54 h. ago Stripper who ‘jiggled bride’s breasts at hen party’ found guilty of sexual assault

Stuart Kennedy, 42, who had stripped for nearly two decades, already was convicted for a similar sexual offence and has now been placed on the Sex Offenders Register

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59 h. ago Rochdale grooming gang victims ‘seriously let down’ by authorities, says judge

Seven Asian men received lengthy jail sentences for committing various sexual offences against the then schoolgirls between 2001 and 2006.

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59 h. ago Foreigners underrepresented among prisoners in England and Wales, report finds

Non-UK nationals make up 12.4% of inmates versus 16.8% of population, data shows, as far-right protests continueUK politics live – latest updatesForeign nationals are underrepresented as a proportion of prisoners jailed in England and Wales, an analysis of government data has found.While non-citizens made up a higher proportion of people convicted for sexual and theft offences over the past decade, researchers cautioned that a lack of data for offenders’ age and sex complicated the picture and meant it was hard to make clear assertions. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Lanarkshire man jailed for sexual offences after being traced abroad

James Clacher, who was reported missing from Bellshill in May 2022, was traced in Spain in May 2024 and arrested on an international warrant before being returned to Scotland to face trial.

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67 h. ago Police investigating reports of alleged sexual offences by Welsh school pupil

An investigation is underway after allegations were made about the suspected pupil online

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8 d. ago Violent rapist caged for 11 years following sexual and violent offences

William Davidson was found guilty of offences including rape, indecent assaults, and serious assaults, following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.

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8 d. ago Sexual offences make up growing proportion of cases with longest delays

Some 1,070 cases in this category of offence had been open for two years or more at the end of June.

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9 d. ago Paedophile head teacher report delayed hours before publication

Neil Foden, who was head of Ysgol Friars in Bangor and strategic head of Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle in Penygroes, was jailed in 2024 for 17 years for 19 sexual offences against four girls

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1 week ago Paedophile civil servant caught with ‘large bag of sweets’ near kids avoids jail

Convicted paedophile Peter Crawford, 50, was caught near schoolchildren with a 'large bag of sweets' but has avoided jail - despite breaching his Sexual Offences Prevention Order

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2 w. ago UK Snapchat predator jailed for 14 years for raping girl, 12, and exploiting dozens of others

Stuart Latham admitted 49 offences in one of UK’s biggest online child sexual abuse casesAn “abhorrent” Snapchat predator has been jailed for 14 years for raping a 12-year-old girl and exploiting dozens of others in one of the UK’s biggest online child sexual abuse investigations.Stuart Latham, 22, is believed to have solicited explicit images from hundreds of girls, most aged between 11 and 13, on social media over the space of a year. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Police visited the home of a monster, what they found landed him back in prison

Ian Beeby, who was previously jailed for sexual offences against young boys, is back behind bars

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2 w. ago Real Madrid defender Raul Asencio to stand trial after alleged sexual offence

The prosecutor is seeking a prison term of two-and-a-half years for Asencio, 22, over two crimes against privacy

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2 w. ago SNP escape row over sexual offences court as MSPs poised for vote to abolish 'not proven' verdict

MSPs are set to vote on whether to abolish the not proven verdict after amendments were agreed to legislation in a gruelling six-hour debate in Holyrood.

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2 w. ago What is in SNP's Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reforms Bill? 'Not proven' verdict, sexual offences court

Widespread changes to Scotland’s legal system are to be considered by MSPs.

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2 w. ago Senior nurse at Welsh hospital has conviction for sexual assault

In a rare outcome for a case involving a sexual offence, Rachel Williams was allowed to remain on the nursing register

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3 w. ago Majority of illegal migrants are not rapists or sexual offenders, says minister

Several incidents of asylum seekers being charged by police with sexual offences have occurred in recent months.

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3 w. ago 'Justice has been served' say police as man jailed for 18 years

Liton Ahmed from Butetown, Cardiff committed sexual offences against children

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4 w. ago Maddie suspect Christian Brueckner remains 'dangerous' ahead of his release in days and 'further sexual offences are to be expected', German prosecutors warn

Prosecutors believe Christian Brueckner , 48, killed the three-year-old girl in a Portuguese resort in a missing persons case that has captivated the world and remains unsolved.

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