All news on the topic: Rape and sexual assault

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Good Omens author Neil Gaiman faces new allegations of raping a babysitter
Months after the initial allegations against author Neil Gaiman, which he denies, four more women have come forward with sexual assault claims.
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Most violent or sexual crimes unsolved in hotspots of England and Wales last year
About 89% of such crimes closed without a suspect being caught or charged in the year to June 2024.
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Two teenage rape victim sisters are arrested in Pakistan after dousing their father in petrol and burning him alive
Two teenage sisters have been arrested in Pakistan for killing their father by setting him on fire in revenge for rape.
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Major update on Premier League star accused of raping three women
A Premier League star accused of rape could face criminal charges after police passed his file to prosecutors.
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OpenAI chief Sam Altman denies sister’s sexual abuse accusations
Ann Altman’s attorney says the family is trying to ‘divert attention away from the harm that they caused.’
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Musk accused of ‘politicising’ rape of young girls in UK to attack Starmer
Ex-health worker who exposed paedophile ring says billionaire’s triggering of row ignores plight of survivors.
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Urgent hunt for 11-year-old schoolboy who ‘sexually assaulted’ woman in broad daylight
Cops have launched an urgent hunt for an 11-year-old schoolboy who "sexually assaulted" a woman in broad daylight.
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Brighton rape: Two arrested in manhunt over attack on teen in Harry Ramsden’s encounter
Sussex Police said they have arrested two men in connection with the alleged rape of 19-year-old male in Brighton in the days running up to Christmas
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Children executed and women raped in front of their families as M23 militia unleashes fresh terror on DRC
First-hand accounts from victims of unthinkable violence paint a gruesome picture of the brutality sweeping the central African country. How long is the West prepared to look away?
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"Monster of Avignon" sentenced to 20 years for drugging and raping ex-wife Gisèle Pelicot
Gisèle Pelicot – a woman who has became a feminist symbol of the fight against sexual violence in France – has finally learnt the fate of her ex-husband and 50 other men after they were found guilty raping her.
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Britain’s most notorious rapist attacked in prison by vigilante group
The UK’s most prolific serial rapist was targeted in an attack by a group of prison vigilantes.
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Man sentenced to life for raping and murdering NHS worker on a park bench
Mohamed Iidow attacked Natalie Shotter ‘over and over again’ after she had passed out in London park
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Sean ’Diddy’ Combs faces lawsuits from three accusers in New York over rape allegations
Sean ’Diddy’ Combs is facing new allegations from three accusers in the State of New York who claim the star drugged and then raped them. The star is currently in jail awaiting trial for other charges.
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Sex Education and Doctors actor Alexander Westwood guilty of raping teens in acting class
Warning: Contains distressing details. Alexander Westwood, from Albrighton in Shropshire, was dubbed ’manipulative and predatory’ and had a fascination with porn from an early age
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Manhunt after girl, 15, sexually assaulted at Clydebank bus stop
Police Scotland described the attacker as having light grey hair and a moustache.
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Conor McGregor ordered to pay Nikhita Hand’s €1.5 million legal costs in civil rape case
Ruling comes on top of damages fighter was ordered to pay last month after a jury found he had assaulted Hand in a Dublin hotel
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Man arrested for alleged rape of woman at London’s Groucho Club
A man has been arrested on suspicion of rape in Soho’s famous Groucho Club days after Westminster Council suspended its licence.
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Police say Mohamed Al Fayed may have raped and abused more than 111 women
Scale of the criminality would make Fayed, who died last year at the age of 94, one of Britain’s most notorious sex offenders
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Son of Norway’s crown princess released from custody amid rape allegations
Marius Borg Hoiby has denied the claims, according to reports.
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Tesco and Ocado remove Conor McGregor’s whiskey from their shelves
Tesco has said it will no longer sell Conor McGregor’s whiskey after the UFC star was found to have assaulted a woman who accused him of raping her.
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Masked gang broke into the home of Conor McGregor’s accuser, Dublin court hears
Incident revealed after civil court found MMA fighter had assaulted Nikita Hand in December 2018
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Lambeth Palace accused of paying hush money to alleged victim of sexual assault by senior adviser
An abuse survivor has told LBC that a compensation payment from Lambeth Palace felt like “hush money”, after he accused a senior aide to the Archbishop of Canterbury of sexual assault.
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Marius Borg Hoiby, son of Norwegian princess, arrested on suspicion of rape
Marius Borg Høiby, detained in August following an incident at a woman’s apartment in Oslo, was arrested on Monday evening.
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London nightclub Heaven has its license suspended following claims of rape by security staff
One of London’s best known nightclub has had its licence suspended over claims a woman was raped by a member of its security staff.
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Urgent hunt for missing man due to stand trial for rape
A man who is on trial for rape has gone missing after breaching his bail conditions.
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