5 d. ago Dentist, 53, called himself 'daddy' in depraved messages to 13

Steven MacMillan, 53, of Dalkeith, Midlothian, has been jailed after sending sick sexual messages to a 13-year-old girl which were eventually found by the child's mother

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5 d. ago Speeding Audi driver, 17, told worried friend 'I know these lanes, mate' before horror crash left him and two friends dead just a day after passing his test

Three teenage friends died in a horror crash after a 'naïve, young and inexperienced' driver lost control of his Audi the day after passing his test, an inquest heard today.

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6 d. ago London teenager, 18, released from Dubai jail after receiving royal pardon

Marcus Fakana was jailed for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl

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6 d. ago Briton, 18, released from Dubai jail after receiving royal pardon

Marcus Fakana was jailed for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl.

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6 d. ago Shopkeeper jailed for 10 years for sexually assaulting and grooming a girl in his shop

‘I thought I could trust him’, said victim of shopkeeper jailed for sexual assault

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8 d. ago Shopkeeper who groomed teenage girl with vodka and vapes before sexually assaulting her is jailed for 10 years

Daniel Hashmi was found guilty of six offences against the same child, including attempted rape, following a trial at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.

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8 d. ago Dangerous paedophile tried to sexually groom girl with rendition of Coldplay song

A judge called Gareth Davies a "very calculating individual" who should be considered a dangerous offender

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1 week ago Conor McGregor faces wait over appeal against sexual assault verdict

Conor McGregor withdrew evidence in his appeal against a civil ruling that he sexually assaulted Nikita Hand after a night out in December 2018

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1 week ago Revealed: Child sex offender who abused schoolgirl, 15, on livestream poses with kids at sports club while on BAIL for sex attack

Michael Linfoot, 24, trained at a gym in Chorley, Greater Manchester after being arrested and bailed on charges of sexual abuse against the girl when he was 18.

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1 week ago Revealed: Child sex offender who orally raped schoolgirl, 15, and abused her on livestream poses with kids at sports club while on BAIL for sex attack

Michael Linfoot, 24, trained at a gym in Chorley, Greater Manchester after being arrested and bailed on charges of sexual abuse against the girl when he was 18.

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1 week ago Revealed: Paedophile who raped schoolgirl, 15, and livestreamed abuse poses with children at sports club while on BAIL for sex attack

Michael Linfoot, 24, trained at a gym in Chorley, Greater Manchester after being arrested and bailed on charges of sexual abuse against the girl when he was 18.

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1 week ago ScotRail incident: Teenage girl, 18, sexually assaulted by man on train from Glasgow to Ayr

The incident took place on a train travelling from Glasgow Central to Ayr.

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1 week ago Pensioner paedophile sexually abused young girl in sickening crimes

Tony Drewitt 'denied' the girl her youth, police said as he was locked up

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1 week ago Teenager sexually assaulted by man sitting next to her on train to Ayrshire

The British Transport Police are appealing for witnesses after an 18-year-old girl was sexually assaulted on a train between Glasgow and Ayr.

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1 week ago West Lothian village bus protesters want return of service after 'year of isolation'

Elderly and infirm villagers who rely on buses have been cut off from public transport for more than a year. One told a meeting of the council’s Executive: “ We have bus passes, but no buses.”

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2 w. ago Horror as teenager pregnant with her rapist's baby is shot dead by her fiance in 'honour killing' after he found out about the sex attack in Turkey

Oya Budak, 18, was five-and-a-half months pregnant when she was shot dead in the apparent honour killing, Turkish news agencies said.

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2 w. ago Pervert who live streamed sex attack on teen girl in van walks free from court

Callum Hesketh, Michael Linfoot and Thomas Rae, all from Chorley, have been sentenced for sexual offences against a 15-year-old girl in Greater Manchester after she was groomed online

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2 w. ago Drivers and villagers face delays as roadworks to improve bus stop and paths set to begin

The works will be carried out between 9.30am and 4.30pm, and are expected to be completed by Friday, July 4.

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2 w. ago Devious paedophile abused young boy claiming he was teaching him sex education

Michael Brewer, 75, was later convicted of sexually abusing a young girl using a similar method.

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2 w. ago ‘Have you heard of this BDSM trend?’ What I learned recording thousands of hours of teens on their phones

When documentary-maker Lauren Greenfield immersed herself in the online and offline lives of 25 teenagers, she unearthed a world of sexually explicit images, rape culture, bullying and suicidal ideation. Adolescence, she says, has become like the wild westReactions to Lauren Greenfield’s documentary series Social Studies tend to fall into two categories. Young people think it is validating; adults think it’s a horror show. After all, the screen of a teenager’s smartphone is a shiny black hole to which access is rarely granted. “Our kids are right there,” as Greenfield puts it, “and yet we don’t really know what’s going on in their lives.”Her five-part series, which tracks the online and offline lives of a group of teenagers and young adults – the first generation of social media natives – is being tipped for an Emmy. Under the noses of their parents, she captures teenagers climbing out of bedroom windows to spend the night with boyfriends, posting sexually explicit images, tracking ...

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