Paedophile who was jailed for plot to rape young babies avoids second prison term

Paedophile who was jailed for plot to rape young babies avoids second prison term for moving house without telling authorities after claiming she fled in fear for her safety Nicola Williams, aka Nikita Moore, said she fled Sunderland in fear for her safety Williams was in contact with young children after she moved to Middlesbrough … Read more

Mariska Hargitay discusses the heartbreaking backlog of rape kits during DNC appearance

Mariska Hargitay shows her support for Joe Biden as she discusses the heartbreaking backlog of rape kits in powerful DNC speech By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 15:36 BST, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 15:42 BST, 20 August 2020 Mariska Hargitay will be casting a vote for Joe Biden after working alongside him to end … Read more

Rape victims say face masks trigger horrific flashbacks of being smothered or choked

Rape victims say face masks trigger horrific flashbacks of being smothered or choked but they are being trolled by strangers if they don’t wear them Victims say that they are stigmatised for not wearing masks in public places Many rape victims have their mouths and noses covered during attacks Covering the face can therefore trigger … Read more

Downing Street denies Boris Johnson plans to set police targets to boost number of rape prosecutions

Downing Street denies Boris Johnson is planning to set targets for police in bid to boost the number of rape prosecutions A review of the criminal justice response to rape will be released in the autumn   Figures showed rape convictions in England and Wales fell by a quarter in a year  Mr Johnson said quotas … Read more

Boris Johnson plans to set targets for police in bid to increase number of rape case prosecutions 

Boris Johnson plans to set targets for police in bid to increase number of rape case prosecutions Police could be set targets for number of rape cases they refer to prosecutors CPS may be given quotas for how many suspects they take to court   Rape prosecutions have fallen to their lowest level since records … Read more

Hampshire man, 19, arrested and bailed after rape of woman

‘Teenager in blue surgical face mask rapes woman, 40, walking on seafront’ – as 19-year-old is arrested and bailed The assault took place in a park in Southsea, Hampshire on Monday 3 August  Police have appealed for witnesses to the attack after a male, 19, is arrested  The attacker was described as being white, heavily … Read more

TV presenter, 28, viciously beaten by a stranger who tried to rape her in front of six-year-old son

Ukrainian TV presenter, 28, suffers horrific facial injuries after being viciously beaten by a stranger who tried to rape her in front of her six-year-old son on a train Anastasia Lugova, 28, was assaulted by Vitaliy Rudzko, 45, in train compartment She was travelling to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday with her six-year-old son Zakhar  Rudzko faces … Read more

Prosecutors call for Gerard Depardieu rape case to be reopened

Prosecutors call for Gerard Depardieu rape case to be reopened after probe into claims he assaulted actress in her 20s at his Paris home was dropped over lack of proof The French actor, now 71, was accused of assaulting and raping actress in 2018 Probe was dropped last year but the woman has now relaunched … Read more

Police to stop demanding mobile phones from rape victims

Police will end ‘digital strip search’ tactic of demanding mobile phones from rape victims after some were told prosecutions would be stopped if they did not comply The practice was rolled out by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) last year in response to the disclosure scandal However a string of defendants had charges against … Read more

Police will end ‘digital strip search’ tactic of demanding mobile phones from rape victims

Police will end ‘digital strip search’ tactic of demanding mobile phones from rape victims after some were told prosecutions would be stopped if they did not comply The practice was rolled out by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) last year in response to the disclosure scandal However a string of defendants had charges against … Read more