A former Crown Office boss is to lead a task force set up to prevent sexual crime involving young people. Justice Secretary Michael Matheson said Catherine Dyer would bring a
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A crowdfunding campaign has been launched by a woman who claims she was raped in an attempt to bring a private prosecution against her alleged attacker. Waiving her right to
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Women who have survived rape and violence before coming to Britain are still routinely held in immigration detention, according to a new report. Campaigners say female asylum seekers are being
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Northern Ireland’s strict abortion law is set to come under scrutiny at the UK’s highest court. The case centres on the current law which makes it an offence for a
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Alleged sex crimes and domestic abuse offences now account for one in five cases pursued by the Crown Prosecution Service, it has been revealed. They made up nearly 20% of
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Scotland’s Social Security Minister has challenged Theresa May to show “compassion” and end the “injustice” of the so-called rape clause. Jeane Freeman, a former Labour adviser who is now an
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Tory backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg has been branded “extreme” after revealing he is opposed to abortion in all circumstances, including rape and incest. The Catholic father-of-six, often dubbed “the MP for
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Actress Joanne Froggatt urged people to talk more openly about curbing sexual violence as she relived her character’s rape scene in Downton Abbey. She said she was shocked when the
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A heroin dealer who raped a vulnerable girl and was part of a grooming gang which gave drugs to teenagers before prostituting them has been jailed for 29 years. Another
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A woman who made a string of false rape claims and sexual assault allegations cost the police more than £250,000 and around 6,400 hours of work. Jemma Beale (pictured) was
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