78 m. ago Emmerdale writer 'told partner he wanted to kill her and chop up her face', court hears

Martin Fustes, 47, assaulted the terrified woman and the made vile threats on January 27 after a late-night argument at their home in Beverley, East Yorkshire, where they lived with their children.

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5 h. ago Woman sexually assaulted in Scots street as police hunt for two men who fled in car

Police are hunting two men who fled in a car after a woman was sexually assaulted in The Crescent, Dalmuir, on Saturday night.

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5 h. ago Brit is arrested on remote Indian Ocean paradise island 'for sexually assaulting woman, 30, who had her drink spiked at scuba diving resort'

The UK national has been accused of raping the 30-year-old Indian tourist at the Govind Nagar beach on Swaraj Dweep, also known as Havelock Island, on February 26, Indian media reports.

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29 h. ago Police launch manhunt as pensioner randomly attacked by knifeman near school

Greater Manchester Police were called to Crow Hill South, Middleton, Greater Manchester to reports of an assault by a man on a woman in her 70s, as it is feared suspect had a knife

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3 d. ago Probation for man who sexually assaulted and disfigured woman in front of her daughter

The victim has been left reeling from heinous October 28, 2023, ordeal: ‘I have cried more in the last six months than I have in my entire lifetime my daughter and my little cousin, both thirteen at the time, had to witness the whole thing’

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3 d. ago Woman 'sexually assaulted' on Tube by attacker who 'followed her onto another train' as police release CCTV of man

A man boarded a train where he sat next to a woman and sexually assaulted her, before then following her off the train at Whitechapel station and following her onto an Overground train.

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3 d. ago Darlington FC footballer Harry Butters charged with raping and imprisoning woman

Harry Butters, 24, who plays for Darlington FC's under 23s, has been charged after allegedly imprisoning and sexually assaulting a woman over the age of 16, in March

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5 d. ago How police came to rescue of woman assaulted by partner on holiday abroad using Instagram

A Metropolitan Police contact handler used Instagram to safeguard a victim of domestic abuse who made a report while she was on holiday.

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5 d. ago Neil Gaiman asks US court to dismiss lawsuit alleging rape and sexual assault

The author’s motion to dismiss argued that the case should be heard in New Zealand, where the alleged abuse took place, and called accuser Scarlett Pavlovich ‘a fantasist’Neil Gaiman has asked a US district court to throw out a civil lawsuit accusing him of rape and sexual assault, filed last month by a woman who previously worked for the author and his former partner, Amanda Palmer.The motion to dismiss, filed on Tuesday, argued that the case should be heard in New Zealand, where the alleged abuse took place, rather than in the US. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Man pounced on woman and sexually assaulted her in park as her little boy screamed

The victim kicked and bit her attacker before managing to break free and run away with her son

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7 d. ago Breakthrough in probe into murder of Brit businessman in Kenya as cops arrest 'prime suspect' and hunt two accomplices

The suspect, who was arrested Sunday in Mombasa, is said to have been hiding in the town since the murder of Scott Campbell, 58, last month.

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7 d. ago Scott Campbell: Man arrested as Brit found dead in bag of pineapples after 'kidnap and torture'

The suspect was arrested Sunday in Mombasa and is believed to have been hiding in the town since the murder of Scott Campbell, 58, last month

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7 d. ago Woman found dead with horror injuries after 'assaulted' in own home

Leanne Williams, 47, was discovered dead at her home at around 2pm on Thursday.

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7 d. ago Woman found dead with horror injuries after being 'assaulted' in her own home

The body of Leanne Williams, 47, was found with "significant injuries" at her home in Townhill, Swansea, with police now looking to piece together her final four days

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8 d. ago Pictured: Woman, 47, found dead after being assaulted at home

Leanne Williams, 47, was discovered dead in her home on Gomer Road in Townhill, Swansea.

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9 d. ago Woman in her 20s ‘chased into dead end and sexually assaulted’ near Bournemouth Beach

The victim was walking along Meyrick Road between 7pm and 7.30pm on Tuesday when the shocking incident unfolded

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9 d. ago Great Western Railway train manager who sexually assaulted woman passenger, 18, as he asked to check her ticket is jailed for seven years

Nicholas McMurray, 38, approached the victim and asked to see her ticket, and adjusted the woman's dress as the train journeyed to Swansea on June 22, 2024, British Transport Police said.

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9 d. ago Woman in her 20s is 'chased by thug before being sexually assaulted' near Bournemouth beach as she screamed

A 26-year-old man has since been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and stalking after he approached the woman before making 'inappropriate comments'

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1 week ago Lanarkshire man attacked on his doorstep took out his anger on girlfriend

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard Mark Tierney assaulted the woman over a sustained period by punching, kicking and choking her, and hitting her with a candle.

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1 week ago Man who forced woman to miscarry by spiking her drink with abortion drugs that robbed her of chance to become a mother has jail sentence increased

Stuart Worby, 40, secretly put one of the crushed up pills into the drink and inserted the second as he sexually assaulted the blindfolded woman under the guise of 'kinky sex on August 3, 2022.

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