Murder
Thembani Mukanyani, a 39-year-old serving police officer, and his alleged accomplice, Cabangani 'Mike' Mathe, are set to appear in court charged with the gruesome death of Benitta Tshuma. Tshuma, who had reported a rape case against Mathe, was allegedly handed over to him by Mukanyani while in police
Police officers
A disturbing case has come to light in Patan, where a head constable, GA Chaudhari, is accused of raping and stalking a 26-year-old woman, who is also a colleague's daughter and his neighbor in the Bhadra Police Line residential quarters. According to an FIR filed on June 19,
Murder
In a significant development, the High Court has converted the death sentence awarded to a 20-year-old accused who raped and attempted to murder a four-year-old minor girl into 25 years of imprisonment. The decision was made by a division bench of Justices Vivek Agarwal and Devnarayan Mishra, who considered the
Rape
A young girl was abducted from a supermarket car park in Dover and subjected to a series of brutal sexual assaults over a three-day period. The men, Kevin Horvath, Ivan Turtak, and Ernest Gunar, plied her with crystal meth and amphetamine before repeatedly raping her and engaging in other sexual
Murder
A forensic scientist was able to produce a full DNA profile from a skirt and hair samples taken from a woman who died in 1967, strong evidence linking the suspect, 92-year-old Ryland Headley. The breakthrough in the Louisa Dunne murder case came after a re-examination of the evidence, which had
Police departments
Law enforcement agencies in Watertown, New York, came together to apprehend a man wanted for the alleged rape of a child. Jonathan Astacio, 31, of Reading, Pennsylvania, was arrested on Monday by members of the U.S. Marshals New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force -- Syracuse Division and
Murder
A Calcutta High Court judge has sought a response from the West Bengal government on whether the matter of posting three junior doctors who were the face of the protests at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital should be heard by the High Court or the state tribunal. The
Murder
Two fugitives, Marlon Martins Dos Santos and Nicolas Gomes De Brito, have successfully used Britain's human rights laws to avoid extradition to Brazil, where they are wanted for murder and child rape. Dos Santos was sentenced to 14 years in jail in Brazil for repeatedly raping a five-year-old
Police departments
A 64-year-old man has been arrested in Takhmao City, Cambodia, for raping a 35-year-old mentally ill woman on multiple occasions. The victim, who lives with her elderly mother and is mentally disabled, was repeatedly abused by the suspect, who would sneak into her house while her mother was not present.
Police departments
Police in London have released CCTV footage of a man who allegedly tried to rape a woman in a busy cinema on Finchley Road, north-west London. The incident occurred on June 11 at around 3.45pm, and the suspect is described as a man in his 50s, approximately 5ft 6in,
Murder
Detectives have finally caught a 92-year-old man, Ryland Headley, who allegedly murdered and raped a 75-year-old woman, Louisa Dunne, almost six decades ago. The breakthrough was made possible by advances in DNA techniques that led to a DNA match between material at the murder scene and the suspect. Headley denies
Police departments
A 14-year-old audibly challenged girl with poor mental and physical condition was found six-month pregnant at a government hospital in Hafizabad, Pakistan. Police have booked an unknown suspect(s) under Section 376 (3) of the Pakistan Penal Code for allegedly raping the deaf mute girl in her adolescent age. The
