5 h. ago ‘He asked me what I’d done sexually with a woman’: how Joy Gharoro

The rising star has made her debut film, Dreamers, a semi-autobiographical love story set in an immigration detention centre. She talks about fleeing persecution in Nigeria – and what she learned from French new waveJoy Gharoro-Akpojotor had a little wobble when she stepped on to the stage after the screening of her debut feature, Dreamers, at the London film festival. The Nigerian-British director’s film is a love story set in an immigration detention centre. It had already premiered in Berlin earlier this year. But showing her semi-autobiographical film to a home crowd in London felt exposing. “I suddenly had this feeling: Oh my God, everyone can see me. Everyone knows everything about me.” She laughs.Gharoro-Akpojotor has built a reputation as a rising star producer. Her company Joi Productions makes films telling black, female and gay stories. (“All of the above, sometimes individually.”) Her credits include Rapman’s Blue Story and Aml Ameen’s romcom Boxing Day, and she is curre...

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3 d. ago Woman 'sexually assaulted' near cemetery in horror attack as police issue plea

Police have issued a plea for information and dashcam footage after a woman was allegedly sexually assaulted near a cemetery

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3 d. ago Horror as woman 'sexually assaulted' in car near cemetery as cops make arrest

A woman reported to police that she was sexually assaulted in a blue car near industrial premises at the end of Cemetery Road, next to Wigan Cemetery, on November 2

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4 d. ago Murderer who calmly told police 'I've killed someone', is jailed for life after stabbing sleeping woman to death and sexually assaulting her corpse

Sitting cross-legged on the pavement with his head in his hands, Ernestas Juska appeared chillingly calm as he told police: 'I've just killed someone.'

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5 d. ago Woman sexually assaulted at knifepoint by intruder she'd never met

'Everyone has the right to feel safe in their own home and this horrific incident is every woman’s worst nightmare'

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6 d. ago Suspected double murderer 'killed woman in disused flats after sexual encounter'

Simon Levy is accused of murdering two women in London four months apart

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7 d. ago CCTV released in hunt for man after woman ‘sexually assaulted’ on board train

Police have released an image of a man after a woman was allegedly sexually assaulted on a train from the Peak District

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7 d. ago Cops release CCTV after woman ‘sexually assaulted’ by man on board train in broad daylight

COPS have released an image in the hunt for a man after woman was allegedly sexually assaulted on a busy train. A probe has been launched after the victim was reportedly assaulted moments after boarding the train at Duffield, Derbyshire. The young woman was said to have passed a group of three people as she...

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8 d. ago Appeal after woman sexually assaulted by man on train from Peak District

Police have released an image of a man they want to speak to who they believe could assist with enquiries

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1 week ago Cops release CCTV after woman ‘sexually assaulted’ in busy town centre street

COPS have released CCTV of a man they want to speak to after a woman was attacked in a busy town centre street. The incident took place on the evening of October 18 in Northampton, police said. Officers believe that the man pictured could help police with their enquires, if anybody is able to identify...

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1 week ago Police manhunt after woman sexually assaulted while on morning jog

A woman aged in her 30s reported that she was pulled to the ground and sexually assaulted

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1 week ago Horror as woman, in her 30s, sexually assaulted while out on a morning run as cops launch urgent probe

COPS have launched a probe after a woman was pulled to the ground and seriously sexually assaulted while on her morning jog. The victim, in her 30s, was running along a path just before 6am on Wednesday morning when an unknown man approached her and sexually assaulted her. Suffolk Police have appealed for information and...

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1 week ago Former Met officer David Carrick sentenced for rape and molesting child

Convicted serial offender given further life sentence for crimes against 12-year-old girl in 1980s and former partnerFormer police officer and convicted sex offender David Carrick has been sentenced at the Old Bailey to life with a minimum of 30 years for molesting a 12-year-old girl and raping a former partner. Carrick, 50, who served as an armed officer in the Metropolitan police, sexually assaulted the child in the late 1980s, his trial heard. More than 20 years later, he repeatedly raped a woman and subjected her to “degrading and humiliating” abuse during the course of a toxic relationship.Mrs Justice McGowan sentenced Carrick for the fresh convictions on Thursday after he was found guilty of two charges of rape, one of sexual assault and coercive and controlling behaviour towards the woman between 2014 and 2019, and five counts of indecent assault relating to the girl in the late 1980s. Carrick’s offences came to light after he pleaded guilty in 2022 and 2023 to 71 sexual offe...

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1 week ago I'm A Celebrity's Alex Scott reveals she had her first sexual encounter with a woman when she was 17 as she gives a rare insight into her 'passionate' love life

The footballer, 41, revealed on Wednesday's I'm A Celebrity she had her first sexual encounter with a woman at the age of 17, but was 'fighting' her sexuality.

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1 week ago NHS supervisor who repeatedly 'skelped' colleague's bum given community service

Community councillor William Freeman "skelped" the woman with a "pair of marigolds" during the sexually motivated harassment within the hospital.

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2 w. ago CPS prosecutor facing trial over claim she sexually assaulted another woman

Rhiannon Buckley-Jones appeared in court to deny one charge of sexual assault

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2 w. ago Woman 'sexually assaulted' on board Elizabeth line train during rush hour

Woman 'sexually assaulted' on board Elizabeth line train during rush hour  East London and West Essex Guardian

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2 w. ago Scots park taped off after woman raped in horror early morning attack

The woman was within Brodie Park in Paisley when she was seriously sexually assaulted by a man at around 4.45am on Sunday.

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2 w. ago Rams LT Alaric Jackson will play Sunday after being sued over sex video

Left tackle Alaric Jackson will play for the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday after being sued this week by a woman who alleges he recorded sexual acts with her on his phone without her consent

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2 w. ago Woman sexually assaults victim in a park before boyfriend flashes her and pair run off

COPS are urgently hunting for a couple after a woman was allegedly sexually assaulted and flashed in a park. The attack reportedly took place in Queensway Park in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, on Tuesday night between 9pm and 10pm. A woman walking near the underpass was reportedly approached by another female who "became fixated on her appearance"...

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