New domestic abuse campaign from Police Scotland launches on Tinder for first time
A new campaign to combat domestic abuse has been launched on a dating app for the first time. Set up by Police Scotland, Is It Me? targets young men aged
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JK Rowling launches sexual violence support service for women in the Lothians
Author JK Rowling has founded a new support service to help meet an “unmet need” for women who have experienced sexual violence. Beira’s Place in Edinburgh will be a support
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Public sexual harassment sentences set to rise to maximum of two years in prison
Sexually harassing women in public is set to be punishable by up to two years in prison under proposed laws backed by the Government. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has declared
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‘Sick and twisted’ hospital worker has sentenced extended for further depraved acts
A double killer who sexually abused the bodies of at least 101 women and girls in hospital mortuaries was branded “sick and twisted” by victims’ families as he was sentenced
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Woman accused of lying about being grooming gang victim describes being trafficked
A woman who allegedly lied about being the victim of an Asian grooming gang has told a court she was trafficked across the country and in Ibiza. Giving evidence at
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Family court judge’s reference to intelligence of woman in rape complaint branded ‘unhelpful’
A family court judge who referred to a woman’s intelligence when concluding she had not proved her former partner had raped her made an “unhelpful” comment, a more senior High
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Two men guilty of decades of abuse involving 28 children at Kerelaw residential school
Two Ayrshire men who worked at a residential school for troubled children have been found guilty of abusing 28 pupils at the High Court in Glasgow. Matthew George, 73, and
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Why do so many men get away with rape? Police officers, survivors, lawyers and prosecutors on the scandal that shames the justice system
“Today in England and Wales, an estimated 300 women will be raped. About 170 of those cases will be reported to the police. But only three are likely to make
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Abuse victim awarded £450,000 in damages from leading private school in Edinburgh
A former pupil who was abused at Sir Tony Blair’s old school has been awarded £450,000 in damages – thought to be the largest such award from the school to
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Northern Ireland paramilitaries ‘coercing and sexually exploiting young people’
Paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland are subjecting young people to coercion, threats and sexual exploitation, a Westminster committee has heard. The region’s Children’s Commissioner Koulla Yiasouma (pictured) described both loyalist
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