6 h. ago Health boards have ‘failed to take action’ to protect women from rape and sexual assault in hospitals

Women’s Rights Network Scotland said health boards have ‘failed to take action’ to protect women from rape and sexual assault in hospitals

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2 w. ago Germany to classify date rape drugs as weapons in attempt to ensure justice for survivors

Classification will create basis for ‘significantly stricter’ prosecutions, minister saysGermany plans to treat the use of date rape drugs like the use of a weapon in prosecutions as part of measures to ensure justice for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.“We classify date rape drugs, which are increasingly used as a widespread tool in crimes, as weapons. This creates the basis for significantly stricter prosecutions,” , Alexander Dobrindt, the interior minister, said on Friday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Germany to classify date rape drugs as weapons to ensure justice for survivors

Classification plan will create basis for ‘significantly stricter’ prosecutions, says interior ministerGermany plans to treat the use of date rape drugs like the use of weapons in prosecutions as part of measures to ensure justice for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.“We classify date rape drugs, which are increasingly used as a widespread tool in crimes, as weapons. This creates the basis for significantly stricter prosecutions,” Alexander Dobrindt, the interior minister, said on Friday. “We are committed to clear consequences and consistent enforcement. Women should feel safe and be able to move freely everywhere.” Continue reading...

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Olympic coach, 65, denies raping and sexually assaulting a child over 10

Jose Vicente Leiva-Modahl, 65, pleaded not guilty to 19 charges, including sexual assault of a child and rape, at Manchester Crown Court.

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3 w. ago Serial rapist who drugged victims to be sentenced for 24 sexual offences

Chao Xu, 33, of Greenwich, pleaded guilty to 24 sexual offences over the course of three years including rape, sexual assault and upskirting.

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3 w. ago Rapist captured on CCTV moments before Glasgow attack jailed after string of sex offences

Mihai-Nicolae Patran was found guilty of rape, sexual assault and sexual exposure following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

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3 w. ago BBC Radio 1's Tim Westwood arrives in court over multiple charges of rape and sexual assault

Former BBC Radio 1 broadcaster Tim Westwood has appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court, just weeks after being charged with rape and sexual assault against seven women

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