42 h. ago Danny Masterson’s estranged wife Bijou Phillips files to change their daughter’s name after his rape conviction

Bijou Phillips filed to divorce Danny Masterson shortly after he was sentenced

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68 h. ago Laughing rapist paid another man to have sex with woman in hotel room before horrific attack

David Morrison has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars after being convicted of rape and sexual assault

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5 d. ago Security guard who plotted kidnap, rape and murder of Holly Willoughby loses appeal

Gavin Plumb was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 16 years in July last year after being unanimously convicted of soliciting murder and encouraging or assisting others to rape and kidnap the former This Morning presenter.

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6 d. ago Security guard who plotted to kidnap, rape and murder Holly Willoughby loses challenge against his 16

Gavin Plumb was unanimously convicted of soliciting murder and encouraging or assisting others to rape and kidnap the former This Morning presenter following a trial.

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6 d. ago Holly Willoughby's kidnap and rape plotter Gavin Plumb loses appeal sentence

Gavin Plumb, who was convicted and sentenced to life after plotting to kidnap, rape and murder Holly Willoughby, has launched an appeal to challenge his life sentence

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6 d. ago Man who fled to Scotland to avoid US rape charges jailed for at least five years

Nicholas Rossi will return to court next month, when he will be sentenced for a second rape conviction.

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6 d. ago Man who fled US to avoid rape charges jailed for at least five years

He will return to court next month, when he will be sentenced for a second rape conviction, having been found guilty in September.

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6 d. ago US man accused of faking own death after rape conviction gets at least five years in prison

Nicholas Rossi, who fled US, gets first of two sentences after being convicted of raping two women in Utah in 2008A judge has sentenced a Rhode Island man who appeared to fake his death and flee the United States to avoid arrest of at least five years in prison for rape.The sentence handed down Monday for Nicholas Rossi, 38, was the first of two he faces after being convicted separately in August and September of raping two women in northern Utah in 2008. He is scheduled to be sentenced in November for the second conviction. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘Diabolical’ former FBI agent who raped multiple women in his secret tattoo studio is sentenced

Valdivia was convicted of six counts of second-degree rape which took place in his secret tattoo studio

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2 w. ago Security guard convicted of plotting to kidnap, rape, and murder Holly Willoughby to have his appeal bid heard this month

Gavin Plumb, 38, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for soliciting murder and inciting rape and kidnap of the former This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby.

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2 w. ago Killer Fred Singleton who raped and murdered pensioner dies in prison

Fred Singleton has spent 42 years on death row since his conviction of the rape and murder of vulnerable widow Elizabeth Lominick, crimes which happened in her own home

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2 w. ago Middle school teacher jailed for raping a student is killed in prison by his murderer cellmate, officials say

Ernest Nichols, 60, was convicted of rape in 2011 and set to be released in 2027

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2 w. ago French appeal court increases sentence of Gisèle Pelicot rapist

Husamettin Dogan loses appeal after jury at retrial finds him guilty of raping Pelicot while she was sedatedA man has been found guilty on appeal of raping Gisèle Pelicot after she was drugged unconscious by her husband – and has had his prison sentence increased to 10 years.Husamettin Dogan, 44, an unemployed builder, who had contested his first conviction last year, faced a retrial this week at Nîmes court of appeal. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Indiana man convicted in 2001 rape and murder of teenager to be executed by lethal injection

An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl is set to die by lethal injection early Friday in the state’s third execution since resuming capital punishment last year

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2 w. ago Indiana set to execute man convicted of 2001 rape and murder of small

Indiana will put to death a man who was convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl, the state’s third execution since resuming capital punishment last year

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2 w. ago Gisèle Pelicot tells appeal trial she never gave consent to man convicted of rape

Woman says at retrial of Husamettin Dogan that ‘no victim should feel shame’ as court shown video evidenceGisèle Pelicot, who survived almost a decade of rape by dozens of men after she was drugged by her ex-husband, has told a French court that she never gave consent for anyone to abuse her while she was in a comatose state and that no victim should ever feel shame.Addressing the appeal trial on Wednesday of an unemployed builder who has contested his conviction for raping her, she said: “For me, the harm has been done – I will need to rebuild from these ruins and I think I’m on the right road – but what I want to say to others is that I never regretted my decisions, from filing a legal complaint until today. I want to say to victims to never be ashamed of what was imposed on them, because they’re never responsible.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Dominique Pelicot describes himself as ‘the devil’ while giving evidence in court

Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband is giving evidence in the appeal of a man challenging his rape conviction

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2 w. ago Man convicted in Gisèle Pelicot case says he ‘never intended’ to rape her

Appeal trial begins for Husamettin Dogan, the only man out of 51 in French case to challenge convictionAn unemployed builder seeking to overturn his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot when she had been drugged unconscious by her husband has told a court he “never intended” to rape her.On the opening day of his appeal trial in the southern French city of Nîmes, Husamettin Dogan, 44, a married father, was asked by the lead judge if he denied the charge of rape. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Gisèle Pelicot returns to court to face one of men convicted of raping her

The 72-year-old arrives for trial in Nîmes as Husamettin Dogan becomes only man out of 51 to appeal against convictionGisèle Pelicot, who survived almost a decade of rape involving dozens of men after she was drugged by her ex-husband, has arrived at a court in France for the appeal trial of one of the men convicted of raping her.Pelicot became a feminist hero after she decided to waive her right to anonymity in the trial of her former husband and 50 other men last year. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Gisèle Pelicot’s rape case returns to court as man appeals conviction

Husamettin Dogan was sentenced to nine years in prison for his role in a drugging and rape trial

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