20 h. 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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21 h. ago Met Police volunteer officer 'told child she enjoyed being raped', court hears

Defendant James Bubb, who now identifies as a woman named Gwyn Samuels, is accused of rape and sexual activity with a child during their time as a police volunteer for London's Met Police

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38 h. 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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5 d. ago Husband 'knew wife was poisoning him' a year before she killed three with toxic mushroom lunch

An Australian woman was convicted of killing three people with a meal laced with deadly mushrooms. Her husband told a court he had suspected his wife of trying to kill him previously

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5 d. ago Apartment where dog faeces were thrown from the balcony shut down

Neighbours were living in climate of fear and anxiety, court told

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5 d. ago Robber admits picking up gunman moments after girl, nine, was shot in the head at Turkish restaurant in drive

The victim had been sitting inside Evin restaurant in Hackney, east London , with her family at 9.19pm on May 29 last year when she was hit by a stray bullet.

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5 d. ago Woman rang 999 after 'finding camera hidden in bedroom ceiling', court told

A woman was lying on her bed when she allegedly spotted a camera hidden in a ceiling light fitting before calling 999, a court heard

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5 d. ago Robber picked up gunman who shot girl in Dalston, court told

Robber picked up gunman who shot girl in Dalston, court told  BBC

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5 d. ago Millionaire who said he'd 'gang rape' air hostess is failed businessman with 2 wives

Virgin Atlantic flight attendant Angie Walsh told the court she was "broken" by the racist and threatening abuse she suffered at the hands of a man with two wives and multiple failed businesses

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6 d. ago The US supreme court paved the way for Texas’s gerrymandering mess | Steven Greenhouse

In a 2019 case, John Roberts said federal courts shouldn’t intervene in such matters. Trump’s team is taking advantageWith Texas Republicans rushing to fulfil Donald Trump’s wish to gerrymander to the max, many Americans are no doubt wondering why there isn’t some referee to stop this hyperpartisan race to the bottom that is poisoning our democracy. The supreme court should be the referee that puts a halt to this ugly, undemocratic mess, but in a shortsighted, 5-4 ruling in 2019, the court’s conservative majority essentially told state legislatures that anything goes when it comes to gerrymandering. Their message was: no matter how extreme the gerrymandering, we’ll look the other way.Writing the majority opinion in that case, Rucho v Common Cause, chief justice John Roberts declared that gerrymandering was a political matter that federal courts shouldn’t intervene in (unless it involves racial discrimination). Many legal experts said the conservative justices were defaulting on the ...

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6 d. ago Virgin Atlantic air hostess 'broken' after 'gang rape' threat as jet chaos video emerges

Virgin Atlantic flight attendant Angie Walsh told the court she was "broken" by the abuse she suffered as she tried to calm a champagne-fuelled passenger threatening to rape and murder her

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3 w. ago Financial Times ‘unconvinced’ Odey libel claim is ‘serious’, High Court told

Mr Odey is suing the publication for at least £79 million in damages over four articles published in 2023.

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3 w. ago Hero schoolboy cries as he tells jury how he saved girlfriend when her parents 'tried to strangle her in honor killing'

Isiah told the court in Washington how he punched his girlfriend Fatima Ali's father (right) in the head to stop the attack outside of Timberline High School on October 18 last year.

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3 w. ago Doctor and husband who pocketed almost £8k selling stolen NHS PPE during lockdown jailed

Sheriff Sukhwinder Gill told Paisley Sheriff Court the offence "merits a custodial sentence".

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3 w. ago Hero schoolboy cries as he reveals how he saved girlfriend when her parents 'tried to strangle her in honor killing'

Isiah told the court in Washington how he punched his girlfriend Fatima Ali's father (right) in the head to stop the attack outside of Timberline High School on October 18 last year.

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3 w. ago Student feared he would be ‘battered’ to death by police officer, court told

Mohammed Fahir Amaaz is on trial accused of assaulting three police officers at Manchester Airport.

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3 w. ago 'How can you say that we killed our baby?' Court hears what parents told police after two

Daniel Gunter, 27, and Sophie Staddon, 23, are both accused of murder and causing or allowing their son's passing on March 5 last year.

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3 w. ago Sycamore Gap duo told court it was 'just a tree' and 'didn't understand the fuss'

Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, have been jailed for four years and three months after cutting down the iconic sycamore tree in a fold in the Northumberland landscape.

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3 w. ago Harry Potter actress Emma Watson banned from driving for six months after doing 38mph in 30 zone

Court was told the star already had accumulated nine points on her driving licence

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3 w. ago Mercedes driver high on cocaine jumped red light causing tanker to smash into houses

One homeowner fled in his pyjamas, the court was told

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