All news on the topic: Violence Against Women
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Man arrested after woman in her 20s reports rape on Brighton Beach
A man has been arrested on suspicion of rape following an attack on a woman in her 20s on Brighton Beach, police have said.
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Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd admits assaulting new partner after prison release
Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd has admitted attacking a new partner following his release from prison.
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Father demands justice after daughter killed in suspected "honour" murder in Pakistan
Mohammad Ramzan was on the night shift at the cement factory outside Karachi when he answered a phone call from home. His 20-year-old daughter, Khalida Chandio, had been shot dead in their village in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province.
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Berlin man charged with raping unconscious women as police investigate up to 60 victims
A Berlin man has been charged with nearly two dozen counts of raping unconscious women and filming the acts, while investigators believe based on video evidence that the suspect may have attacked up to 60 victims.
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Man admits sexually abusing girlfriend for more than a decade while she was asleep or allegedly drugged
A man aged in his 40s has admitted 32 sexual offences against his girlfriend who was allegedly drugged or asleep - the offences happened from January 2014 to September last year
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Teen girl raped at beauty spot as police hunt attacker
A 17-year-old girl has been raped at a popular beauty spot in Stoke-on-Trent, with police hunting for the attacker.
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UK uncovers international network of men accused of drugging partners for rape
At least eight people have been arrested in the UK after investigators uncovered a "truly international network" of men drugging and raping women, the National Crime Agency has said.
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Garda accused of rape and child cruelty forced daughter to eat a bucket of KFC chicken until she became sick, court heard
The eldest daughter of a garda charged with rape and child cruelty has said the family home had ‘an atmosphere of violence and threats” and it felt like living in a military barracks growing up.
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Two teenage rapists jailed after Court of Appeal overturns lenient sentences
Two teenage boys who walked free after being convicted of raping two girls in Fordingbridge have been sentenced to four years after their original sentence was found to be ‘unduly lenient’.
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Stephen McCullagh appeals sentence after conviction for murdering pregnant partner Natalie McNally
Stephen McCullagh has lodged an appeal against the sentence he received for murdering his pregnant partner Natalie McNally.
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Fake photographer who lured model into relationship avoids jail after brutal assault
When model Rachel Bambrough first met ‘pro photographer’ Christopher Worrall, she fell ‘blindly in love’.
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Football agent who told woman "I hope you die of cancer" given suspended jail sentence
Football agent Bradley Hudson-Odoi has avoided jail after terrorising two women with vile threats.
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UK police face scrutiny after handing assault case involving US pilot to American military
Jacob Wulfson, who strangled a woman he met online, was permitted to be tried at an airbase court martial instead of facing justice in the UK.
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Stalker jailed after creating fake Tinder profile claiming woman had “rape fantasy” to lure dozens of men to her home
A jealous stalker set up a fake Tinder profile claiming she had ‘a rape fantasy’ to lure men to her home.
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Reform MP condemned over England World Cup domestic abuse comments
Sarah Pochin, the Reform MP for Runcorn and Helsby, made the claim in a video posted on social media after England beat Croatia.
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Reform MP sparks fury after linking England World Cup defeats to domestic violence
A Reform MP has sparked an angry backlash after calling on the England World Cup team to keep winning in order to keep women safe from domestic violence.
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One in three teens distrust girls reporting abuse as misogyny spreads through social media, charity warns
Almost a third of teenagers say they don’t believe young girls when they report abuse by boys, according to a leading children’s charity.
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Jess Phillips accuses Starmer of "catastrophic mistakes" and resigns from government
In a lengthy and honest statement, the safeguarding minister said she believes the Prime Minister is a "good man fundamentally" but that the Labour government had made "catastrophic mistakes".
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Camilla urges boys to learn consent and emotional honesty in landmark speech on violence against women
The Queen has expressed her "solidarity, sorrow, and sympathy" with women who have survived abuse and sexual violence, just weeks after the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
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Killed after pleas for help ignored: Sandra Pla’s family takes the French state to court
The family of a woman killed by an ex-partner who inundated her with hundreds of messages and calls will ask a judge on Monday to compel the French authorities to explain why they failed to protect her.
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Jess Phillips marks a decade of reading names of women killed by men in Commons
Jess Phillips has marked her tenth year reading out in the House of Commons the names of women thought to have been killed by men in the past year.
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