7 h. ago 'Teacher of the year' dodges prison after sexually abusing girl, 15, for years

Texas teacher Brandyn Hargrove, 43, was convicted on Wednesday of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old pupil in a two-year relationship that began in 2007 - but has avoided jail time

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10 h. ago Prison chaplain at ICE facility in Pennsylvania accused of sexually abusing immigration detainee

Exclusive: “The system absolutely failed our client,” attorney Trina Realmuto told The Independent

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35 h. ago Woman tells how Siri saved her life after it called 999 when she suffered vicious attack by criminal boyfriend

Emma-Louise Kelly told how her life was saved by 'Siri' after it heard her screams for help when she was beaten and sexually abused - and dialled 999.

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51 h. ago Freddie Mercury's 'cataclysmic' sexual abuse horror at the hands of his school teacher... revealed for the first time by the daughter he hid from the world

One of the great mysteries surrounding Freddie Mercury 's upbringing was why in early 1961, when he was 14 years old, the keen student suddenly began to fail in everything except music and art.

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66 h. ago Woman who abused boy bit husband in row over TV volume as she was 'in charge'

Anne Lunt, 59, has been jailed for sexually abusing a teenage boy a crime she still 'vehemently denies' despite being unanimously convicted of the assault. The judge said she was 'controlling and rude'

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3 d. ago Detainees report alleged uprising at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘A lot of people have bled’

Reports of incident were denied by Florida and Ice officials as detainees say they were beaten and teargas was firedGuards at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail deployed teargas and engaged in a mass beating of detainees to quell a mini-uprising, it was reported on Friday.The allegations, made by at least three detainees in phone calls to Miami’s Spanish language news channel Noticias 23, come as authorities race to empty the camp in compliance with a judge’s order to close the remote tented camp in the Everglades wetlands. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Predator who drugged victims and recorded sexual abuse on camera hidden in air freshener admits 24 attacks on women

Police are appealing for more victims of businessman Chao Xu to come forward after finding hundreds of pictures and videos on his phone

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4 d. ago Teenager was 'part of network' sharing child sexual abuse pictures and videos

Zack Spencer's barrister said for meaningful rehabilitation to take place his client would have to accept the "awful attractions" he had been involved with may still be "simmering under the surface"

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4 d. ago Second woman accuses ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan of sexual misconduct

Exclusive: New accuser tells the Guardian she was subjected to a ‘constant onslaught’ of advances by Khan. He denies any wrongdoingA second woman has come forward to an inquiry investigating sexual abuse allegations against Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC), the Guardian has learned.The woman has alleged that while working for the prominent British lawyer earlier in his career, he behaved inappropriately, subjecting her to unwanted sexual advances, abused his authority over her, and repeatedly sought to pressure her into sexual activity. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago 'My family has cast me out since I exposed Dad as my sexual abuser'

Coleen Nolan speaks to a reader who was sexually abused as a child, and Coleen opens up about how her own family coped when her big sister, Anne, revealed she had been abused by their father

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4 d. ago Dear Coleen: 'My family has pushed me away since I've shared our dark secret'

Coleen Nolan speaks to a reader who was sexually abused as a child, and Coleen opens up about how her own family coped when her big sister, Anne, revealed she had been abused by their father.

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5 d. ago ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to be vacated in compliance with court order to shut it

Reported email by Florida official confirms state will shutter prison though governor Ron DeSantis has appealedFlorida’s immigration jail known as “Alligator Alcatraz” will probably be empty of detainees within days, a state official has said, indicating compliance with a judge’s order last week that the facility must close.The Republican governor Ron DeSantis’s administration appealed the order by federal court judge Kathleen Williams that the tented detention camp in the Florida Everglades, which attracted criticism for its harsh conditions, must be dismantled within 60 days. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago He sexually abused an underage schoolgirl while on bail for grooming another child

Cian Williams was on bail after sending sexual messages to a child when he sexually abused another girl

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6 d. ago London's Burning star John Alford 'sexually abused two teen girls', court hears

London's Burning star John Alford 'sexually abused two teen girls', court hears  Daily Express

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6 d. ago Grange Hill and London's Burning actor John Alford sexually assaulted two girls at party

John Alford, who is best known for his role in London's Burning, is accused of sexually abusing two teenage girls at a party - one of whom was just 14, a court has heard

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6 d. ago London's Burning actor John Alford 'sexually abused two teen girls at party', court hears

John Alford, who also appeared on Grange Hill, has been accused of targeting two girls aged under 16

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6 d. ago London's Burning star 'had sexual activity with underage girl & abused another'

London's Burning star 'had sexual activity with underage girl & abused another'  The Sun

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7 d. ago Judge halts Trump administration from deporting Kilmar Ábrego García for now

Maryland man, back in US after being wrongly deported to El Salvador, detained again and faces deportation to UgandaKilmar Ábrego García – who has been thrust into the middle of an acrimonious deportation saga by the second Trump administration – has been detained after reporting to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents in Baltimore on Monday, but a judge later ruled that he cannot be deported for now.His detainment comes just three days after his release from criminal custody in Tennessee.Shrai Popat contributed reporting Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Who’s cashing in on Trump’s immigration crackdown? It’s not the American people nor the federal or state governments

Private contractors run many of ICE’s largest detention facilities. Now, with a push to deport more and more immigrants, these companies stand to win big under Trump. Alicja Hagopian reports.

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7 d. ago Privacy at a cost: the dark web’s main browser helps pedophile networks flourish, experts say

The Tor network’s privacy architecture creates a safe haven for predators to share child sexual abuse materialMillions of child predators are forming sprawling online communities on the dark web using the Tor network, where criminal behavior escalates through the sharing of child sexual abuse material, grooming strategies and normalization of exploitation, experts say. Despite repeated warnings of a growing number of predators taking advantage of it, Tor’s developers have taken no action to curb the spread of this content, critics say.The Tor (“the onion router”) network is an anonymity-focused internet system that routes traffic through a global web of volunteer-run servers to obscure users’ identities and locations. By encrypting data in multiple layers – like that of an onion – Tor makes digital activity difficult to trace. Continue reading...

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