court on Monday.

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