A police force has been fined £130,000 for losing disks containing a video interview with an alleged rape victim. Humberside Police was handed the six-figure penalty by the Information Commissioner’s
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A fraudster who posed as Grenfell Tower survivor has been called “the worst of the human race” by real victims of the tragedy as she was jailed for four-and-a-half years.
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A legal challenge to overturn reporting restrictions on the rape trial of two Ireland rugby internationals will go before a judge next week. Northern Ireland’s Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan
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Stuart Olding has apologised for the hurt caused to the woman who had accused him of rape. In a statement, read by his solicitor outside Belfast Crown Court after his
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The outgoing chairman of the Parole Board said there are “very troubling questions” about the body’s independence after he was forced to quit over the John Worboys case. Professor Nick
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High Court judges who overturned a decision to release black cab rapist John Worboys from prison said a number of “striking features” of his case “give rise to concern”. They
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One of the women who won a landmark ruling over the decision to release black cab rapist John Worboys said she fought the case because she does not want others
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An attempt to grant a man acquitted of rape anonymity in a civil case brought by his alleged victim has been rejected. Stephen Coxen, from Bury in Lancashire, is being
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A scheme to let people find out if their partner has a history of domestic violence has begun in Northern Ireland. The Domestic Violence and Abuse Disclosure Scheme means the
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Some perpetrators of domestic violence will be offered a chance to avoid jail through a new scheme aimed at reducing reoffending. The pilot project in Londonderry will see convicted offenders
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