Browsing: Rape

A man who evaded justice for nearly two decades has been jailed for 21 years for a “savage” rape for which Andrew Malkinson was wrongly imprisoned.Paul…

I write about the recent coverage of the Fordingbridge case (Court of appeal to review rape sentences of three teenage boys, 26 May). I experienced a remarkably…

Three teenage boys convicted of the rape and serious sexual assault of girls as young as 14 were given rehabilitation orders and paid £26 in court…

The court of appeal will review the non-custodial sentences given to three teenage boys for the rape of two girls, Keir Starmer has announced.The boys, two…

The decision to review the sentences of two teenage boys convicted of raping two girls, aged 15 and 14, in separate incidents in November 2024 and…

Appeal judges would be unlikely to criticise the attorney general, Richard Hermer, if he asked them to review “unusual” non-custodial sentences handed to three teenage boys…

The government is urgently reviewing the “unduly lenient” sentences given to three teenage boys who avoided custody for the rape of two girls.The MP Jess Phillips,…

Activists released from Israeli custody after being detained on a flotilla trying to take aid to Gaza were subjected to abuse, organisers have alleged, with several…

Violence against women is “at breaking point” and the justice system needs to change, according to the writer of new ITV drama Believe Me about the…

The European parliament has called on the EU to draw up a standardised consent-based definition of rape, in what legislators described as a crucial step towards…