14 h. ago Seven men charged in Bristol child sexual exploitation investigation

Men appear in court accused of more than 40 offences against teenage girlsSeven men have been charged with alleged offences against 11 teenage girls as part of an investigation into what police have called “group-based child sexual exploitation” in Bristol.The men are accused of more than 40 offences between 2022 and 2025. The investigation began in November 2023 after concerns were raised about the sexual exploitation of a teenage girl.Mohamed Arafe, 19, of Speedwell in Bristol. He has been charged with five counts of arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child, one of causing or inciting the sexual exploitation of a child, one of sexual assault, one of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and a further count of being concerned in the supply of ecstasy.Sina Omari, 20, of Fishponds in Bristol. He has been charged with two counts of rape, four counts of arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child, one of causing or inciting the sexual exploitatio...

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61 h. ago Former BBC broadcaster Tim Westwood granted bail after court appearance on rape charges

The former Pimp My Ride UK host returned to the UK from Nigeria last week

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62 h. ago DJ Tim Westwood appears in court accused of 'grope at BBC studio' and multiple rapes

Tim Westwood is accused of sexual abuse at the BBC Studios in the 1990s

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62 h. ago Former BBC DJ Tim Westwood appears in court to face rape charges

The 68-year-old accused of 15 charges, including three indecent assaults at BBC studios in the 1990s

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62 h. ago Tim Westwood appears in court charged with four counts of rape

The former BBC Radio 1 DJ appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on Monday.

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63 h. ago Tim Westwood appears at court in £2.4k coat as he's charged with four counts of rape

The former BBC Radio 1 DJ appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on Monday.

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63 h. ago BBC Radio 1's Tim Westwood arrives in court over multiple charges of rape and sexual assault

Former BBC Radio 1 broadcaster Tim Westwood has appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court, just weeks after being charged with rape and sexual assault against seven women

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2 d. ago Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood to appear in court over rape charges

The alleged offences are said to have taken place between 1983 and 2016.

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6 d. ago Sex offender freed to fight in Ukraine shot after 'killing homeowner and raping wife'

Alexey Kostrikin had been hailed as a "war hero" in Russia, but soon deserted the frontline and resorted to a campaign of murder and rape against citizens of his own country

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6 d. ago Woman ‘raped’ in town centre park in early hours – as man, 36, charged

A MAN has been charged with rape after a woman was allegedly attacked in a town centre park in the early hours of the morning. The horror attack reportedly took place at the Godolphin Recreation Ground in Slough, Berkshire, at around 1.30am on Sunday. Travis Moore, 36, was charged with one count of rape and...

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2 w. ago French parliament votes to add consent to rape law after Gisèle Pelicot case

A historic move to change French criminal law would bring its legislation in line with many other European countriesThe French parliament has voted to add consent to the country’s rape law in a historic move sparked by the mass rape of Gisèle Pelicot.The change, which will still need to be signed off by President Emmanuel Macron, will bring French legislation in line with many other European countries. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Man charged over racially aggravated rape of woman in Walsall

John Ashby, 32, has been charged with one count of rape and sexual assault in relation to the attack

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2 w. ago Man charged in connection with ‘racially aggravated’ rape of woman in Walsall

John Ashby, 32, has been charged with one count of rape and sexual assault in relation to the attack of the woman who he did not know.

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2 w. ago Man, 32, is charged with racially aggravated rape, strangulation and robbery of woman in Walsall

John Ashby, 32, of no fixed abode was charged today with one count of rape and sexual assault in relation to the attack of the woman who was not known to him.

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2 w. ago London 'crypto millionaire' and influencer, 37, is charged with four rapes

Raman Sunmonu, 37, known online as 'Flomsie', will appear at Snaresbrook Crown Court on November 10 charged with four counts of rape of a woman in December and February.

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3 w. ago Katie Price 'still in shock' as she broke silence amid Kieran Hayler's rape charges

Katie Price's ex-husband, Kieran Hayler, was charged with three counts of rape and one of sexual assault against a 13-year-old girl

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3 w. ago Fugitive double rapist Nicholas Rossi who faked death and fled to Scotland to avoid justice has been JAILED

FUGITIVE serial sex attacker Nicholas Rossi who faked his own death and fled to Scotland has been jailed for five-years to life. Rossi was sentenced today over the first of two sex convictions in Utah. A Salt Lake County jury found him guilty of a 2008 rape after a three-day trial in August His accuser...

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3 w. ago Two people arrested by police investigating rape of Sikh woman are bailed

A 49-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman were arrested on Friday on suspicion of two counts of rape.

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4 w. ago ‘Diabolical’ former FBI agent who raped multiple women in his secret tattoo studio is sentenced

Valdivia was convicted of six counts of second-degree rape which took place in his secret tattoo studio

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