7 h. ago Rotherham grooming gang rapist who tried to escape justice by fleeing to Pakistan could be freed early after a bid to move to an open prison

Basharat Hussain was part of a grooming gang who were jailed in 2017 for the sexual abuse of girls in Rotherham, their list of victims included Sammy Woodhouse who gave evidence against the men.

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57 h. ago Grooming gang rapist moans from prison that he is 'innocent' and jailing of vile predators is 'really unfair'

Irfan Khan, 37, from Batley, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, with a five-year extended licence, for three offences of rape and making threats to kill.

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60 h. ago Grooming gang rapist moans from prison that is he is 'innocent' and jailing of vile predators is 'really unfair'

Irfan Khan, 37, from Batley, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, with a five-year extended licence, for three offences of rape and making threats to kill.

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3 d. ago I was raped by my dad from the age of three. I thought I'd escaped it,  then attacks from my brother began. This is the crucial piece of evidence that brought me justice 50 years later

Sarah Sidebottom, 54, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, was raped by her father, Arthur William Bowditch, and her brother, Arthur Stephen Bowditch throughout her childhood.

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3 w. ago The nine times conniving plastic surgeon tried to escape justice

Jonathan Peter Brooks' trial at Leicester Crown Court was the ninth time it had been listed before a jury since it was first expected to get underway in September 2021.

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4 w. ago ‘Hope in my heart’: displaced Afghans in limbo as White House freezes refugee programs

Texas volunteers had prepared welcome for family fleeing Taliban now stranded in Pakistan in fear of being deportedThe 24-year-old Afghan woman wants to become a surgeon – and she had set her sights on training in the US.She wants to care for other women and girls, so they don’t have to be afraid to visit the doctor – so at least in one crucial aspect of their lives they won’t have to endure the unwanted advances, dismissive comments and blatant disrespect that she’s experienced from many of the men who have always surrounded her, first in her native Afghanistan and now in legal limbo in Pakistan. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago ‘Hope in my heart’: big Texas welcome for displaced Afghans as White House freezes refugee programs

Texas volunteers had prepared welcome for family fleeing Taliban now stranded in Pakistan in fear of being deportedThe 24-year-old Afghan woman wants to become a surgeon – and she had set her sights on training in the US.She wants to care for other women and girls, so they don’t have to be afraid to visit the doctor – so at least in one crucial aspect of their lives they won’t have to endure the unwanted advances, dismissive comments and blatant disrespect that she’s experienced from many of the men who have always surrounded her, first in her native Afghanistan and now in legal limbo in Pakistan. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago ‘Hope in my heart’: big Texas welcome for displaced Afghans on hold as Trump freezes refugee programs

Texas volunteers had prepared welcome for family fleeing Taliban now stranded in Pakistan in fear of being deportedThe 24-year-old Afghan woman wants to become a surgeon – and she had set her sights on training in the US.She wants to care for other women and girls, so they don’t have to be afraid to visit the doctor – so at least in one crucial aspect of their lives they won’t have to endure the unwanted advances, dismissive comments and blatant disrespect that she’s experienced from many of the men who have always surrounded her, first in her native Afghanistan and now in legal limbo in Pakistan. Continue reading...

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