Belfast couple arrested for holding woman as domestic slave for over six years
A couple have been arrested on suspicion of holding a woman as a domestic slave in Belfast for more than six years. Police said the arrests are the first of
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‘Arrogant’ cricketer jailed for five years for raping woman in team-mate’s room
An arrogant cricketer who treated a “dozing” woman whom he raped in his team-mate’s bedroom like a “piece of meat” has been jailed for five years. Alex Hepburn, 23, was
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‘Fantasist’ who dumped American dementia sufferer in Hereford is jailed after bizarre plot
A “fantasist” who claimed to be in the elite SBS special forces unit has been jailed for his part in a plot to dump a dementia-suffering American pensioner in rural
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Police did not cross-reference stalking incidents before victim had ‘run out of fight’
A police force failed to cross-reference almost half the incidents involving a serial stalker who drove his ex-partner to take her own life by bombarding her with abusive voicemails, texts
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Vulnerable children’s home girl ‘alone in world’ raped and abused by multiple men
A vulnerable girl was “raped and abused by multiple men over several years” starting when she was 11 or 12 years old, a jury has heard. The victim was “deliberately
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Corbyn attacks moves to get rape victims to hand mobile phones to police
Jeremy Corbyn has criticised moves to get rape victims to turn over their mobile phones to the police. The Labour leader’s intervention came after rape complainants were told they risked
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Rape victims should not have to choose between privacy and justice – campaigners
Privacy and victims’ rights campaign groups have called for reform after police forces introduced new consent forms asking rape victims to hand over their mobile phones. Griff Ferris, legal and
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Rape victims plan legal challenge over request to hand over their mobile phones
Rape complainants are planning a legal challenge after police forces introduced new consent forms asking them to hand over their mobile phones. The Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ) said a
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Rape victims must hand over phones or risk prosecutions not going ahead – police
Rape victims are being told they must hand over their mobile phones to police or risk prosecutions against their attackers not going ahead. Consent forms, which ask permission to access
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Two carers go on trial accused of abducting and murdering Margaret Fleming
Two people have gone on trial accused of abducting and murdering a woman more than 19 years ago. Margaret Fleming (pictured) was reported missing in October 2016 from her home
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