#sexual-assault

#sexual-assault

A former singer with Spandau Ballet told a woman 'thanks for being cool about it' when she calmly talked him down from raping her, a court has heard. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she woke up to find Ross Davidson trying to have sex with her in a hotel in Thailand without her permission and without a condom.

The 54-year-old, of Holloway, north London, stood trial at St Albans Crown Court under his real name of John Shannon and was found guilty in September. The jury found him guilty on four counts of sexual activity with the younger girl, and of sexual assault and assault by penetration relating to the older teenager.

Detectives probing the case issued a CCTV image of a man they believe may have vital information. The spokesman added: Detectives investigating a sexual assault at Finsbury Park Underground station in December have released this image in connection. Anyone who recognises man is asked to contact police At around 10pm on Friday December 5, a man approached a woman on the platform and sexually assaulted her.

Three men have been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault against two teenage girls. West Yorkshire Police said that officers were called to the Seacroft Green shopping centre in Leeds at around 8.45pm on Tuesday to a report of ongoing suspicious behaviour involving men nearby. The officers found two men and two teenage girls, the force said. The men, aged 38 and 44, were arrested on suspicion of sexual assault against the girls.

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A man has been charged for two alleged sexual assaults at massage clinics in Etobicoke, police said in a news release Saturday. Investigators say one incident took place in November 2018 at a massage clinic near Lake Shore Boulevard W. and Thirtieth St., and the other incident in July 2025 near Lake Shore Boulevard W. and Thirty Third St. Both times, the victim was assaulted while receiving a massage, police allege. Toronto police say they have charged the man with two counts of sexual assault.

Fleming allegedly took the child's phone and purse, including her high school identification. The victim then had to dress in lingerie that Fleming gave her before taking her and another female to a street prostitution track in East New York, known as Penn Track, a stretch of roadway along Pennsylvania Avenue near Wortman and Georgia avenues. Here, the victim was forced to solicit men for sexual acts in return for money from 2 a.m. to 7 a.m.

One of them handed Juan Giron a letter written by Kimberly, the trans woman he met when he was going to the bathroom and who called out to him, Hey, girl, pssst, hi. Now you might say that he and Kimberly are friends. He gave her a devotional scapular, and they get emotional when they see each other in the yard during the hour of sunlight they're allowed each day,

In the year leading up to March 2025, one in eight women in England and Wales had been a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking. Almost 200 rapes are recorded every day. And on average, three women are killed by men in the UK every single week. Just pause and consider that. There has been plenty of tough talk on violence against women and girls over the past decade but too little action.

forced his way into the doorway, grabbed [Barnett] by her waist, fondled her breast and buttocks and proceeded to kiss her neck,

"It was a terrible allegation to make. I hope she is sorry for what she did," the judge said.

I do not care if you go to prison for 11 years, 12 years, no amount will bring back the smile and laughter I have lost. No prison sentence will ever feel enough for what you have taken from me. You took the most important moment of my life and turned it into the most humiliating event. I do not care if you are sorry, if your family feels sorry because at the end of the day, you knew what you were doing at your grown age.

A dentist at a North York clinic has been arrested and accused of sexually assaulting multiple patients last month, Toronto police say. The 61-year-old male dentist from Toronto is accused of sexually assaulting two women in separate incidents while they received treatment at the dentist's office at Smiles on Steeles dental clinic, police said in a news release Thursday. The first incident allegedly took place on Nov. 17 and involved a 34-year-old woman.

With almost 33,900 private hire vehicles licensed by the local authority on the road this year - 96% of them outside the city - Wolverhampton has been dubbed the "taxi capital" of the UK and criticised by other councils. A Freedom Of Information (FOI) by a London-based taxi driver showed nine of the 17 assaults between 11 August and 11 November were related to passengers.

A young woman has been raped in a 150-year-old park near Whitehall. Around 4.10am on Tuesday, December 2, officers attended Embankment Gardens, following reports of a rape. Police attended and spoke to the victim, a woman aged in her 20s. She is currently being supported by specially-trained officers. No arrests have been made at this stage, and police are making urgent enquiries.

The 45-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, fled the jurisdiction shortly before the jury was due to resume deliberations prompting a bench warrant to be issued and a multi-county search that has so far failed to locate him. After he fled the jury returned a majority guilty verdict on the two counts of sexual assault that he was facing during the trial which took place in June 2025.

The woman was walking in the area on Saturday evening when she was allegedly grabbed and raped in random attack

The NYPD released an image of the suspect, who has a medium complexion with curly hair with a goatee and is approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall and 140 pounds. He wore a navy blue hooded sweatshirt, black pants, and black sneakers. A reward of up to $3,500 is being offered for information that leads to his arrest and indictment.

Barry George, 65, who lives in Co. Cork, is charged with rape and two counts of indecent assault against the same child, who cannot be identified. The incidents are alleged to have taken place in the Hammersmith and Fulham area of west London between September 6 and 12 1987. On Wednesday, George appeared at the Old Bailey by video-link from Dublin for a plea and case management hearing.