The son of Norway’s crown princess is suspected of three rapes and 23 other offences, police said on Friday. Marius Borg Høiby, who is the stepson of Norway’s future king, was arrested three separate times last year, in August, September and November. After a 10-month investigation, Norwegian police have now handed the case over to...
I’ve done story after story (as have my peeps here) on the myriad attempts by Keir Starmer and his Labour toadies to bury the disgusting, enraging, and well-documented actions of predominantly Pakistani ‘rape gangs’ preying on young, working-class British girls. The government was desperate to bury the issue and mollify their Islamic voting base, even...
A New York judge declared a mistrial on a rape charge in Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes trial after one juror refused to continue deliberations over an alleged attack in 2013 on actress Jessica Mann. The jury had found Weinstein guilty of one count of sexual assault and not guilty of another count on Wednesday, but...
A UK soldier has been accused of raping a woman near a British army training camp in Kenya where another soldier has previously been accused of murder. The alleged rape happened last month close to the British Army Training Unit Kenya (Batuk) near the town of Nanyuki, 200km (125 miles) north of the capital, Nairobi....
Seetu Tewari BBC Hindi, Patna Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Getty Images Cases of rape and sexual assault often make headlines in India The death of a 10-year-old rape victim in the eastern Indian state of Bihar after an alleged delay in medical treatment has sparked outrage in the country. The girl died on Sunday...
Russell Brand has arrived at court for a hearing at which he is expected to enter his plea on charges of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault. The broadcaster, comedian and actor did not speak to reporters and looked straight ahead as he entered Southwark Crown Court wearing a dark suit and unbuttoned shirt. He...
Mark Gordon was convicted of a series of sexual offences, including rape, which took place in Florida in 1989 when he was aged 14, a jury heard on Thursday. The details of his previous convictions were read to the jury at a retrial of separate charges at the Old Bailey in London. Gordon and his...
Motown legend Smokey Robinson has filed a $500m (£370m) defamation lawsuit against four former housekeepers who have accused the singer of sexual assault. The legal case filed by the star and his wife Frances on Wednesday in California accused the women of fabricating the sexual assault allegations as part of an “extortionate” lawsuit. The Robinsons...
South African authorities say they will continue with legal proceedings against Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso who was acquitted of rape last month, even though he has left the country. Mr Omotoso, who denied the 32 charges against him, was accused of sexually assaulting young women from his church in Port Elizabeth. The National Prosecuting Authority...
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...
A 20-year-old man from Plymouth has been arrested on suspicion of rape, police say. Devon and Cornwall Police were called to Gibbon Lane at about 06:25 BST on Thursday. They said officers were supporting a woman after reports of a sexual assault. Police cordons were put in place at different locations, and one remains in...
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...
Namibia’s agriculture minister has been sacked after being accused of raping a 16-year-old girl five years ago. Mac-Albert Hengari was arrested on Saturday after allegedly attempting to bribe the victim, now 21, to withdraw the case against him, the police say. Hengari, 59, who has denied any wrongdoing, appeared in court on Monday and was...