Rape prevention groups are in uproar after a legally blind man in the US state of Oklahoma was spared prison time after he raped a 13-year-old girl. Benjamin Lawrence Petty, 36, admitted tying rope round […]
The case against an Oxford University student who had a rape charge “hanging over his head” for two years has been dropped on the eve of his trial. Oliver Mears had been on bail since […]
A man accused of raping and kidnapping an 18-year-old woman more than 40 years ago has appeared in court. Peter Pickering, 79, is charged with the rape and false imprisonment of the woman in Deepcar, […]
by Waqar Azmi Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the worst atrocity on European soil since the second world war, the genocide in Srebrenica. This year, thousands will gather at more than 400 events in […]
Thirteen South Sudanese soldiers have gone on trial accused of raping foreign aid workers and murdering their local colleague. The incident in the capital, Juba, last July resulted in a UN report which accused UN […]
A jury has found Wayne Howard Bernard guilty of the brutal rape of a Calgary grandmother 22 years ago. Bernard was on trial for sexual assault with a weapon, kidnapping and robbery in connection with […]
A couple who subjected children to a decade of sex and drug abuse, including rape, have been jailed. Nicholas Taylor, convicted of 62 offences, and wife Joan, found guilty of 22, were “master manipulators”, police […]
A sailor who admitted to his part in an Australian navy hazing and rape scandal involving a rubber chicken has had some of his convictions quashed. Able Seaman Rohan Martin Angre pleaded guilty in 2014 […]
A groom has admitted a “sustained and systematic” rape hours before he was due to marry his pregnant partner. Convicted rapist Derry Flynn McCann, 28, launched a two-hour assault “within sight” of his victim’s front […]
A former NHS worker has had his conviction for rape overturned following a retrial after spending three years behind bars. Simon Bragg, an NHS worker living in staff accommodation at East Surrey Hospital at the […]
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