53 h. ago Tinder rapist caught while exercising on Spanish beach after faking his own death is jailed for eight years

Last month, James Clacher, 57, was convicted on two charges of raping the women on two separate occasions in August 2019 and September 2020.

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56 h. ago Twisted Tinder rapist finally caught after faking his own death and living off puddle water

James Clacher spent two years on the run attempting to escape justice for his violent sexual crimes against women. Here's how the law finally caught up with the Tinder rapist

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56 h. ago Lanarkshire man jailed for sexual offences after being traced abroad

James Clacher, who was reported missing from Bellshill in May 2022, was traced in Spain in May 2024 and arrested on an international warrant before being returned to Scotland to face trial.

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57 h. ago Spanish police capture Scots Tinder rapist on beach after he faked own death

James Clacher, 57, was caged for eight years at the High Court in Edinburgh today.

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57 h. ago James Clacher: Gym boss who faked death and fled Scotland for Spain after raping two women jailed

Clacher denied any wrongdoing during his trial and the judge said he showed ‘no remorse’.

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58 h. ago Tinder rapist who faked his own death and fled to Spain learns fate after gym arrest

James Clacher, 57, was convicted of two rape charges following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow and today was jailed for his crimes after writing a fake suicide note

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58 h. ago Rapist who faked his own death and fled to Spain jailed for eight years

A judge described James Clacher’s attempt to evade justice as ‘cowardly’.

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58 h. ago Tinder rapist who faked his own death and fled to Spain finally jailed

James Clacher was found guilty of carrying out two rapes against women he met on Tinder in 2019 and 2020 in their own homes before going on the lam and leaving the country for Spain's Costa del Sol

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58 h. ago Scots Tinder rapist who faked own death jailed for eight years

James Clacher, 57, was convicted of attacking his victims in their own homes following a trial last month.

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9 d. ago Transgender prisoners are STILL in women's jail despite Supreme Court ruling, as activists accuse new Justice Secretary David Lammy of ignoring women's rights

The newly appointed Justice Secretary has been urged to shut down a special unit home to five biological males inside a female jail, in light of the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex.

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1 week ago Met Police officer who 'thought he was above the law' jailed 16 years for campaign of rape, abuse and stalking against three women

Jake Cummings was a special constable in Dorset and then a PC in London when he carried out 'extensive controlling, coercive behaviour' against three woman over a near five-year period.

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1 week ago Al Pacino on Dog Day Afternoon at 50: ‘It plays more today than it even did then’

The 85-year-old actor talks the legacy of his stirring 1975 drama, his love of YouTube, fake death rumours and why he won’t discuss politicsThe lions of 1970s cinemas are now lions in winter. “I’m so sad about Redford,” says Al Pacino, a day after the death of Robert Redford, his fellow octogenarian actor. “I liked him so much. He was such a sweetheart.”Perhaps it is because he is currently filming King Lear that Pacino is preoccupied with our collective crawl toward death. He recently rewatched his younger self in Dog Day Afternoon, a Hollywood classic that celebrates its 50th anniversary on Sunday, and was struck by how many of the cast are now gone. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Teenager who winked at victim after he sexually assaulted her during spate of attacks on women on the Tube is jailed for four years

Predator teenager Hadi Al Koumi, from Ealing, West London, attacked four women at stations or on trains in Central and West London, between August 6 and August 8, 2024.

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2 w. ago Loose Women sparks outrage as panel claims Constance Marten, who was jailed for 14 years over the death of her baby, was judged harshly because of SEXISM

In the ITV studio, talk turned to whether female perpetrators are judged more harshly for their crimes.

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2 w. ago Coronation Street's Costello and Becky 'hiding truth about fake death cover

Coronation Street fans are convinced DI Costello and Becky Swain are hiding more than they have let on about their fake death cover-up, after Lisa Swain was given new details

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2 w. ago Woman arrested as she tried to find rapist who faked his own death has blasted cops

Five months after her rapist staged his own death, police officers turned up at Elle’s home and charged her with Communications Act offences

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2 w. ago Student gets into fake Uber as doors lock and she's stabbed to death

The 21-year-old was knifed so many times and so furiously that her body was left with just one tablespoon of blood in it instead of the normal four litres.

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2 w. ago Student, 21, gets into fake Uber as doors lock and she's stabbed to death

A young student’s life was brutally snatched away after she got into a fake taxi - she was knifed so many times and so furiously that her body was left with just one tablespoon of blood in it instead of the normal four litres

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2 w. ago Last texts kayaker who faked death to start new life with other woman sent wife

Ryan Borgwardt vanished after kayaking in a lake, leaving his wife and children devastated - but had actually been plotting his disappearance for months to start a new life with a woman from Uzbekistan

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2 w. ago Final texts man sent to wife before faking his own death for woman he met online

A man carried out an elaborate plan to fake his own death, allowing him to leave his wife, children, and life behind for an Eastern European woman whom he met online

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