9 h. ago Sextortion blackmailer jailed after plot backfired when man fled her home

Connie Furlong told her vulnerable victim she planned to show video footage of him to the police while claiming she had been the victim of sexual assault.

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13 h. ago Thousands of people being raped and sexually assaulted in Brit hospitals, new data reveals

More than 3,300 reports of sexual assaults and rapes made to 28 police forces in England and Wales were taken place on hospital grounds between January 2022 and January 2025

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26 h. ago Woman faces jail after admitting she lied to police that she had been sexually assaulted

Elizabeth Bates admitted perverting the course of justice on August 26, 2022 with the particulars of the offence disclosing she did so by 'making false statements to police alleging sexual assault'.

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47 h. ago Australian man faces hard time in a Bali jail after allegedly slapping a woman at a ritzy resort when an argument erupted over a waterslide

An Australian father has been hauled before the courts after an alleged fight beside a ritzy resort pool in Bali.

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48 h. ago Five retired Greater Manchester Police officers arrested for alleged sexual abuse of woman who was pimped out as a child

EXCLUSIVE: Two other suspects are deceased, Neal Keeling reports

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48 h. ago Married Scots police officer sexually assaulted two female colleagues in patrol car

Craig Glen, 37, was placed on the sex offenders register.

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49 h. ago Police Scotland officer convicted of sexually assaulting colleagues

Police Constable Craig Glen was convicted at Glasgow Sheriff Court earlier on Tuesday.

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4 d. ago Zoe Ball makes BBC Radio 2 return after stepping back from breakfast slot

‘I’ve had a few lie-ins,’ admitted presenter after taking five-month break from radio

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6 d. ago Russell Brand is represented by Kevin Spacey's lawyer in court as he faces rape and sex assault charges relating to four women

Comedian and actor Russell Brand has arrived at court to face rape and sexual assault charges, as police had to battle to hold back the crowd of photographers.

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6 d. ago Russell Brand is represented by Kevin Spacey's lawyer in court as he faces rape and sex assault charges relating to four women 

Comedian and actor Russell Brand has arrived at court to face rape and sexual assault charges, as police had to battle to hold back the crowd of photographers.

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6 d. ago Russell Brand appears in court TODAY on rape and sex assault charges

Former comedian Russell Brand is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court today after he was charged with allegations of rape and sexual assault by the Metropolitan Police last month

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6 d. ago Russell Brand accused of dragging woman to male toilet, court documents reveal

Former comedian and actor Russell Brand is due to appear in court tomorrow after he was charged with rape and sexual assault last month following a police investigation

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7 d. ago Police seal off Edinburgh park after 'serious sexual assault'

Detectives have assured they do not believe there is a wider threat to the community.

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7 d. ago Dawn raids in Greater Manchester as police investigate historic child sexual exploitation

'We will not allow the passage of time to become a barrier to justice'

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8 d. ago British woman, 86, who reversed into French villager, 85, crushing him against a camper van avoids jail despite showing 'real contempt for the victim' by fleeing the scene

The woman from Plymouth was sentenced in absentia by the Rennes Criminal Court in France on Tuesday for 'running over' a man in his eighties during a stay in Brittany.

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1 week ago Serving Metropolitan Police officer charged with multiple sexual assault offences spanning five years

PC Joseph Reece will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court next week charged with sexual assault and voyeurism

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1 week ago Woman who sold drugs and spent 12 years in jail turns life around

Candice Gorman of the Recovery Community gave a moving testimony.

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2 w. ago Outrage as cricket legend pleads guilty to strangling woman but walks free from jail

The former Australia cricketer has walked free from court after being handed a part-suspended four-year prison sentence for a series of domestic violence charges

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2 w. ago He ordered a fridge freezer to be delivered to a woman's home and it landed him in jail

Benjamin Sergeant, 53, was in breach of a restraining order

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2 w. ago Appeal launched after 'sexual offence' involving man and teenage girl on Ayrshire train

British Transport Police are investigating after a "sexual offence" on board a Glasgow Central to Ayr train earlier this month.

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