Police investigate child sexual assault allegations at hotel housing asylum seekers
Police are investigating allegations a teenage boy was raped by a man in his 30s at a hotel being used to house asylum seekers. A child under the age of
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Gaia’s family call for ‘rapist’ probe review and accuse police of lying to jury
Gaia Pope-Sutherland’s family have claimed police “lied” after her death and dismissed evidence that may have helped prosecute her alleged rapist as they called for an independent probe into the
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Man sentenced to 12 years in prison for string of sexual offences in Fife and Moray
A man who was convicted of raping children and women over the course of two decades has been jailed for 12 years. Joseph Lowther,42, was sentenced on Friday at the
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Gaia’s family calls for much more help and support for sexual abuse survivors
Teenager Gaia Pope-Sutherland has been described by her family as a “beloved daughter, sister and friend” as they spoke out for need of survivors of sexual abuse to get much
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Hundreds of women forced to declare child born as a result of rape, MPs told
More than 1,800 women were forced to declare their child was born as a result of rape or coercive control to receive benefit support, official figures show. Ministers faced renewed
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Married GP sentenced to four years for raping woman he met via Tinder
A doctor who raped a woman he met through Tinder has been sentenced to four years in jail. Manesh Gill (pictured), 39, met his victim after setting up an account
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Teenager feared she would never be believed over alleged rape, inquest told
A teenager who accused a man of raping her was told by police there was no chance of a successful prosecution and that a trial would be “very traumatic”, leading
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Calling domestic violence ‘honour abuse’ could accidentally legitimise it, ministers warned
Labelling domestic violence as “honour abuse” could accidentally legitimise it, ministers have been warned. The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) said a range of practices known as honour abuses, such
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Policing minister dismisses questions on Tory sexual misconduct allegations as ‘soap opera stuff’
The policing minister dismissed questions about alleged sexual misconduct within the Conservative Party as “soap opera stuff” as the Tories faced pressure to identify and suspend an MP accused of
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Rapist who killed woman found tied up in lake convicted by new DNA evidence 35 years later
A “predator” who raped a teenager and murdered a woman whose bound and gagged body was found in a lake has been convicted decades after his “horrendous” crimes. Serial attacker
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