A hidden letter in the room of Jaysley Beck, 19, who was subjected to a torrid campaign of sexual abuse by four superior male squaddies which contributed to her suicide, helped her get justice.

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Joël Le Scouarnec’s ‘black books’ of handwritten notes in which alleged sexual abuse was recorded are at the heart of case against himWhen two gendarmes knocked on her door in 2019, Marie had no idea that she was about to find herself at the dark heart of one of the world’s biggest child abuse cases.The French mother of three, now 38, was shocked when the officers told her she had been the victim of Joël Le Scouarnec, a surgeon and an alleged serial paedophile accused of raping and sexually abusing hundreds of children. Continue reading...

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Joël Le Scouarnec’s ‘black books’ of handwritten notes in which alleged sexual abuse was recorded are at the heart of case against himWhen two gendarmes knocked on her door in 2019, Marie had no idea that she was about to find herself at the dark heart of one of the world’s biggest child abuse cases.The French mother of three, now 38, was shocked when the officers told her she had been the victim of Joël Le Scouarnec, a surgeon and an alleged serial paedophile accused of raping and sexually abusing hundreds of children. Continue reading...

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A former surgeon accused of raping or sexual abusing 299 people, mostly children

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Nathan Hochman casts doubt on sexual abuse claims but declines to say whether he would support resentencingLos Angeles’s new tough-on-crime district attorney made clear on Friday he is taking a much less sympathetic view of Erik and Lyle Menendez’s case, though his office has not yet announced what position it will take on the issue of whether the brothers should be resentenced.Erik, 53, and Lyle, 56, Menendez were found guilty of first-degree murder in the killings of José and Kitty Menendez in 1989, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Continue reading...

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The FBI in Las Vegas says a woman lured at least four older men on online dating apps to meet in person, drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a “sinister” romance scheme

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Amran, Alman and Joman Miah were jailed for the sexual abuse of five girls in Leeds and Barrow.

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WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Jack Tyler, from Corwen, Wales, sexually abused and battered a black spaniel and a jack terrier with both ending up dying, as well as downloading indecent images of children

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A jury in Miami has convicted the founder of an orphanage in Haiti of sexually abusing boys at the facility in Port-au-Prince

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From Conclave to The Brutalist to A Real Pain, films about religion are unusually well represented at the Academy Awards – some with decidedly unorthodox themes• Warning: contains spoilersWhat Tony Blair’s former spin doctor Alastair Campbell said of New Labour – “We don’t do God” – applies also to the Academy Awards. The secular gong-dispensing rite annually sweeps religion off its proverbial red carpet. The last best picture winner to deal with the subject was 2015’s Spotlight, which hardly proselytised for organised religion – it dramatised the Boston Globe’s investigation into sexual abuse in the Catholic church. You have to go back to 1973 to find a movie with a priestly protagonist that really beguiled the Academy: William Friedkin’s horror movie The Exorcist received 10 Oscar nominations, winning awards for screenplay and sound.This year, though, may be different. Two leading contenders, The Brutalist (10 nominations) and Conclave (eight), put faith front and centre. And let’...

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The sexual abuse claims against Michael Jackson will return to TV next month, as a sequel series to Leaving Neverland has been given a release date, leaving outraged fans divided.

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Alexander Westwood, 24, filmed one aspiring actress naked on his iPad, before trying to bill her family for £18,000 when she started missing his lessons after he sexually abused her.

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The founder of Yo! Sushi, Simon Woodroffe, has revealed he was sexually abused as a young boy by the headmaster of Marlborough College.

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The Royal Mail has apologised after a woman took her own life while on the phone to management after she was one of five women to be sexually abused by a perverted postman

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Four men allege Helga Lam sexually abused them when they were students at a school in Sydney, Australia in the 1970s - she strongly denies the allegations against her

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Michael Stewart was found guilty of eight counts of sexual assault, three counts of exposure and one count of harassment with fear of violence

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Prosecutors say Joel Le Scouarnec abused and raped hundreds of people, most of whom were children, over a 25-year period

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The Love Island star has fronted a new two-part ITV series which dives into the issue of deepfakes and image-based sexual abuse.

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In a letter seen by MailOnline, General Sir Roly Walker said he was 'disgusted' by allegations of sexual abuse and that the behaviour does not match 'our Values and Standards'.

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WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Brennah Montgomery, 31, from Las Vegas, admitted sexually abusing her dog and possessing child abuse material after she was arrested by police in the United States

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