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Ex-football coach Barry Bennell guilty of sex abuse

February 13, 2018 World Justice News 0

Ex-football coach Barry Bennell has been found guilty of multiple sex offences against boys in the 1980s. Liverpool Crown Court heard Bennell had a “power hold” over aspiring players aged between eight and 15 and […]

USA gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar pleads guilty to sex charges

November 22, 2017 World Justice News 0

Former USA Olympic gymnastics sports doctor Larry Nassar has pleaded guilty to seven charges of sexual assault against women and girls in his care. He was charged with molesting seven girls, many of whom are […]

Prosthetic penis sex attacker Gayle Newland jailed

July 20, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A woman who wore a prosthetic penis and tricked her blindfolded friend into sex has been jailed. Gayle Newland, 27, of Willaston, Cheshire, created an online persona pretending to be a man and continued the […]

Why we need to break the silence around rape and violence against women

July 11, 2017 zoshinuk 0

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 […]

Rolf Harris cleared of sex assault charges

May 30, 2017 World Justice News 0

Former entertainer Rolf Harris has been cleared of four sex assault charges after a jury could not reach verdicts. Prosecutors ruled out a further retrial for Mr Harris, who denied indecently assaulting three teenage girls […]

New Lawsuit Alleges Baylor Players Gang-Raped Women As ‘Bonding Experience’

May 17, 2017 World Justice News 0

A new federal lawsuit against Baylor University accuses football players of drugging and gang-raping young women as part of a hazing or bonding ritual — and the university of failing to investigate the pervasive sexual […]

Former MSU player Auston Robertson arraigned on sexual assault charge, bond set at $250,000

April 25, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Kyle Austin MASON — Former Michigan State football player Auston Robertson is housed in Ingham County Jail on a $250,0000 bond after being arraigned on Tuesday afternoon for a charge of third degree criminal […]

Allan Griffin trial – Verdict of guilty offers some closure to years long trial

March 30, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

It was a long, difficult path to justice for two Cochrane families mired in a disturbing sexual assault case that spanned years. But on Wednesday, they finally received the justice they had been waiting for […]

Judge who asked rape victim why she didn’t just keep her knees together quits

March 10, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A Canadian judge who asked a woman why she couldn’t keep her knees together after she alleged sexual assault in a trial has said that he is resigning from the bench. Justice Robin Camp said […]

Nova Scotia judge under fire for claiming ‘a drunk can consent’ in sex-assault case

March 3, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A Nova Scotia judge is facing a firestorm of criticism after declaring “clearly, a drunk can consent” as he acquitted a Halifax taxi driver of sexually assaulting a female passenger who was so intoxicated that […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

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Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]