40 h. ago Horrified mum exposed man's depraved crimes as she checked son's Xbox

Ian Ratcliffe, 56, from St Helens, paid a teenager hundreds of pounds to perform depraved sex acts, with the victim having contacted him "for work doing odd jobs and gardening"

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54 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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3 w. ago Kneecap will face no police action over Glastonbury gig after the Irish rappers called for crowds to riot in Westminster court

Kneecap will face no further police action over their Glastonbury performance that saw them call for people to riot in Westminster Court.

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3 w. ago ‘It’s ourselves and society on trial’: playwright adapts Gisèle Pelicot case for stage

Case that exposed France’s rape culture and shocked the world has been made into play to be shown in Avignon, where trial was heldA stage play based on the trial of the men who drugged and raped Gisèle Pelicot will be staged this week in the southern city of Avignon, as France continues to debate the lessons for society from the country’s biggest ever rape trial.The three-hour performance, The Pelicot Trial: Tribute to Gisèle Pelicot, has been created by Milo Rau, the Swiss director and playwright acclaimed for his theatre interpretations of court proceedings, including the Moscow trial of the Russian punks Pussy Riot and the trial of the Romanian despot Nicolae Ceaușescu. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Ballymena schoolgirl 'dragged into garage by thee males and raped', court hears

A schoolgirl was 'dragged into a garage while she was walking down a street in Ballymena by three men and raped', a court heard today as details emerged of the assault which sparked rioting

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4 w. ago Schoolgirl was 'dragged into garage and raped by Romanian teen as two others tried to make her perform sex acts' before Ballymena riots, court hears

Ballymena Youth Court also heard that while two of her alleged assailants were arrested within hours of the incident on June 7, a third suspect has fled back to Romania .

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