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Appeal court rules that distress displayed by complainers to witnesses can be used to corroborate rape claimsScotland’s most senior law officer has hailed as “transformative” a decision by appeal court judges about the way sexual assaults are prosecute…
Decision to release Robert Brown halfway through 26-year sentence for killing Joanna Simpson referred to Parole BoardThe early automatic release of a man who bludgeoned to death his estranged wife has been blocked by the UK justice secretary.Robert Bro…
Research reports vulnerable women targeted for grooming into sex work and calls for ‘gendered response’Female drug users are at risk of being groomed into sex work and other forms of exploitation when they attend treatment programmes with men, accordin…
Report urges changes in the law to make it easier to take down content and prosecute its makersAs much as 90% of pornographic content online features verbal, physical and sexual violence towards women, and a significant amount of violence shown is puni…
Councils, police and hospitals endangering women by accidentally revealing details such as addresses, says ICOCouncils, police forces and hospitals are putting women’s lives at risk by accidentally disclosing domestic abuse victims’ addresses to perpet…
UK law firm Leigh Day says money given to 77 workers for murders and rapes ‘sidesteps’ multinational’s responsibility over attackUnilever is to make payments to 77 tea pickers who worked on one of its plantations in Kenya that was targeted during post-…
Parents of young men facing conduct panels over assaults are raising the stakes by bringing barristers to them, academics sayUniversities left to tackle rising tide of sexual assaultsParents of male students accused of rape at university are starting t…
Robert Brown, who bludgeoned Joanna Simpson to death in 2010, is due to be released in NovemberThe family of a woman bludgeoned to death by her estranged husband have called on the justice secretary to take urgent action, after learning that he will be…
Happiness among girls and young women in UK at lowest since 2009 as 37% report being sent upsetting content“As a society, I think that there’s a lot more that we could be doing to make young girls feel more accepted,” says Anthony Asfour, reflecting on…
Apology and ‘substantial’ payouts to Patsy Stevenson and Dania al-Obeid mark major climbdown after years of legal battlesArrested at a vigil: how Patsy Stevenson’s life changed for everScotland Yard has apologised and paid “substantial damages” to two …