90 m. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Author bans Andrew's pal Lady V from book launch

With explosive claims about Prince Andrew - his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein - Andrew Lownie's book on the Duke of York has rocked the monarchy.

Culture

11 h. ago Child sex offender who penned 'paedo manifesto' breaches order after failing to report to cops

Darren Adams - who claimed his "community" of fellow paedophiles faced discrimination - was fined £200 after he admitted the charge at Perth Sheriff Court.

Events

18 h. ago Karen Matthews' paedophile ex boyfriend flees home after graffiti appears

Convicted sex offender Craig Meehan has fled his home, neighbours have said

Politics

36 h. ago Rise in sex offenders using 'sleepwalker defence' to deflect rape charges, CPS prosecutor warns

Sexsomnia is a rare condition that causes people to engage in sexual activity while completely asleep, with sufferers having no memory of their actions.

Events

3 d. ago JD Vance’s attempt to link Democrats to Epstein renews calls to ‘release the files’

Vice-president tries to deflect criticism and blames Biden for doing ‘absolutely nothing’ about convicted sex offenderFour days after JD Vance reportedly asked top Trump administration officials to come up with a new communications strategy for dealing with the scandal around the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, he appears to have put his foot in it, sparking a new round of online outrage even as he tried to defuse the furor.In an interview with Fox News broadcast on Sunday, the vice-president tried to deflect criticism of the administration’s refusal to release the Epstein files by blaming Democrats. He accused Joe Biden of doing “absolutely nothing” about the scandal when he was in the White House. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Face of shameless sex offender who fled to Pakistan rather than facing justice

A warrant has been issued for his arrest

Politics

4 d. ago Convicted child sex offender 'fled to Pakistan' during his trial

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Hassan Mahmood, 23, and he's facing a long jail sentence

Politics

5 d. ago Trump officials reportedly met at White House to discuss strategy around Epstein files

Legal group sues for records related to officials’ correspondence about Epstein documents and about Epstein and Trump’s relationshipAn advocacy group sued the US justice department and the FBI on Friday for records detailing their handling of the sex-trafficking investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The legal organization Democracy Forward is seeking records related to senior administration officials’ communication about Epstein documents and any regarding correspondence between Epstein and Donald Trump. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago Victims feeling exhausted and anxious about wrangling over Epstein files

Women who say they were abused by Jeffrey Epstein are feeling skeptical and anxious after the Justice Department requested a court take the rare step of unsealing transcripts of secret testimony related to the sex-offending millionaire’s case

Events

7 d. ago Kemi Badenoch says case of vile Austrian sex offender 'killed' her belief in God

Kemi Badenoch said her belief in God changed in 2008 when she read the vile story of Josef Fritzl, who locked and repeatedly raped his daughter Elisabeth in a cellar for 24 years

Events

7 d. ago Ruby Franke’s ex files medical malpractice suit against convicted child abuser Jodi Hildebrandt for her ‘therapy’ services

Franke and Hildebrandt were sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for aggravated child abuse

Economics

8 d. ago Prince Andrew welcomed Jeffrey Epstein to Royal Ascot box with the Queen

The revelation that the convicted sex offender mingled with the monarch casts a fresh shadow over the Royal Family, deepening the scandal surrounding Andrew’s ties to Epstein

Politics

8 d. ago Jeffrey Epstein rubbed shoulders with The Queen after Prince Andrew Ascot invite

The revelation that the convicted sex offender mingled with the monarch casts a fresh shadow over the Royal Family, deepening the scandal surrounding Andrew’s ties to Epstein

Politics

8 d. ago Prince Andrew welcomed Jeffrey Epstein to Royal box with the Queen

The revelation that the convicted sex offender mingled with the monarch casts a fresh shadow over the Royal Family, deepening the scandal surrounding Andrew’s ties to Epstein

Politics

8 d. ago Showjumper and horse rider GUILTY of forcing underage girl into sex with them

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Guy Simmonds, 37, and Lauren Jarvis, 26, were today convicted of sexual activity with a child after targeting a girl they knew was under the age of 16

Politics

8 d. ago Epstein scandal broadens as trove of letters from famous figures published

New York Times reports on letters by Ehud Barak, Woody Allen and others written for Epstein’s 63rd birthdayThe long-running scandal surrounding the disgraced late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein broadened on Tuesday after the New York Times published a trove of previously unseen letters to Epstein from numerous powerful figures as well as unseen photographs from inside his Manhattan mansion.The letters, written to Epstein by a number of high-profile individuals, were reportedly compiled as a birthday gift for Epstein’s 63rd birthday in 2016. Their publication comes amid intense speculation around Donald Trump’s ties to Epstein, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 and had long cultivated a celebrity social circle of the rich and powerful. Continue reading...

Politics

9 d. ago Exclusive: Registered sex offender banned from Spirit Airlines after arrest for groping teenage seatmate

A Spirit Airlines spokesperson told The Independent that 65-year-old John Daniel Fowler is no longer welcome on its flights

Events

9 d. ago Lucy Letby seen dancing and laughing at a wedding while on bail for baby murders

Former schoolmate, Dawn Howe, unearthed the photos for a new ITV documentary on the convicted child killer Lucy Letby

Events

1 week ago Lucy Letby: Beyond Reasonable Doubt? review – one of the most meticulous documentaries in years

The science and statistics around Letby’s case are brilliantly unpacked by this considered programme. By its end, you are filled with questionsWhen three times more babies than expected die on a neonatal ward and one nurse is on duty during those deaths, it’s got to be pretty much an open-and-shut case, hasn’t it? Especially when breathing tubes have been clearly deliberately dislodged by someone from their tiny bodies and blood tests show spikes in insulin that can only be explained by the stuff being injected. And if you find someone who has written notes to herself about her guilt, then the way forward is clear. Lock the perpetrator up. Throw away the key.Such was the initial and still persisting narrative in the case of Lucy Letby, the neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester hospital in Cheshire who became, in tabloid parlance, “Britain’s worst child serial killer”, when she was convicted in 2023 of seven murders and seven attempted murders of the infants in her care.Lucy Letb...

Politics

1 week ago Ghislaine Maxwell quizzed over mystery three Brits linked to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein

The convicted sex offender was interviewed by government lawyers near the Tallahassee Federal Jail in Florida where she had been locked up before her move to 'cushy' Bryan prison camp in Texas.

Politics