30 h. ago Police believe woman may have witnessed alleged rape at nightclub

A teen has been charged with rape following the alleged incident at a Welsh nightclub

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35 h. ago Dozens of Labour MPs say they will rebel over David Lammy's plans to axe jury trials as they urge Starmer to 'think again'

The UK Justice Secretary announced plans to reserve jury trials only for when defendants faced serious charges such as rape and murder.

Politics

6 d. ago Staggering amount Russell Brand has earned from video rants since rape charge

As the allegations surrounding Russell Brand continue to be made, the disgraced presenter and comedian is looking to other ways to make money — including his online platforms

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8 d. ago Police sergeant charged with rape receives two years of full pay after suspension

It is common practice for suspended officers to receive full pay during investigations - Sergeant Karl Mumby of West Midlands Police was suspended from his duties in November 2023

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9 d. ago Influencer accused of luring women into home abandoned after LA fires to sexually assault them

Clinton Adams, 32, is facing multiple rape charges. Police believe there may be more victims

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1 week ago Afghan national charged with rape of two girls, 14, in Bolton flat in early hours

Sultani Bakatash, 28, has been charged with two counts of rape of a girl aged under 16, one count of sexual assault and one count of assault by penetration after alleged incident in early hours of Sunday

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1 week ago Tim Westwood issues plea as he appears in court on sexual assault claims

Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood has pleaded not guilty at Southwark Crown Court after previously being charged with multiple offences, including rape and sexual assault

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1 week ago Tim Westwood pleads not guilty in court to rape and sexual assault charges

Ex-BBC DJ denies rapes and sexual abuse across three decades of his showbiz career

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1 week ago Glum Tim Westwood arrives in court over rape and sexual assault charges

Former radio broadcaster Tim Westwood has appeared at Southwark Crown Court today after he was previously bailed after being charged over sexual assault and rape

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1 week ago David Lammy faces new Labour backlash over 'undemocratic' plan to cut jury trials

The Justice Secretary was accused of weaking the system's ability to democratically serve the nation with a proposal to only have juries try the most serious of charges like murder and rape.

Politics

2 w. ago The Sarah Everard report part two: a catalogue of repeated and preventable failures | Joan Smith

So many reviews, so much hand-wringing, yet misogyny in England and Wales’s police forces and impunity for offenders remains the normHow do we get sexual predators out of the country’s police forces? It was one of the most urgent questions asked in 2021 when a serving police officer, PC Wayne Couzens, was charged with the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard. In the first report of Elish Angiolini’s inquiry into this dreadful sequence of events, published in February last year, she made the eminently sensible recommendation that any individual with a caution or conviction for a sexual offence should be rejected during police vetting.It seemed the very least that should happen, yet we’ve learned from Lady Angiolini’s second report this week that the recommendation has yet to be implemented. She reveals that it took 18 months after publication for police chiefs to agree a blanket ban on recruits who have convictions, and even then it wasn’t included in draft Home Office regulat...

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3 w. ago Attempted rape charges against Romanian teens whose arrests sparked riots dropped

The alleged incident took place in June this year, but prosecutors said there had been "significant evidential developments"

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3 w. ago Teenagers accused of rape that led to Ballymena riots have charges dropped

Public Prosecution Service was granted permission to end criminal proceedings against the pair due to ‘significant evidential developments’

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3 w. ago Prosecutors drop charges against two Romanian teenagers accused of attempting to rape schoolgirl that sparked days of rioting in Ballymena

The boys, aged 14 and 15, have been held in custody since the alleged sexual assault which led to sustained racially-motivated rioting in the Country Antrim town during the summer.

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3 w. ago Man wanted in London on child rape charges detained at Washington Dulles Airport

Man wanted in London on child rape charges detained at Washington Dulles Airport  WJLA

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3 w. ago Man previously acquitted of murdering TV presenter Jill Dando accused of raping girl, 14

Barry George, who had his conviction for killing TV star Jill Dando quashed in 2007, has been charged with rape and two counts of indecent assault against the same child

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3 w. ago Barry George appears in court charged with historic rape from 1987

Barry George, 65, who was cleared of murdering Jill Dando, is charged with rape and indecent assault of a 14-year-old girl

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3 w. ago Man cleared of murdering Jill Dando faces Old Bailey hearing in child rape case

Barry George appeared on a videolink for the Old Bailey hearing in his rape case

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3 w. ago Barry George, the man wrongly jailed for murdering BBC star Jill Dando, appears in court charged with historical rape and indecent assaults

Barry George, pictured in 2019, has been charged with indecently assaulting and raping a 14-year-old girl. He is yet to enter pleas. He was wrongly convicted of murdering BBC star Jill Dando.

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3 w. ago A third of all rape charges linked to domestic abuse, new data shows

Shock data unveils grim link between various offences against women and girls

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