A man has been jailed for 13 years for raping and sexually assaulting a woman. Christian Dodd, 46, was arrested in August 2022 after police received a report of rape. A jury at Truro Crown Court found Dodd, previously of Cliff Road, Falmouth, Cornwall, guilty of one count of rape of a woman and one...
French cinema star Gérard Depardieu faces a suspended prison term and registration as a sex-offender if he is convicted today of assault. At his trial six weeks ago, the court heard testimony from two women who said the 76-year-old actor groped them during work on a film set in Paris in 2021. Depardieu denies the...
A teenager has appeared in court charged with a number of rape and sexual offences close to a train station alleged to have occurred on the same evening. Sonny Boyes, 19, from Exeter, is accused of two rapes against a 16-year-old girl at Clyst Halt Avenue in the city on Friday evening, Exeter Magistrates’ Court...
A man has been charged after a 16-year-old girl was raped and a 17-year-old girl was sexually assaulted. Sonny Boyes, 19, from Exeter, has been charged with two offences of rape and three offences of sexual assault. Devon and Cornwall Police said the incidents took place in the area of Digby and Sowton train station...
A man has been arrested after a 16-year-old girl was raped and a 17-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in Exeter on Friday night. The 19-year-old man, from Exeter, was arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault and remains in police custody, Devon and Cornwall Police said. Both incidents happened in the area of Digby...
Motown legend Smokey Robinson has denied allegations of sexual assault that were made by several former employees. In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, four female housekeepers accused the singer-songwriter of sexual battery including rape, plus false imprisonment and a number of labour violations. In a statement to the BBC, Robinson’s lawyer Christopher Frost called the...
Four anonymous housekeepers are suing Motown legend Smokey Robinson for $50 million (£37 million), accusing him of sexual assault. A complaint filed in Los Angeles superior court accuses the 85-year-old of sexual battery, false imprisonment, negligence and gender violence, in addition to a number of labour violations related to wages, breaks, meal times and overtime...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter BBC David Redman, who has raised concerns about the development in Torquay, claims to have been assaulted A man claims to have been assaulted in a row over building work at a historic site. Torbay Council has told developers to stop work at Singleton Gardens – a rare Victorian...
A man and a woman both suffered injuries and were taken to hospital after an assault in Plymouth on Monday night. Armed police officers were called to Collin Close after ambulance crews reported a man had suffered stab wounds. A 31-year-old man was taken to Derriford Hospital to be treated for serious injuries but has...
An 18-year old man has been arrested following a serious sexual assault on a woman in a village in Devon. Devon and Cornwall Police said the attack happened on Bridge Street in Uffculme, near Cullompton, at about 15:40 BST on Friday. The force said a man from Tiverton was arrested on suspicion of rape, sexual...
A man has been arrested following reports a woman was sexually assaulted in a Plymouth car park. Devon and Cornwall Police said it received a call at about 09:45 BST on Friday saying a man had approached a woman in a parked vehicle at Devil’s Point and sexually assaulted her. On Tuesday, the force said...
Police are appealing for information following a reported sexual assault in a car park in Plymouth. Devon and Cornwall Police said the incident happened at 09:45 BST on Friday 18 April at Devil’s Point car park. Police officers said they received a call stating a man in his early 20s approached a woman in a...
    What is it about politicians in Washington that they just can’t stand progress or the thought of anyone getting rich?     That’s the attitude of many Democrats in Congress as they try to cripple the private equity and venture capital industries with higher tax rates. These financers are...
    What is it about politicians in Washington that they just can’t stand progress or the thought of anyone getting rich?     That’s the attitude of many Democrats in Congress as they try to cripple the private equity and venture capital industries with higher tax rates. These financers are...
There’s been a growing border crisis for decades that has, again in the past few years, coinciding with the Biden administration term, taken on frightening proportions. Once again, it has to do with Mexico, but only indirectly with physical Mexicans crossing the border. It’s a direct result of what they’ve flushed and failed to dispose...