14 h. ago UK police charge comedian Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault

British police have charged comedian Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault after an investigation sparked by complaints from several women

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3 d. ago Five men accused of gang raping British woman in Cyprus cleared after 'police errors'

The lawyer for a 20-year-old woman who accused five men of raping her in Ayia Napa in September 2023 says it is 'ridiculous' they were acquitted, adding that telling her the outcome of the case was 'one of the hardest phone calls I have ever had to make'

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3 d. ago Cyprus court acquits five Israeli men accused of raping British woman

Woman’s lawyer says verdict proof of ‘patriarchal’ justice system and does not rule out taking case to European court of human rightsA Cyprus court’s acquittal of five men accused of abducting and raping a British woman in the resort of Ayia Napa has been met with outrage as calls mount for the verdict to be challenged.Dismissing the charges on Monday, the three-member district court in Paralimni ruled the testimony of the 20-year-old had not been credible because it “lacked coherence and contained numerous substantial contradictions”. The defendants, Israelis aged between 19 and 20, claimed sexual contact with the woman had been consensual. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Coldstream Guard told female soldier 'shh, go back to sleep' as he raped her while they were on deployment with the British Army, court martial hears

Lance Corporal Jordan Morris and the woman were on deployment with the British Army to Kenya when the alleged incident took place.

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3 d. ago Cyprus court drops all rape charges against 5 Israelis after doubting British woman's credibility

A Cyprus court has dropped all charges against five Israelis accused of gang-raping a British woman in a hotel room after ruling her testimony as not credible and replete with “fundamental contradictions.”

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4 d. ago Katie Price's ex is cleared by police of sharing explicit image of a woman

Hayler was arrested last August over claims he had distributed a shocking picture the woman. But police have found no evidence linking him to the image. The case against him as now been dropped.

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5 d. ago Pictured: Massive piles of rubbish at mill after 'cannabis farm' police chase

Action is now being taken after huge piles of rubbish were accidently discovered by police while they were chasing a person suspected of cultivating a cannabis farm.

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1 week ago Met Police officers 'had case to answer' as man is tasered and jumps from bridge

Oladeji Omishore's family said the "credibility and the purpose" of his inquest was lost after the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) cleared the Metropolitan Police officers of misconduct

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1 week ago Nicola Sturgeon thanks supporters in comedy debut after being cleared by police

She was appearing at the King’s Theatre in Glasgow as part of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival

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2 w. ago What next for Nicola Sturgeon after former SNP leader cleared in Branchform probe

Nicola Sturgeon can look forward to the publication of her memoir and a headline appearance at the Glasgow Comedy Festival after being cleared in a police investigation.

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2 w. ago Everyday tattoos got Venezuelan men ID'd as gang members and deported, lawyers say

Defense lawyers say some of the roughly 200 Venezuelan men the U.S. deported after accusing them of being gang members were targeted because of their everyday tattoos

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2 w. ago Longtime LA gang leader suspected of murder and human trafficking declares his innocence in video

An alleged leader of a Los Angeles street gang who’s accused of murder, kidnapping and extortion was expected to appear in court, a day after he posted a video declaring his innocence before surrendering to federal authorities

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2 w. ago Trump administration deported Venezuelan asylum seeker over Real Madrid tattoo, court documents say

ICE has baselessly accused immigrants who fled torture of being members of the gang they escaped, lawyers say

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2 w. ago Jubilant Nicola Sturgeon hails 'outcome I always expected' after she is dramatically CLEARED by police probe into SNP finances

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been cleared in a police investigation into the SNP's finances.

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2 w. ago Nicola Sturgeon: Never a 'scrap of evidence' against me in Police Scotland SNP finances probe

Nicola Sturgeon has spoken on being cleared in the Operation Branchform probe carried out by Police Scotland

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2 w. ago Operation Branchform: What we know about the police investigation into SNP finances as Nicola Sturgeon cleared

The investigation into the party’s funding and finances has been ongoing since July 2021.

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2 w. ago Nicola Sturgeon cleared in SNP finance scandal as husband appears in court

The former SNP leader has been cleared by police investigating the party's finances

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2 w. ago Nicola Sturgeon is dramatically CLEARED in police investigation into SNP finances

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been cleared in a police investigation into the SNP's finances.

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2 w. ago ‘We don’t know how any of this will play out’: what’s next for US deportees in El Salvador

Political scientist Mneesha Gellman on the deportees’ fates, dire prison conditions and Bukele-Trump parallelsThe Trump administration has flown 238 Venezuelans to an El Salvador prison that human rights groups say is designed to disappear people.Despite a judge’s order temporarily blocking the move, the US government flew more than 200 men that it had accused of gang membership to the “Terrorism Confinement Center”, or Cecot – a draconian mega-prison that has become central to the promise of the Salvadorian president, Nayib Bukele, promise to rid his country of crime. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Police detention officer is cleared of stealing her neighbour's cat after telling court she took her for 'compassionate reasons'

Dawn Jowett, 61, admitted taking her nieghbour's cat Dora to her new address but claimed she had been looking after the animal herself for 18 months and was acting for compassionate reasons.

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