Murder
A prime accused in the sensational case of the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Magura district has been convicted and sentenced to death. The court, however, acquitted three others after concluding the arguments of the defence and prosecution. The victim's mother expressed outrage over the
Murder
A landmark verdict was delivered in a Yamunanagar court on a case that shook the village of Chhachhrauli, following the abduction, rape, and murder of a 6-year-old girl. The accused, Rajesh, was sentenced to death, marking the first such conviction under India's new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) law.
Sexual abuse
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has opened a criminal investigation into rape and sexual assault allegations made against Motown music legend Smokey Robinson by four former housekeepers. The allegations, which span over a decade and a half, include repeated sexual assaults and rapes that took place between
Sexual abuse
A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for rape, attempted rape, and two counts of sexual assault following a lengthy investigation by the Metropolitan Police. Gabriel Hay was found guilty of the offences, which relate to multiple incidents that took place between 2016 and 2023. The
Sexual abuse
James David Perry, a 19-year-old man at the time of the alleged crimes, has told police that a girl he is accused of raping had expressed interest in a relationship but he refused because she was "too young". The allegations, which date back to 2018 and 2019, include
Murder
A Magura court has fixed Saturday for delivering the verdict in the highly publicized rape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl. The judgment will be delivered by Judge Md Zahid Hasan of the Magura Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal, who concluded arguments from both the plaintiff and the
Murder
Former MLA Virsa Singh Valtoha on Tuesday shared a video of Punjab Cabinet Minister Dr Baljit Kaur visiting a centre of the Dera Sacha Sauda, a sect headed by rape-murder convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. The video, originally uploaded by a social media account, shows Dr Baljit Kaur bowing her
Rape
An Aberdeen man, Jamie Forbes, 33, has been found guilty of multiple counts of rape, sexual assault, and domestic abuse against four women. The trial heard that the offences, which took place between 2016 and 2023, included assaults with a BB gun, coercive control, and threatening behavior. Forbes denied the
Police departments
Ahmed Fahmy, a 46-year-old hotel manager, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for raping a woman and sexually assaulting three others. The Metropolitan Police Service investigation, which uncovered a pattern of widespread abuse, has now appealed for potential victim-survivors to come forward. Key Takeaways: * Ahmed Fahmy, 46, was
Police officers
During the late 1990s and early 2000s, a man known as Umesh Reddy terrorized Bengaluru, committing a string of heinous crimes, including rape-murders and thefts. Reddy's modus operandi was to target homemakers between 11 am and 3 pm, when their husbands were away for work, and investigators believed
Police officers
The Ahmedabad city police on Sunday registered a complaint against Cadila Pharmaceuticals CMD Rajiv Modi following an order from the Gujarat high court. The alleged victim, a 27-year-old Bulgarian woman, accused Modi of rape, and the court ordered an investigation into the matter. The police will now take the statement
Police officers
The Attorney General has filed an appeal against a court's acquittal of a police constable accused of raping and sexually harassing his female colleagues at the Msida police station. The appeal challenges the validity of a confession made by the defendant, which was deemed inadmissible as evidence by
