#sexual-assaults

#sexual-assaults

A man has admitted abducting a primary-aged schoolgirl while dressed as a woman before sexually assaulting her repeatedly over more than 24 hours.Andrew Miller, who is also known as Amy George, pleaded guilty to four charges abduction, sexual assault, watching pornography in the presence of the child, and possessing 242 indecent images of children.

A man who directed the rape and sexual assault of young girls in the Philippines from his home in Scotland has been jailed for 12 years.Gary Campbell, 59, from the remote village of Lochinver in Sutherland, paid for abuse to be carried out by adults as he watched and recorded it on the internet.He was traced by cybercrime investigators through online payments he made to foreign accounts.

Transgender women held in women's prisons in England and Wales have committed no assaults or sexual assaults since reforms were introduced in 2019, according to the Government.Prisons minister Damian Hinds updated MPs after he was pressed over the policy for the allocation of transgender prisoners.Ministry of Justice figures show there were 230 transgender prisoners in England and Wales recorded in the year ending March 2022, of which 187 prisoners recorded their legal gender as male and 43 as female.

A man who killed a woman and her two-year-old daughter before burying their bodies under his kitchen floor faces a life sentence after being found guilty of murder.Andrew Innes, 52, was found guilty of murdering Bennylyn Burke, 25, and Jellica Burke after a five-day trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.

This is an undated handout photo issued by Hertfordshire Police of serving Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick.A London police officer on Monday, Jan, 16, 2023 admitted multiple counts of rape and sexual assaults on a dozen women over almost two decades.David Carrick, 48, pleaded guilty to 49 offenses, including some 20 counts of rape as well as assault, attempted rape and false imprisonment.

The Los Angeles Police Department is continuing to search for the man who sexually assaulted a female hiker two weeks ago in the Santa Monica Mountains near Encino.The woman was attacked while she was hiking along the Upper Canyonback Trail in the 17000 block of Mulholland Drive around noon on Nov. 21, police said in a release.

Allegations that a senior Tory MP carried out a series of sexual assaults, including rape, should be properly investigated so as to establish the facts, a Government minister has said.The unnamed MP was reported to the Metropolitan Police by a group of fellow Conservative MPs concerned about his behaviour, according to reports by The Sun and TalkTV.

A 21-year-old Los Angeles man is accused of sexually assaulting multiple victims he targeted on Instagram over a roughly two-year period, authorities announced Tuesday.Michael Watson Jr., is accused of assaulting 13 females, including four minors.Investigators said DNA evidence linked him to sexual assaults in Los Angeles, East Los Angeles and Inglewood.

A major UK property developer failed to protect a woman from a predatory manager who raped her after a West End Christmas party, a tribunal has found.The Crest Nicholson employee carried out the attack on a colleague at a London hotel after an all-day Christmas party at the Piano Works on November 28, 2019.

British Transport Police wish to speak to this man in connection with two sexual assaults in Camden Town Underground on February 13, 2023 (Image: British Transport Police) Police have now released a CCTV image of a man they wish to speak to in connection with two sexual assaults at Camden Town Underground station.

A London paramedic who was sexually assaulted by a patient has spoken out in the hope it will encourage others to seek justice.Naveed Ahmed, 35, was jailed in November last year for nine months after he groped paramedic Charlotte Miller and exposed himself.Ms Miller has waived her right to anonymity, which is automatically granted to victims of sexual offences, to encourage others to report similar crimes.

A paedophile swimming teacher carried out sustained sexual assaults on young children during lessons at a north London pool.Emmanuel Brown, 60, of Forest Gate was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault by touching on December 5 at Wood Green Crown Court.The victims were girls under the age of thirteen at the time of the attacks.

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A union is asking 15,000 workers at hotels in Los Angeles and Orange counties to authorize a strike during the height of tourist season.Unite Here Local 11 said contracts are expiring June 30 at 62 Southern California hotels, including luxury stays such as the Westin Bonaventure in downtown Los Angeles, the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica and the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills.

P rimrose Hill will close its gates overnight at weekends in a row over antisocial behaviour after dark.The famous north London park will have permanent metal gates installed, which will be closed from 10pm to 6am from Friday to Sunday during the summer.The Camden green space, known for its scenic view of the London skyline, had been locked overnight with temporary fencing brought in over complaints of noise during Covid.

A Toronto man who founded a human rights organization is accused of sexually assaulting a woman five times and forcibly confining her.Jose Mario Guilombo, 64, has been charged with five counts of sexual assault and two counts of forcible confinement, Toronto police said in a news release.Guilombo was arrested and charged on Thursday, police say.

A teenage boy is alleged to have been raped at a hotel in Walthamstow that is used to house refugees.The reported incident is one of two suspected sex attacks on children at the building that are both being investigated by Met Police.Local MP Stella Creasy has urged Home Secretary Suella Braverman to resign over the claims, first reported in The Guardian.

Missoula, Montana KFF Health News Jacqueline Towarnicki got a text as she finished her day shift at a local clinic.She had a new case, a patient covered in bruises who couldn't remember how the injuries got there.Towarnicki's breath caught, a familiar feeling after four years of working night shifts as a sexual assault nurse examiner in this northwestern Montana city.

After a patient leaves, Jacqueline Towarnicki prepares the examination room in case she gets a call that someone else needs to see a sexual assault nurse examiner.Katheryn Houghton/KFF Health News Jacqueline Towarnicki got a text as she finished her day shift at a local clinic in Missoula, Montana.She had a new case, a patient covered in bruises who couldn't remember how the injuries got there.

Reported sexual assaults at US military academies shot up during the 2021-22 school year, and one in five female students told an anonymous survey that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact, The Associated Press has learned.A Pentagon report on reported assaults at the Army, Navy and Air Force academies shows an overall 18% jump in assaults reported by students compared with the previous year.

WASHINGTON Reported sexual assaults at U.S. military academies shot up during the 2021-22 school year, and one in five female students told an anonymous survey that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact, The Associated Press has learned.A Pentagon report on reported assaults at the Army, Navy and Air Force academies shows an overall 18% jump in assaults reported by students compared with the previous year.

Quantifying the toll of Russia's war in Ukraine remains an elusive goal a year into the conflict.stimates of the casualties, refugees and economic fallout from the war produce an incomplete picture of the deaths and suffering.Precise figures may never emerge for some of the categories international organisations are attempting to track.

A man who killed a woman and her two-year-old daughter before burying their bodies under his kitchen floor has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 36 years.Andrew Innes, 52, was found guilty of murdering Bennylyn Burke, 25, and Jellica Burke after a five-day trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.

Harvey Weinstein's sentencing on his second rape and sexual assault conviction in Los Angeles has been delayed until February, as his lawyers ask for a new trial.Winstein, 70, faces up to 18 additional years in prison after being convicted of forcibly raping a woman in California in 2013.He is already serving a 23-year prison sentence after being convicted of rape and sexual assault charges in New York in 2020.

Days after an internal investigation was launched into whether a former Los Angeles police captain led a cover-up of sexual assault allegations against former CBS chief Leslie Moonves, the detective who handled the case years ago took an unusual step.Last month, LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division Det.Oscar Gamino showed up at the district attorney's office in downtown Los Angeles to present his investigation on the 2017 case, according to the DA's office.At the time, the case had been closed for nearly five years and had already been rejected by the office of former Dist.

A former student at the Thacher School is suing the prestigious Ojai boarding school, alleging she was repeatedly sexually abused by a counselor and soccer coach who was hired despite the headmaster knowing the man left an East Coast school because of an inappropriate relationship with a female student.

Jurors in the rape trial of Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy have been told by the judge he will accept majority verdicts.Mendy, 28, denies seven counts of rape, one of attempted rape and one of sexual assault relating to six women.His co-accused, Louis Saha Matturie, 41, denies six rapes and three sexual assaults relating to seven women.

A teenager has been jailed for robbing an older man at knifepoint after arranging to meet him on a dating app.Ashley Jackson, aged 19, admitted to threatening the man in his 40s with a knife before stealing 180 in cash from him.After meeting on a dating website, the pair arranged to see each other in person on 11 November, at an address in Hackney, London.

J.K. Rowling is being slammed for launching a crisis center for survivors of rape and sexual assault in Scotland that refuses services to trans women and excludes trans workers from the center.Named Beira's Place, after the Scottish goddess of winter, the center sits in a former townhouse and calls itself "Edinburgh women's sexual assault support centre."

Right and far-right Spanish politicians have used the controversy surrounding Spain's new only yes means yes consent law to launch bitterly sexist and personal attacks on Irene Montero, the Podemos MP and equality minister who championed the legislation.The law, introduced by Spain's Socialist-led coalition government after the fury and revulsion that followed the so-called wolfpack gang-rape in Pamplona six years ago, made sexual consent a key factor in sexual assault cases.

Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is accused of a further string of sex offences against a new complainant.The 63-year-old is charged with sexually assaulting the alleged male victim following reported incidents between 2001 and 2004, the Crown Prosecution Service said.Seven new charges have been authorised against the Hollywood star  three of indecent assault, three of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent.

Actor Kevin Spacey will be charged with a further string of sex offences against one man, prosecutors said.The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it had authorised seven new charges against the 63-year-old, including three of indecent assault, three of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent.

A call for evidence about what was known about Tim Westwood's conduct during his time at the BBC has been extended in a bid to encourage more people to come forward.The broadcaster has also appointed an independent safeguarding expert, Jahnine Davis, to assist with the review.Gemma White, the barrister leading the investigation into the former hip hop DJ, who has been accused of a string of sexual assaults against women, was appointed by the BBC Board in August.

A Home Office minister has been branded callous after he hit out at migrants for complaining about desperate conditions at an overcrowded processing centre in Kent.Chris Philp said it was a bit of a cheek for them to protest the conditions in which they are being held in Manston.The government has been scrambling to resolve the crisis after it emerged at the weekend that around 4,000 people were being held at a site designed for 1,600.

The call for evidence requests information about any allegations or concerns about the conduct of Tim Westwood during any time he worked for the BBC, whether or not the allegations or concerns were raised with the BBC at the time.Tim Westwood strongly rejects all allegations of wrongdoing.The call urges those who know any reasons for which allegations or concerns were not raised with the BBC to come forward.In July, the BBC said it had received six complaints against Westwood, including one that was referred to police, despite director-general Tim Davie previously saying he had seen no evidence of complaints.