8 d. ago Teacher 'sex trafficked pupil for boyfriend and paid her £75 to keep quiet'

High school teacher Elizabeth Jamie Love, 36, faces life in prison over claims she trafficked a female student for sex for her boyfriend Jarid 'Jack' Krause, who has also been charged

Economics

9 d. ago Nebraska teacher and her boyfriend accused of trafficking one of her students

Jamie Love is listed as a teacher of the deaf on the Nebraska school’s website

Society

1 week ago We charged guests £745 to attend our wedding. People were furious

Floating towards the man I'm about to marry, I turn and smile. I see women in formal florals, men sporting tuxedos. But one accessory unites them - a coloured band on their wrist.

Economics

1 week ago MSP Colin Smyth appears in court charged with child sex offence

The South Scotland MSP had previously been arrested on Tuesday August 5, prompting his suspension from Scottish Labour.

Events

1 week ago Katie Price is 'preparing to give evidence in court' after ex

Personal trainer Hayler, 38, is alleged to have committed the offences between June and October 2016 - in the middle of his marriage to the ex-glamour model, 47.

Events

2 w. ago White House denies report Trump is 'considering' commuting Diddy's prison sentence

The White House criticized reports Combs - who saw his prison sentence shortened when he was acquitted of more serious sex trafficking and racketeering charges - could be free.

Events

2 w. ago US government nuclear physicist arrested on child sex charges

Exclusive details: After his arrest for propositioning a 16-year-old, top government nuclear physicist Andrew Worrall, 56, is no longer employed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a spokeswoman told The Independent

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2 w. ago ‘Here’s a script for the bathroom’: US government nuclear physicist arrested on child sex charges

Exclusive details: After his arrest for propositioning a 16-year-old, top government nuclear physicist Andrew Worrall, 56, is no longer employed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a spokeswoman told The Independent

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2 w. ago Alexander Acosta said putting Epstein on trial would’ve been a gamble, transcript shows

Former prosecutor testified before House committee on hurdles that prosecution of convicted sex offender would have facedAlexander Acosta, the former US attorney for the southern district of Florida who negotiated a plea deal in 2008 with Jeffrey Epstein, testified before the House oversight committee last month that going to trial would have been a “crapshoot” due to lack of cooperation from victims.In a transcript of the six-hour interview released on Friday, the former prosecutor, who later served in the first Trump administration, described the evidentiary hurdles Epstein’s federal prosecution would have faced, and why his office turned the case over to Florida state prosecutors that resulted in the disgraced financier pleading guilty to charges of soliciting sex from a minor. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Punish Prince Andrew? This is no meritocracy, I’m afraid – you get the royal family you didn’t vote for | Marina Hyde

After years of drip-fed revelations, we might as well face it. This is a family elevated by birthright: they’re stuck with him and so are weReading the extract from Virginia Giuffre’s tragic memoir in the Guardian this week, I was struck again by the fate of each of those people involved in that infamous photograph taken at Ghislaine Maxwell’s London house.The teenage girl at the centre of the picture is dead, having taken her own life at a remote Australian farmhouse earlier this year, unable to outrun her trauma. The person who took the photograph is dead, having somehow killed himself in a New York jail while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking. The grinning woman in the background is in prison herself, exalting Donald Trump’s impeccable purity in the hope of getting moved to a nicer jail or even pardoned. And the smiling lunk with his arm round the teenage girl – who he denies he had sex with later that evening – is living in a 30-room mansion on a 98-acre estate (which...

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2 w. ago Man charged with murdering sex worker and raping another while on bail 'for eight Tube attacks on women' refuses to appear in court

Simon Levy (pictured), 40, is accused of carrying out attacks on multiple women which culminated in the murder of sex worker Sheryl Wilkins, 39, on August 24.

Events

2 w. ago 'Serial sex offender' charged with murdering sex worker and strangling another was on bail 'for attacking eight women on the underground'

Simon Levy is accused of carrying out attacks on a total of 11 woman which culminated in the murder of a sex worker and the rape and strangulation of another victim while he was out on bail.

Events

2 w. ago Claudia Winkleman makes rare public appearance with husband at star

The lavish event was also attended by Jurassic Park legend Laura Dern

Politics

2 w. ago London councillor charged with sex offences in line for role on town hall investigating committee

Lambeth councillor Irfan Mohammed was suspended by the Labour Party after being charged with four counts of sexual assault, exposure and engaging in coercive or controlling behaviour

Events

2 w. ago Former Olympic coach charged with multiple child sex offences appears in court

Jose Vicente Leiva-Modahl, 65, was granted conditional bail ahead of a plea and trial preparation hearing on November 18

Sport

2 w. ago Former Olympic coach and I'm A Celebrity star's husband appears in court on rape and child sex charges

Jose Vicente Leiva-Modahl, 65, who also goes by the name Vicente Modahl, is charged with 19 offences against one woman, dating back to when she was a child.

Events

3 w. ago Former Olympic coach and I'm A Celebrity star's husband is charged with the rape and sex assault of a child

Vicente Modahl, 65, is accused of a string of sex offences alleged to have taken place between 2012 and 2024, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.

Events

3 w. ago Former Olympic coach, 65, is charged with the rape and sex assault of a child

Vicente Modahl, 65, is accused of a string of sex offences alleged to have taken place between 2012 and 2024, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.

Events

3 w. ago Former Olympic coach, 65, charged with multiple child sex offences

Jose Vicente Leiva-Modahl, 65, will appear at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday

Sport

3 w. ago Vicente Modahl, 65, charged with multiple child sex offences

Jose Vicente Leiva-Modahl, also known as Vicente Modahl, has been charged with 19 offences

Politics