All news on the topic: Rape
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‘Depraved’ mum who raped and abused children found dead in prison
A woman who sexually assaulted and abused children with a partner she met online has been discovered dead in her prison cell.
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Kyle Clifford ’carefully planned’ crossbow murders after ex ended relationship
Triple killer Kyle Clifford raped his ex-girlfriend in a ‘violent, sexual act of spite’ before murdering her and her family with a crossbow, a court has heard.
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Rotherham grooming gang pair routinely raped two teenagers for months with a vile ’fresh meat’ comment
Romulad Stefan Houphouet, 37, and Absolom Sigiyo, 41, have been found guilty of rape after befriending their two victims, living in a children’s home, in Rotherham,. South Yorkshire
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Saudi border forces accused of killing ’hundreds of Ethiopian migrants’
Witnesses crossing from Yemen report being fired at with machine guns and seeing decaying bodies.
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Transgender rape suspect found hanged before court appearance on charges of assaulting young girl with ’your penis’
An alleged rapist who identified as a woman has died before she was due to appear at court charged with raping a young girl with ’your penis’.
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Former Team GB Olympic swimmer sentenced to 21 years for raping teenage girls
A former Olympic swimmer who raped two teenage girls after grooming them has been jailed for 21 years.
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Sex Education’s Alexander Westwood sentenced to 15 years in prison after being found guilty of 26 sexual offenses
Netflix star Alexander Westwood was found guilty of 26 sexual offenses in December, including some against children and students in his class.
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Almost 60 men and boys arrested for sexual assault and gang rape of girl
Schoolfriends, family members and neighbours are among the dozens of men arrested for the rape of a teenager in India.
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Police release CCTV in search for man who assaulted 14-year-old girl in train station toilets
Police have shared a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to after a 14-year-old girl was raped at an Essex train station a year ago.
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British man who killed a pensioner with an axe in Finland after allegedly being ’raped’ is pictured
This is the British cyclist facing jail in Finland for hacking a pensioner to death with an axe.
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Gisele Pelicot’s attackers are already walking free weeks after guilty verdicts
Less than two months after more than 50 men were found guilty of the rape and abuse of Gisele Pelicot, at least six of them are already free.
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Man sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of Irish backpacker Danielle McLaughlin in Goa
An Indian man has received a life imprisonment sentence after being found guilty of the rape and murder of Irish backpacker Danielle McLaughlin in 2017.
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Moment police arrest a masked man who raped two women at gunpoint in a horrific attack
This is the moment police arrested a masked man who had raped two women he met on an escort website at gunpoint.
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Goa man convicted of the rape and murder of an Irish backpacker eight years ago
The family of Danielle McLaughlin says that justice has finally been achieved after Vikat Bhagat was convicted in India.
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Man convicted of the rape and murder of Irish backpacker in India
A man has been found guilty of the rape and murder of Irish backpacker Danielle McLaughlin in 2017.
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Woman assaulted by two men in forest
A search is ongoing after a woman was sexually assaulted by two men in a wooded area yesterday morning.
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UK’s top police officer calls it ’absurd’ that he cannot dismiss officers accused of rape
Britain’s most senior policeman said it was "absurd" that a court judgment handed down on Tuesday meant he could not sack serving officers who failed a vetting review, even if they had been accused of rape or other serious crimes.
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Number of women caught carrying knives has tripled over the past decade
The number of women and girls caught carrying knives has trebled in the last decade, according to new LBC research, with a sharp increase since the rape and murder of Sarah Everard.
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Horror as teen girl ‘raped in train station toilet’ as cops trawl CCTV and urge any witnesses to come forward
COPS have launched an urgent investigation after a teenage girl was allegedly raped in a train station toilet.
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Conor McGregor accused of trying to rape woman in VIP bathroom as security ‘stopped friend from entering stall to help’
It comes after the woman, who has been described as a 49-year-old who works on Wall Street, filed a criminal sexual assault allegation.
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Premier League club will keep picking star accused of rape after major update
Metropolitan Police this week confirmed an evidence file had been passed onto the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to a Premier League star accused of rape.
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French police arrest founder of website used by Dominique Pelicot
Isaac Steidl being held over site used by criminals including man convicted of recruiting strangers to rape his wife.
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Rugby player leaves country following rape charge
A former rugby league star has fled the country after being charged with rape.
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Brighton rape: Two arrested in manhunt over attack on teen in Harry Ramsden’s encounter
Sussex Police said they have arrested two men in connection with the alleged rape of 19-year-old male in Brighton in the days running up to Christmas
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Man sentenced to life for raping and murdering NHS worker on a park bench
Mohamed Iidow attacked Natalie Shotter ‘over and over again’ after she had passed out in London park
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