It would be “constitutionally inappropriate” if the UK Government stepped in to approve the payment of compensation to victims of historical abuse in Northern Ireland, Karen Bradley has said. The
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Police have lost tabs on nearly 500 registered sex offenders in Britain, according to a report. The missing include rapists and paedophiles, including some who disappeared more than a decade
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Research by a team of academics at the University of Huddersfield has alerted the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) to the probability that the number of offenders who
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Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey has been accused of “callous disregard” after insisting the UK Government’s so-called rape clause “strikes the right balance”. Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale
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A sexual offences liaison officer who found a rape victim in his care “attractive” has been jailed after he hacked into her Facebook account and downloaded pictures of her as
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Oxfam has been accused of further failures in Haiti by keeping a senior aid worker in the earthquake-torn country for more than a year, despite reported sexual harassment claims. According
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The councillor behind a campaign about the dangers of young women drinking has hit back at claims it is “thunderingly offensive” and that it takes Britain back 60 years. Sunderland
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Morals, emotion and sympathy should not be considered in the rape trial of two high profile rugby players, a defence barrister has said. Instead, the jury of eight men and
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A rapist who attacked two women in the 1980s was caught more than 30 years later because he urinated in a neighbour’s plant pot, police said. Eric McKenna, 60, has
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A man who raped one woman and sexually assaulted three others on a three-hour crime spree has been sentenced to life in prison and must serve 11 years before he
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