All news on the topic: Victims

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"Evil" predator who murdered two women and nearly killed a third while on bail is finally brought to justice
An ’evil’ predator who murdered two women and nearly killed a third amid a wider years-long spree of sex attacks faces dying behind bars.
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Nearly 10,000 domestic abusers could be released early under Labour prison reforms
Nearly 10,000 domestic abusers are set to walk free within three years under Labour’s early prison release scheme.
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Robert Bush sentenced to 20 years over bodies and fake ashes scandal
Undertaker who abandoned dozens of bodies and gave families strangers’ ashes sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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Labour safeguarding minister quits after role triggered memories of rape and grooming
Natalie Fleet has resigned as safeguarding minister saying she found the role “overwhelmingly triggering” because of her past.
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British rape case transferred to US military as airman escaped UK justice system
Minutes after fleeing the home of an American airman, Rebecca called 999 in tears to report that he had raped her. She recalls vomiting at a police station in Suffolk as she described being repeatedly and violently attacked.
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Mum and two daughters found dead in Bedford home are pictured as police hunt husband who fled to Zimbabwe
A tragic mum and two girls have been pictured for the first time after police released an image of a man wanted in connection with the deaths of a woman and two children as tributes were paid to the tragic trio.
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South London tragedy as family plunges from 36th floor of luxury apartment block
A family of three has died after falling 400ft from the balcony of their luxury apartment in South London.
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Parliament splits over calls to publish ethnicity and immigration status of child sex offenders
The publication of the ethnicity and immigration status of child sex offenders was debated in Parliament on Monday, with some MPs claiming the data is essential to protect victims and others warning that children are being used as a “shield for prejudice”.
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Ponzi scheme boss Hubert Freidl flees Europe for Dubai after Lyoness collapse
Lyoness Ponzi scammer Hubert Freidl has fled Europe for Dubai.
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Iran strikes Kuwait airport, killing one and injuring dozens as Trump warns against escalation
Kuwait’s military reported that Iranian strikes on a terminal at its international airport resulted in the death of at least one person and injured 63 others, marking the first deadly attack in the Gulf since a ceasefire came into effect on April 8.
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UK moves to let domestic abuse victims stay in social housing while abusers are forced out
A new law being introduced to parliament today aims to close a loophole that has forced domestic abuse victims living in social housing to either stay in harm’s way or risk homelessness.
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Teen rapists avoid jail after attacks on 14-year-old girls — with £26 punishment
Campaigners fear that the sexual abuse of underage girls by teenage boys is becoming a ’socially accepted norm’ after more examples emerged of youth offenders being spared jail.
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Victims forced to “take it” while focus shifts to offender rehabilitation, says Jess Phillips
Victims of sexual offenses committed by children are being asked to "suck it up" for the sake of their attackers’ rehabilitation, the former safeguarding minister has said following the Fordingbridge rapes.
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Moment boy racer causes horror pile up that injured two people & pet dog after sending car spinning off road in crash
This is the moment when a young driver caused a multi-car pile-up after crashing into a vehicle while speeding on a dual carriageway.
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Scotland’s criminal courts buckle under soaring backlog driven by organised crime and historic abuse trials
The backlog of trials in Scotland’s highest criminal courts has nearly tripled, due in part to an increase in complex cases involving serious organized crime and historic sex abuse.
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Deadly boarding school blaze in Kenya leaves 16 dead
Sixteen students have been killed in a fire at a boarding school in Gilgil, about 120km (77 miles) west of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, the authorities have confirmed.
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Woman says police ignored Worboys rape claim because they “already had enough victims”
LBC has learned that a woman who claims she was drugged and thrown into the River Thames by the Black Cab Rapist John Worboys was told by police they would not pursue her case because they "already had enough victims".
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One dead, nine missing after corrosive chemical tank collapses at Washington paper plant
A chemical tank holding nearly a million gallons of a highly corrosive liquid has imploded at Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co in Washington state, killing one person with a further nine missing.
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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo worsens as patients flee hospital after repeated attacks
At least 18 people possibly infected with Ebola fled the hospital after it was attacked multiple times by grieving families.
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Fury as teenage rapists avoid jail despite filming attacks and mocking victims online
The government is to review the sentencing of three teenage boys who raped two girls in separate attacks, after criticism their sentences were too lenient.
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Seven Afghan migrants charged with rape and child sex abuse in Norwich grooming gang case
Seven Afghan men who were part of an alleged grooming gang have been charged with 40 sexual offences including rape and child sex abuse.
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Maldives dive instructor may have "swum away" as six died inside pitch-black cave
A Maldives cave diving instructor may have ‘intentionally swum away’ from a tourist group where six people have died as they entered a ‘pitch black cave’.
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Epstein lawyer says Prince Andrew’s denials are “baffling” after claims he stayed for weeks at sex offender’s home
While sifting through endless paperwork in preparation for a hearing on the mishandled release of government files regarding Jeffrey Epstein, the name Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor caught the attention of a lawyer representing the victims of the paedophile.
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Three dead in San Diego mosque shooting as teenage suspects found dead in car park
Three men are dead after a shooting at a San Diego mosque where two ’teenage’ suspects were found dead in the car park, police say.
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Italian ecology professor among victims of Maldives underwater cave disaster
The bodies of four Italian divers who went missing during a scuba-diving accident in the Maldives have been located.