27 h. ago Conor McGregor has bid to appeal civil rape case rejected by Supreme Court

McGregor was sued over an incident in which he was alleged to have "brutally raped and battered" a woman

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6 d. ago SUE REID: Our probing questions to a judge saved an innocent young man's life from ruin 

The young man smiled as he was freed from the dock. He hugged his relieved parents outside the crown court as we, the jury members at his rape trial, went back to our lives and never met again.

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7 d. ago Rape threat Brit stalker who sent influencer suitcase body pics gets court order

Delusional fantasist Rob Keating targeted American Alexandra Saper and sent chilling pictures from locations she visited including a picture of a body in a suitcase alongside videos of him threatening to do the same to her

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9 d. 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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9 d. ago Scots doctor appears in court accused of 'harassing' son's rape victim online

Andrew McFarlane, 61, appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court on Tuesday.

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9 d. 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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9 d. 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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1 week ago Jury trials to be scrapped except for murder, rape and manslaughter cases as David Lammy tries to tackle court backlog with major justice overhaul

Mr Lammy, who is also deputy prime minister, wrote in a memo to other ministers and senior civil servants that there was 'no right' to jury trials in the UK.

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1 week ago Jury trials will be scrapped except for murder, rape and manslaughter cases as David Lammy tries to tackle court backlog with major justice overhaul

Mr Lammy, who is also deputy prime minister, wrote in a memo to other ministers and senior civil servants that there was 'no right' to jury trials in the UK.

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1 week ago ‘Killer’ asylum seeker ‘Chris Jude’ beat & raped another woman, 30, days before murdering teen cyclist Lisa, court hears

THE accused killer of a Dutch teen cyclist raped another woman just days before the shocking murder of Lisa, a court has heard. Prosecutors gave a painstaking minute-by-minute account of Chris Jude's alleged actions across two nights in August, leaving one woman traumatised and a teen girl dead. The accused has reportedly been calling himself...

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2 w. ago Man pleads guilty to rape of girl, 12, in case that sparked anti

Ahmad Mulakhil changes his plea at Warwick crown court, admitting single charge of rape of a child under 13A man has pleaded guilty to the rape of a 12-year-old girl in Warwickshire, in a case that prompted anti-asylum protests in Nuneaton.Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, of no fixed abode, changed his plea at Warwick crown court on Friday, admitting the single charge of rape of a child under 13 on 22 July. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Katie Price's ex Kieran Hayler arrives at court as he's charged with rape of girl, 13

Kieran Hayler has appeared in court for his first hearing after being charged with raping and sexually assaulting 13-year-old girl, a claim which he has denied

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2 w. ago Olympic coach, 65, denies raping and sexually assaulting a child over 10

Jose Vicente Leiva-Modahl, 65, pleaded not guilty to 19 charges, including sexual assault of a child and rape, at Manchester Crown Court.

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2 w. ago Rape victims in Scotland will be protected when giving evidence, says lord advocate

Supreme court ruled ‘rape shield’ laws to limit intrusive cross-examination may breach men’s right to fair trialScotland’s most senior law officer has moved to reassure victims of sexual abuse that they will be protected after a supreme court ruling warned that Scottish laws designed to limit intrusive cross-examination could be breaching men’s right to a fair trial.In a strongly worded statement, the lord advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, said: “I would like to make clear that I understand sexual abuse inflicted upon women and children to be the single greatest challenge our justice system faces. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Girl, five, must keep the surname of the man who raped her mother to avoid 'rupturing' link to her father, High Court judge rules

Mr Justice Peel made the ruling in relation to a child named D despite the history of serious domestic abuse.

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2 w. ago Rape victims cannot suffer or be subjected to degrading ordeals in court

Sunday Mail opinion says shocking case rightly prompted calls for changes to the way rape victims are treated and since then there has been slow progress towards better protection for victims.

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2 w. ago ‘Cold, sinister and calculated’: Teenage nursery worker jailed for raping three

Thomas Waller, 18, has been sentenced to ten years in a young offender institution and five years on licence

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3 w. ago BREAKING: Three charged with Brighton beach rape to face trial

Three men accused of raping a woman on Brighton beach last month are due to stand trial in March

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3 w. ago Three small boat migrants who 'dragged woman onto Brighton beach and raped her' appear in court

Two Egyptians and an Iranian Kurdish man are accused at Lewes Crown Court of dragging the 33-year-old woman onto the stone beach before subjecting her to a horrific ordeal.

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3 w. ago Three failed asylum seekers who 'dragged woman onto Brighton beach and raped her' appear in court

Two Egyptians and an Iranian Kurdish man are accused at Lewes Crown Court of dragging the 33-year-old woman onto the stone beach before subjecting her to a horrific ordeal.

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