13 h. ago Tragedy as man dies after New Year's Day swim at Brighton beach

The 51-year-old was recovered from the water after he was seen in trouble at about 10.30am west of Brighton Palace Pier

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61 h. ago Woman 'gang raped in back of van' by two men who took it in turns to assault her

Police say the woman was lured into the back of a van where she was repeatedly raped for two-and-half hours before being thrown out onto the road, suffering severe facial injuries

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63 h. ago Woman told family she was going to NYE party before being raped, stabbed and burned alive

Two men received life sentences after pleading guilty to the brutal murder of Ashley Kline, a vulnerable 23-year-old woman with learning disabilities

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67 h. ago Woman 'heading to New Year's Eve party' raped, stabbed and burned alive by friends

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Ashley Kline, 23, was murdered by two men she considered friends after telling her father she was going to help prepare for a New Year's Eve party

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67 h. ago Woman raped, stabbed and burned alive by friends after 'leaving for New Year's Eve party'

WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS. 23-year-old Ashley Kline's father had assumed she was helping a friend get her house ready for a New Year's Eve party – but he never saw her alive again

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3 d. ago Girl, 12, 'raped and murdered' by woman before being taken to bar in suitcase

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Lola Daviet was sexually assaulted and attacked with scissors before Dahbia Benkired placed her body in a suitcase – but now the killer is spending the rest of her life in prison

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8 d. ago Woman raped at flat in busy city as cops release CCTV in search for man

A MANHUNT has been launched after a woman was raped - with the cops releasing CCTV images. Police are working to identify a man following a report of the attack at an address in Hove, Sussex. The incident is reported to have occurred on December 11 at around 9.40pm, after a man was seen talking...

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9 d. ago Woman 'drugged and raped by her husband over 13 years' was hailed a hero for helping recover missing person's body from river

Joanne Young, 48, waived her right to anonymity after six men, including her ex-husband, were charged with a string of sexual offences against her.

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9 d. ago What happened next: how a shocking rape and murder case was solved – 58 years later

In Portishead, a dusty box of forgotten files led Jo Smith and her team to a criminal who had escaped justice for more than half a century. This was the longest-running cold case to be solved in the UK, and possibly the worldIn June 2023, Jo Smith, a major crime review officer for Avon and Somerset police, was asked by her sergeant to “take a look at the Louisa Dunne case”. Louisa Dunne was a 75-year-old woman who had been raped and murdered in her Bristol home in June 1967. She was a mother of two, a grandmother, a woman whose first husband had been a leading trade unionist, and whose home had once been a hub of political activity. By 1967, she was living alone, twice widowed but still a well-known figure in her Easton neighbourhood.There were no witnesses to her murder, and the police investigation unearthed little to go on apart from a palm print on a rear window. Police knocked on 8,000 doors and took 19,000 palm prints, but no match was found. The case stayed unsolved. Continue...

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1 week ago Stepbrothers are charged with rape after 'tricking' woman by switching places during sex encounter on Carnival cruise ship

Investigators believe Sayjuan Readous, 26,made an excuse to leave the darkened room before his stepbrother, Antoine Flowers Jr., 28 - both from Detroit - slipped inside to take his place.

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1 week ago Man and five others charged with dozens of sexual offences against his ex

The alleged offences include multiple counts of rape and administering a substance with intent to stupefy the woman

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1 week ago Man and five others charged with 56 sexual offences against his ex

The alleged offences include multiple counts of rape and administering a substance with intent to stupefy the woman

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1 week ago ‘I want that escape route’: once a sign of disloyalty, Americans seek dual citizenships under Trump

Some US citizens, grappling with issues from LGBTQ+ rights to the economy, are looking to the countries their families once left behindDaniel Kamalić was born and raised in New York City, where he spent his summers riding his bike around Brighton Beach before pedaling home to his “Brooklyn Jewish” mother and his “smooth talker” father. He went out for Cub Scouts and soccer before realizing, during his time studying at MIT, that he loved sailing most of all. Now 48, he is a professional tenor with the opera, performing in and around New York.Kamalić never considered that he might want to be anything but American – why would he? His life was shaped by the freedoms and opportunities that his father, Ivan Kamalić, risked everything for. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘I want that escape route’: Americans seek dual citizenships under Trump

Some US citizens, grappling with issues from LGBTQ+ rights to the economy, are looking to the countries their families once left behindDaniel Kamalić was born and raised in New York City, where he spent his summers riding his bike around Brighton Beach before pedaling home to his “Brooklyn Jewish” mother and his “smooth talker” father. He went out for Cub Scouts and soccer before realizing, during his time studying at MIT, that he loved sailing most of all. Now 48, he is a professional tenor with the opera, performing in and around New York.Kamalić never considered that he might want to be anything but American – why would he? His life was shaped by the freedoms and opportunities that his father, Ivan Kamalić, risked everything for. Continue reading...

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Failed asylum seeker pleads not guilty to rape of woman in woods

The alleged offence is said to have happened in the Dorset seaside resort on November 5

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2 w. ago Predator drugged and raped woman then sent her Snapchat 'like nothing happened'

Akaash Ibra, 30, drugged and raped a woman after luring her to a remote car park in Lancashire - the next day messaged her on Snapchat as if nothing had happened

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2 w. ago Victim ‘raped in toilet’ of nightclub as cops launch probe & arrest one teenager

A WOMAN has been allegedly raped in a nightclub, as cops launch an investigation and have arrested a teenager. Dyfed-Powys Police have launched an investigation into the reported incident which is said to have taken place at the Sands nightclub in Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, on December 14 at around 3am. The alleged attack is said to...

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2 w. ago Chef, 59, admits groping women as they exercised on Brighton beach after offering them 'touching therapy'

Fattah Derrahi, 59, of Hove, East Sussex, told the women they had 'good energy' after watching them exercise on Brighton seafront before groping them, between 2021 and 2025.

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2 w. ago Migrants 'are using their trauma to try to get shorter sentences for sex crimes'

One case saw an Egyptian sex offender who raped a woman in Hyde Park handed a shorter sentence after a psychiatric report suggested he had PTSD.

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