3 d. ago Girl, 12, 'raped and murdered' by woman before being taken to bar in suitcase

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Lola Daviet was sexually assaulted and attacked with scissors before Dahbia Benkired placed her body in a suitcase – but now the killer is spending the rest of her life in prison

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3 d. ago 'Our girl, 12, was raped and tortured before suffering a painful death'

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Dahbia Benkired, 27, was found guilty of raping, torturing and killing schoolgirl Lola Daviet

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3 d. ago The Princess Bride star Cary Elwes breaks silence on his grief over Rob Reiner’s death: ‘Life is pain without you’

‘Enough time has passed that I can finally put my grief into words,’ wrote the actor

Politics

4 d. ago MSP says he does not know if he is strong enough for wife to have assisted death

The couple, who have been married for 29 years, have long supported the idea of allowing those who are facing a painful death to seek help to die

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1 week ago Heartbroken Man United academy star opens up on his father's suicide and the 'bittersweet' impact of it on his footballing career moving forward

Manchester United academy star Rhys Bennett has opened up about the impact of his father's death and vowed to use his pain as motivation for his football career.

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1 week ago Four men convicted after vulnerable girl, 16, driven to Denton and raped in 'horrific ordeal'

'These males took advantage of a clearly vulnerable teenager, what she experienced was deeply traumatic'

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2 w. ago Monster repeatedly raped Birmingham girl who was shared around in hotel toom

Arqash Zaffar raped his young victim multiple times over several days, including in a hotel room full of mean who took turns subjecting her to horrific abuse

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2 w. ago Girl, 12, gang raped for three days after being snatched from store and drugged

Kevin Horvath, 26, Ivan Turtak, 38, and Ernest Gunar, 27, were convicted of the sickening sex attacks on the young girl, who was repeatedly raped and drugged during the ordeal

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2 w. ago Girl, 17 in 'gang rape' horror as teen sent text asking 'do you want a turn'

Authorities have charged Abdul-Hamid with five counts of aggravated sexual assault after the six-hour ordeal - two of the alleged attacks are said to have involved a hairbrush

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2 w. ago Rob and Michele Reiner's cause of death confirmed as family describe their 'unimaginable pain'

Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of the famous filmmaker, has appeared in court charged with two counts of first-degree murder

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2 w. ago Girl 'gang raped by four teens while being driven around in car for six hours'

A 17-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped by four teenagers for six hours in a car in Liverpool, Australia, with one accused pleading not guilty to charges

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2 w. ago ALEX BRUMMER: Sydney's Jewish community was set up by death camp survivors. Imagine the shock and pain my family there feel

My wife's first call early on Sunday morning was to her sister Claire in Sydney who lives with her family in a community close to Bondi.

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3 w. ago ‘He was struggling with his breath. I sat beside him and sang’: the choir who sing to people on their deathbeds

Just as lullabies send babies to sleep, so songs can help those at the other end of life on their way. The leader of a threshold choir reveals what they do – and the personal tragedies that convinced her we need to get better at dealing with deathIt’s a brisk November afternoon in the village of South Brent in Devon and, in a daffodil yellow cottage, two women are singing me lullabies. But these aren’t the sort of lullabies that parents sing to their children. They are songs written and sung for terminally ill people, to ease them towards what will hopefully be a peaceful and painless death.We are at the home of Nickie Aven, singer and leader of a threshold choir. Aven and her friend are giving me a glimpse of what happens when they sing for people receiving end-of-life care. These patients are usually in hospices or in their own homes being supported by relatives, which is why 67-year-old Aven – who is softly spoken and radiates warmth and kindness – has asked me to lie down on the...

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3 w. ago Revealed: Two young Afghan asylum seekers were free to roam the streets for a MONTH after they admitted raping a 15

Despite admitting the brutal rape of a 15-year-old girl, Afghan asylum seekers Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both 17, were not remanded in custody until six months after the attack.

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3 w. ago 'Buy her, she hasn't been raped yet': Yazidi sex slave tells German court of the hell she suffered aged 12 at the hands of ISIS 'owner' who would torture her and force her to have sex every night

A Yazidi woman who was sold as a sex slave aged 12 has told a German court how ISIS fighters sneered 'buy her, she hasn't been raped yet' before an extremist 'owner' allegedly tortured her.

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3 w. ago Heavily pregnant woman's horror final moments before 'mum stole tot from womb while having affair with baby dad'

WARNING, GRAPHIC DETAILS: A 22-year-old and her unborn child allegedly suffered horrific torture and violence at the hands of the one person she should have been able to trust

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3 w. ago Afghan migrants who raped teenage girl sent to cushy prison that lets them play Xbox games, enjoy ensuite showers and gives them £20 a week for treats

Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both 17, abducted the child from a park in Leamington Spa before brutally raping her as she cried and screamed for help.

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3 w. ago Richard E Grant shows off his stunning London home and its lavish Christmas decorations after revealing 'painful' sale of his French house following his wife's death

The actor, 68, showed off his eye-catching decor in a new post on Instagram, including huge baubles to decorate the trees in his garden.

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3 w. ago I saw footage of teen girl’s rape at hands of migrant monsters as passersby did nothing her brave act helped snare them

AS the terrified girl’s sobs and pleas for help filled the courtroom, a female dock officer appeared close to tears. Judge Sylvia de Bertodano halted proceedings, telling prosecutor Shawn Williams she had seen enough. I’ve covered dozens of high-profile trials and sentencing hearings during my 28-year career as a journalist. I recall a veteran BBC...

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3 w. ago Richard Branson's daughter Holly, 43, shares an emotional tribute to her 'one in a billion' mum Joan as she reflects on her 'initial shock and pain' following her death

Richard Branson's daughter Holly has shared an emotional tribute to her late mother Lady Joan Branson's death last month at the age of 80.

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