2 h. ago Scots sex offender jailed for 12 years over attacks on teenagers and woman

Gordon Docherty's offending was carried out over a period of 20 years against three different people.

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22 h. ago Abusive offender who stripped victim of 'sense of self' jailed

"His controlling and coercive behaviour slowly took away everything"

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61 h. ago Surge in Scots cops suspended from duty as sex claims probed

Figures obtained by the Daily Record show suspensions have almost trebled in five years.

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4 d. ago Football fan who punched boy, 13, in the face after FA Cup match hit with three

Sean Ryan launched an 'unprovoked attack' on the teenager after watching his team win

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4 d. ago A string of historic sex offences has finally caught up with him

Paul Withnell, 74, was handed a lengthy jail term for his offending

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5 d. ago Teenager who plotted copycat Southport attack on dance school and Oasis concert after being exposed to 'abhorrent and violent' social media content is jailed for 14 months

McKenzie Morgan, 18, told friends of plans to target the concert in Cardiff, and had a note targeting the dance club near his home, the Old Bailey heard.

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5 d. ago Dominatrix warns sex workers will lose 'basic survival techniques' if prostitution bill passes

Porcelain Victoria, 26, has penned an open letter to politicians opposing the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill.

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6 d. ago Moment teenager launches bottle attack on 'paedophile' is shown to murder trial after 49

The moment a teenager launched a bottle attack on a man who was branded a paedophile and beaten to death with rocks has been shown in court.

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6 d. ago Footage of electrician Alexander Cashford allegedly being attacked with glass bottle shown in murder trial

A jury has been shown the moment an electrician was allegedly attacked with a glass bottle by three teenagers.

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6 d. ago Moment teenager launches bottle attack on 'paedophile' is shown to murder jury after 49

The moment a teenager launched a bottle attack on a man who was branded a paedophile and beaten to death with rocks has been shown in court.

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6 d. ago Sex beast travel 'influencer' escapes jail and flaunts flashy life online as disabled victim hits out

Sex attacker Curtis Heighes' victim has spoken out after he walked free.

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6 d. ago Boy, 16, rushed to hospital after UK city centre stabbing as police release statement

The teenager is suffering stab wounds after the attack in the busy city centre

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6 d. ago Vile Scots sex offender who called himself ‘Paedo Dave’ online snared in undercover police sting

A Scottish sex beast who called himself "Paedo Dave" online has been snared for sending child abuse images to an undercover cop. Serial offender David Munro was the subject of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order which was supposed to stop him committing sex crimes. But he was in contact with other paedophiles around the world...

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7 d. ago Teenagers 'planned deliberate attack' on man, 49, who was beaten to death with rocks after branding him a 'paedophile', court told

A 16-year-old girl and two boys, aged 15 and 16, are accused of murdering Alexander Cashford, 49, in Leysdown-on-Sea on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent on August 10 last year.

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7 d. ago Teenagers ‘planned to attack man who thought he was meeting girl, 16’

Woolwich Crown Court heard Alexander Cashford was chased and hit with rocks and a bottle at a seaside resort in Kent last year.

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8 d. ago Feltham stabbing: Teenager, 18, dies after attack near high street in west London

Tributes left at scene as 18-year-old dies after stabbing at around 5pm on Monday

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9 d. ago West Dunbartonshire crime: Man and three teenagers injured after 'targeted' gang attack in Alexandria

Enquiries are ongoing.

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1 week ago Mum stabbed love rival with bread knife after storming into home

Emily Gayther also attacked the victim's teenage son, a court heard

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1 week ago Sex predator jailed after dragging young woman off street in 'horrifying attack'

Caitano Azavedo was described as a “sexual predator” following the horrifying attack on a young woman.

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1 week ago A provocative new play challenges society’s ‘discomfort that disabled people have sex lives’

(We indulge in) a bit of roll play is an explicit drama about a young disabled man’s sexual expression – and puts uncomfortable questions to its audience“I’m asked quite a lot why everything I make ends up being about sex,” says Scottish writer and director Robert Softley Gale, artistic director of the company Birds of Paradise. His new production, (We indulge in) a bit of roll play, is designed to provoke frank discussions around sex and disability. “People say the right things and that they support equality, but what if you push that into areas that are less comfortable? Like would you ever date a disabled person? Would you marry a disabled person? Would you have sex with a disabled person? Some would go, ‘Yeah, of course I would.’ But would they? There’s still discomfort in recognising that disabled people have sex lives.”Softley Gale and his co-writers, Hana Pascal Keegan and Gabriella Sloss, aim to challenge audiences in the show which he is also directing. They hope to counter...

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