67 h. ago Prolific predator faces 'lengthy' jail sentence after drugging and raping victims

Chao Xu, 33, of south-east London, who "preyed on unsuspecting women", has pleaded guilty to 24 sexual offences against at least 12 victims during a three year period, a court heard

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3 d. ago Trans Met Police special constable who raped and sexually assaulted child may have more victims

The offences took place between January 1 2018 and April 2, 2024, Amersham Crown Court heard

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6 d. ago 'Just when you thought it couldn't get worse': Number of rape victims abandoning their cases reaches record high, as officials call on Crown Prosecution Service to 'urgently do better'

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been accused of betraying victims as the number dropping out of their case has doubled in the last two years. Pictured: File photo

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7 d. ago Mystery of hundreds of deaths in religious town as bodies 'hidden'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A whistleblower has come forward in India and claimed he was forced to bury hundreds of bodies of rape victims in mass graves at a temple

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1 week ago Trans Met Police special constable accused of rape 'wanted to fulfil woman's fantasies', court told

The 27-year-old defendent, who was born a man named James Bubb, would re-enact rape "scenes" with the alleged victim, but insists they were consensual

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1 week ago Remains of alleged murder and rape victims exhumed from secret burial sites

A special investigation team formed by the Karnataka government has so far recovered human remains from two of 16 suspected burial sites

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1 week ago Volunteer officer met alleged rape victim while posing as girl, 16, court told

James Bubb, who now identifies as a woman named Gwyn Samuels, allegedly raped the woman between 2018 and 2023.

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2 w. ago Police burst into man's home and discover nine severed heads in boxes

Warning: distressing content. A serial killer lured his vulnerable victims, including teenagers, to his apartment where he raped them before cutting up their bodies and storing them in coolers

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2 w. ago British woman 'raped' by Nicholas Rossi accuses CPS of 'victim blaming' after refusing to prosecute him

Nicholas Rossi, 38, is facing life in prison after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in 2008 last week.

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2 w. ago Trans Met Police volunteer, 27, met with 'rape victim' when she was so young she was 'interested in things like teddies', court hears  

James Bubb, who now identifies as a woman named Gwyn Samuels, was violent towards the complainant despite her asking them to be gentle during sex, Amersham Law Courts heard.

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2 w. ago Volunteer officer’s alleged rape victim so young she liked teddies, court told

James Bubb, who now identifies as a woman named Gwyn Samuels, was violent towards his alleged victim during sex, the court heard.

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2 w. ago Fugitive Nicholas Rossi faces alleged victim in court as US rape trial begins

He was extradited from Scotland and is accused of sexually assaulting two women in 2008.

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2 w. ago Trans Met Police volunteer, 27, groomed child after meeting online and told her 'you enjoy being raped', court hears

Gwyn Samuels, who was born a man named James Bubb, told one victim she 'enjoyed being raped' and forced her to perform a sex act in public which was interrupted by a dog walker, prosecutors said.

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3 w. ago Released violent offenders to be ‘locked’ in restriction zones in England and Wales

Women’s safety campaigners welcome plan to switch from exclusion zones that ‘have made victims feel trapped’Restriction zones aimed at “locking” violent offenders – rather than their victims – into specific areas when they are released from prison are to be introduced by the government in England and Wales.At the moment, exclusion zones are often used to keep an offender away from their victim’s home but many campaigners for women’s safety have long called for this to be flipped.Increased tagging for domestic perpetrators.Requiring judges to flag domestic abuse at sentencing so prisons, probation and police can better identify and manage abusers.Expanding specialist domestic abuse courts.Bolstering transparency for victims at sentencing – including the provision of free copies of judges’ sentencing remarks for victims of rape and other sexual offences. Continue reading...

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