Judges are delivering verdicts on Thursday for 51 men accused of rape and sexual assault on Gisèle Pelicot in France in a case which shocked the country. Among them are her ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, who admitted he carried out a depraved campaign of drugging his wife so that he could invite strangers to sexually assault … Read more
Watch live as Gisele Pelicot is due to deliver a statement following the verdicts in France’s mass rape trial on Thursday, 19 December. A panel of five judges will deliver verdicts for more than four dozen men charged with aggravated rape and sexual assault on Ms Pelicot. Dominique Pelicot, the now ex-husband of the 72-year-old … Read more
Judges are set to deliver their verdicts in a mass rape trial against 51 men involving Giséle Pelicot in a historic case that has profoundly shaken the country over the past several months. Dominique Pelicot, the now ex-husband of the 72-year-old grandmother, is among those in the dock, who admitted that for years, he drugged his … Read more
Watch live outside a court in Avignon, France, where a panel of five judges will deliver verdicts on Thursday (19 December) for more than four dozen men charged with aggravated rape and sexual assault on Gisele Pelicot. Dominique Pelicot, the now ex-husband of the 72-year-old grandmother, is among the men on trial. He admitted that … Read more
Gisèle Pelicot speaks to the media as she leaves the court in Avignon (Lewis Joly/AP) (AP) A panel of judges in France is delivering verdicts on Thursday for more than four dozen men charged with aggravated rape and sexual assault on Gisèle Pelicot in a historic court case that has shaken the country. Among the … Read more
Survivors of domestic abuse are being criminalised and unfairly punished in the broken justice system, top lawyers, campaigners, and experts have said in a major call for government reform. Figures including Cherie Blair KC, former Victims Commissioner Dame Vera Baird KC, and campaigning lawyer Harriet Wistrich are among the signatories to a letter from the … Read more
A Metropolitan Police sergeant resigned in disgrace after poking a female colleague’s bottom with a vape pen and subjecting her to a slew of sexually charged remarks. Ian Bargus told the PC to not wear tight trousers to work as he would get a “boner”, and asked her to give him a back massage in … Read more
The 26-year-old is accused of killing health insurance boss Brian Thompson outside a New York hotel – AFP Luigi Mangione, the suspect indicted on murder charges in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, will now face federal charges that could attract the death penalty, the New York Times reported late on Wednesday. It was … Read more
A 14-year-old girl and a teacher at a private Christian school were named by Wisconsin authorities on Wednesday night as the victims of a school shooting earlier this week. Rubi Vergara, 14, and teacher Erin West, 42, were both killed in the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, the Dane County Medical Examiner’s … Read more
Two Malaysian held in Guantánamo Bay since 2006 have been returned to Malaysia, after they pleaded guilty to charges related to the deadly 2002 Bali bombings and agreed to testify against the alleged ringleader of that and other attacks. Mohammed Farik bin Amin and Mohammed Nazir bin Lep arrived back in Malaysia, state media reported, … Read more