11 h. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces growing wave of civil suits as criminal trial ends

Combs remains jailed awaiting sentencing as more than 50 civil cases alleging abuse and assault move forwardAfter two months, the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs came to a close on Wednesday with a mixed verdict. The jury acquitted the 55-year-old music mogul of the most serious charges – racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking – but found him guilty on the two lesser counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.Still, this verdict marks only one chapter in Combs’s mounting legal battles. Combs, who remains incarcerated at the Metropolitan detention center in Brooklyn, is now awaiting sentencing and faces a growing number of civil lawsuits against him alleging sexual assault and abuse. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago 'He's a despicable man': Peadophile jailed for sexually abusing young children

Steven Westlake groomed then assaulted his victims, police said

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61 h. ago 'Jesus of Siberia' jailed for abusing followers at isolated mountain

After losing his job as a traffic officer in 1990, Sergei Torop, 64, claimed to have been reborn as Vissarion and went on to form a cult that replaces Christmas with a feast on his birthday

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66 h. ago Glasgow rapist jailed for 13 years after abusing eight vulnerable young girls

Serial offender who abused young girls sentenced to 13 years in prison.

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66 h. ago Vile predator jailed following years of sexual abuse in Paisley

Gary MacPherson committed the crimes between 2005 and 2022 in Paisley, Glasgow and Orlando.

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3 d. ago Former Scottish private school teacher jailed for nine years for abuse of 11 boys

The former physics teacher was sentenced to nine years in jail.

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6 d. ago Men who lured schoolgirl, 15, into van and live streamed sick footage of her being sexually abused while one orally raped her are spared jail

Michael Linfoot, 24, Callum Hesketh, 24, and Thomas Rae, 24, all of Chorley in Greater Manchester, were all convicted of offences in 2018 on Thursday.

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6 d. ago Men avoid jail for luring schoolgirl, 15, into van before sexually abusing her and broadcasting mobile phone footage to friends who turned up to join

Michael Linfoot, 24, Callum Hesketh, 24, and Thomas Rae, 24, all of Chorley in Greater Manchester, were all convicted of offences in 2018 on Thursday.

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7 d. ago 'Pimp' nicknamed 'Nails' jailed for 13 years for horrific abuse of two teenagers

'The shame is not theirs - it's yours'

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9 d. ago Domestic abuse thug who said he was like killer Raoul Moat to terrify his partner is jailed for two years and four months

Eric Drinkald, 41, (pictured) and the woman split after he hit her with a hoover attachment, curtain pole and his fists before he then bombarded her with calls and texts during a campaign of stalking.

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2 w. ago Monk who brought shame on Catholic boarding school jailed for abusing pupils

Michael James Callaghan, known as Father James, has been jailed for seven years for preying on the vulnerable teenage boys at Ampleforth College.

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2 w. ago Former Georgia jail guard abused inmates with Taser and lied about it, authorities say

A former Fulton County jail guard has been indicted on federal civil rights charges

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2 w. ago Rogue landlord who 'abused' tenant avoids jail as Britain's prisons are 'full'

Qamil Cama, from Brent, was convicted of failing to comply with a council enforcement notice and two separate landlord offences after he unlawfully evicted his tenant

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3 w. ago School counsellor fights tears as she's jailed for abusing 'defenceless' student

Emily Nutley admitted to having 'crossed a line' and said she had lost her marriage, home, friends after she had sexual relations with a pupil at her school meant

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3 w. ago Notorious paedophile jailed for abusing girls allowed to live feet from children's playground with no knowledge from Probation Service

Todros Grynhaus was imprisoned for more than 13 years in 2015, found guilty of seven offences against two young girls between 1996 and 2004.

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3 w. ago Tragic mother's attacker is given a taste of freedom after just one year in prison

A 'violent monster' who was jailed for abusing his partner before her death has been offered a taste of freedom - after serving just one year behind bars.

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3 w. ago Notorious paedophile jailed for abusing girls allowed to live metres from children's playground with no knowledge from probation service

Todros Grynhaus was imprisoned for more than 13 years in 2015, found guilty of seven offences against two young girls between 1996 and 2004.

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3 w. ago Notorious paedophile allowed to live just 24 steps from a children's playground

EXCLUSIVE: Todros Grynhaus was jailed for 13 years in 2015 after a campaign of sexual abuse against two teenage girls - now he's living just yards from a playground. Nicole Wootton-Cane reports.

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3 w. ago He was jailed for 13 years for sexually abusing two girls, now he's living next to a kid's playground

EXCLUSIVE: Todros Grynhaus was jailed for 13 years in 2015 after a campaign of sexual abuse against two teenage girls - now he's living just yards from a playground. Nicole Wootton-Cane reports.

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3 w. ago Two jailed for hurling antisemitic abuse and alcohol at worshippers outside Jewish synagogue in Marble Arch

Worshippers were targeted as they left the synagogue near Marble Arch in central London

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