The daughter of Dominique Pelicot, the Frenchman found guilty of drugging and facilitating the rape of his ex-wife by dozens of strangers, has said her father “should die in prison”. In her first television interview since Pelicot was jailed for 20 years in December, Caroline Darian told the BBC that her father “was always a … Read more
An appeal has been launched after a man attempted to abduct a three-year-old girl from outside a house in Wolverhampton, West Midlands Police said. A photo has been released of a man after the attempted abduction, which took place in Leicester Street at about 5.15pm on Thursday, the force added. A man tried to pick … Read more
The deadly New Year’s Day truck attack in New Orleans “would have had a completely different outcome” if city officials had put out 700lb (317kg) barriers that they bought years earlier and have a track record of preventing intentional vehicle rammings, the blockades’ inventor has told the Guardian. But the city “did not have a … Read more
A Metropolitan Police officer has been sacked after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel room. Detective Constable Kamal Baldeo, of the south west area command unit, met up with “Ms A” in Brighton on May 8 2021 having exchanged messages on the dating app Hinge, a misconduct hearing was told. They … Read more
The daughter of Dominique Pelicot has said her father must die in prison as she described the “crushing double burden” of being the child of a convicted rapist and his victim, her mother. Caroline Darian, 46, says her father, who in December was sentenced to 20 years in prison after it was revealed that over … Read more
Italian authorities are investigating allegations that young women, including at least one from Britain, were molested by gangs of men carrying Palestinian and other flags on New Year’s Eve. Six young Belgian tourists who were on holiday in Milan claim they were surrounded by a group of around 40 men and subjected to a terrifying … Read more
Police forces have more staff working with HR departments than specially trained officers to tackle grooming gangs, The Telegraph can reveal. Around 1,000 police officers in England and Wales have been trained by a dedicated task force set up to stop the gangs that was established almost two years ago. At the same time, Home … Read more
Japanese police have arrested a female student on suspicion of carrying out a hammer attack at a Tokyo university that left eight people injured. The suspect, a 22-year-old South Korean sociology student, was subdued and arrested at the scene of the attack during class at Hosei University‘s Tama campus in western Tokyo. Police say the … Read more
Four local councils have reportedly endorsed a national motion to classify the term “Asian grooming gangs” as Islamophobic. Oxford, Newcastle, Manchester, and Calderdale councils are expected to back a report claiming the phrase perpetuates harmful stereotypes about Islam. The report, produced by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for British Muslims, states: “The term ‘Asian grooming gangs’ … Read more
HERE is a round up of some of the cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates’ Court, for the week commencing December 30, 2024. Freya Jones, 36, of Hillcrest Road, Rookley. Failure to comply with requirements of community order. Eight-week prison term, suspended for 12 months. Daniel Jeavons, 32, of Cross Street, Ryde. Failure to comply … Read more