RAPE

After a teenager’s death in an alleged attack by four men sparked protests across India, state police announced Thursday that she had not been raped. The suspects in the case remain in custody and still face murder charges. The 19-year-old woman died on Tuesday, two weeks after she was allegedly attacked by ...

A woman from India’s marginalized Dalit community has died after being gang-raped, police said Thursday, days after the death of a teenager from the same low-caste group at the hands of a group of high-caste men sparked outrage. The 22-year-old, a member of India’s “untouchable” Dalit community, was allegedly raped by ...

8 year old girl ‘gang raped by 14 pedophiles’ before gang leader’s mum threatens to kill victim if she tells police An eight year old was repeatedly gang raped by 14 men in Sudan and then the gang leader’s mum threatened to kill her if she told anyone about it ...

A 20-year-old woman has died two weeks after a horrific gang-rape by four men that left her paralysed with a broken spine in India.   The men reportedly attacked the woman near her home in the Hathras region, around 60 miles from Delhi, on September 14. The victim had been ...

Throughout the years I lived with my mother, I was never in doubt she hated me”. Shenne, a 43-year-old industrial nurse said, as part of the reason why she refused to attend her biological mother’s funeral. “She had me at 19 when she got pregnant for a fairly well-to-do businessman ...

Student accused of rape texted alleged victim to say “I have to apologise for Wednesday” A university student accused of raping a woman as she slept later messaged her saying “I have to apologise for Wednesday”, a court heard. Nicholas Beanland, 24, claims he never had sexual contact with the ...

A rapist whose 12-year-old victim had a baby as a result has been jailed. Balwinder Singh, 54, fled the country after he assaulted the girl at a house in Edinburgh in the summer of 2016. The girl later complained of stomach pains and in December her mother took her to ...

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested five men who allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl and gave her N700.   Spokesman of the command, DSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, September 25, gave the names of the suspects as:   Sagir Ahmed, 22, Muhammed ...

The police in Anambra state have arrested 46-year-old Ifeanyi Atogu of Ofenta Nsugbe in Anambra East LGA of the state for allegedly defiling his friend’s seven-year-old daughter.   A statement released by the command’s spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed, says the suspect allegedly lured his friend’s daughter who is deaf and dumb ...

A 30-year-old Habibu Muhammad, of Unguwar Gabas village in Yankwashi Local Government area in the state was arrested for allegedly raping a five (5) year old girl.   Personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Jigawa State Command have arrested 30-year-old Habibu Muhammad, of Unguwar Gabas village in Yankwashi Local ...