23 h. 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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23 h. 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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24 h. 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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43 h. ago Oscar winner Kevin Spacey claims he is now homeless after Hollywood exile

Oscar winner Kevin Spacey has claimed he is now homeless after being frozen out of Hollywood in the wake of sexual assault allegations first made against him seven years ago.

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46 h. ago Smokey Robinson faces fresh accusations of sexual assault from male and female former employees

Motown singer has denied all allegations against him

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50 h. ago Kevin Spacey says he ‘literally has no home’ and is ‘living in hotels’

Spacey recently performed a cabaret-style show at a resort in Cyprus

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51 h. 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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51 h. ago Kevin Spacey says he has 'no home' seven years after sexual assault claims

‘The costs over these last seven years have been astronomical,’ Spacey said in a new interview

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51 h. ago Male and female former employees of Smokey Robinson accuse him of sexual assault

Motown star denies allegations, in addition to four existing sets of allegations against himTwo more former employees of the soul music star Smokey Robinson, both male and female, have alleged he sexually assaulted them, which he denies.Robinson is already facing similar allegations from four other former employees, who filed a joint lawsuit in May. This week, lawyers for the accusers filed a motion to have two further accusers added to the lawsuit, both anonymously. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Kevin Spacey reveals he is currently homeless and 'living in hotels' as he admits his financial situation is 'not great'

Kevin Spacey has revealed that he is currently homeless and 'living in hotels' as he admits his financial situation is 'not great'.

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2 d. ago Trainee NHS worker spread patient's legs during hospital scan and sexually assaulted her

Ieuan Crump, 27, was found guilty of nine charges of sexual assault, including three counts of assault by penetration while working as a trainee at Grange Hospital in Cwmbran

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2 d. ago NHS worker sexually assaulted two patients during procedures at Welsh hospital

Ieuan Crump has been found guilty of nine charges of sexual assault, including three counts of assault by penetration

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3 d. ago DoorDash driver who went viral over alleged ‘sexual assault’ when she saw naked man now faces criminal charges for filming him

Olivia Henderson, 23, is facing two counts of unlawful surveillance after she recorded an unconscious customer whose pants were down and posted the video on TikTok

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4 d. 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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4 d. 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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5 d. ago Masseur who sexually assaulted five women at luxury Wokingham spa avoids jail

Ibrahim Ali pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual assault by touching in September and the masseur, described as a 'danger to women when alone with them', has now been sentenced

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5 d. ago Image released following sexual assault on Elizabeth Line train

Image released following sexual assault on Elizabeth Line train - London  British Transport Police

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8 d. ago Luis Rubiales has eggs thrown at him during book launch in Madrid

The man that former Spanish football president claimed was his uncle threw three in the direction of the 48-year-oldThe disgraced former Spanish football federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales had eggs flung at him, allegedly by his uncle, during the presentation of his new book on Thursday in Madrid.Rubiales, convicted of sexual assault for a forced kiss on the player Jenni Hermoso, appeared to be struck on the back by an egg as the man Rubiales claimed was his uncle threw three in the direction of the 48-year-old. Continue reading...

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8 d. 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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9 d. ago Serial killer murdered over 50 people and left twisted photo for victim's dad

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Robert Ben Rhoades, known as the 'Truck Stop Killer', murdered more than 50 women and girls in a horrifying campaign of torture and sexual assault

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