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38-year-old man charged with rape with minor in Ireland A book of evidence has been served on a Russian-national charged with numerous counts of sexual assault and rape. The 38-year-old man, who cannot be named, appeared before last week’s sitting of Portlaoise District Court, where he was charged with 17 counts of sexual assault, four counts of rape, and two charges under child pornography laws. The alleged offences happened in Laois and Tipperary, betw...

Military family's quick thinking prevents rape By Krystal Paco A family new to Guam make a heroic effort when they see something just isn't right. Cory Cunningham and his wife Sunshine were at the beach on New Year's Day when they saw a woman who appeared heavily intoxicated get into a car with men she didn't seem to know. What the couple did next likely prevented a rape. Cunningham shared a video on Facebook on Monday. Overnight it received over 17,000 views and hundreds of comments and likes. "I posted the video just to make people aware that when they see something that doesn't belong, they should report it," he told KUAM News. "And I wasn't expecting it to be a huge like hit or something." On New Year's Day, Cory and Sunshine loaded up their three young children and headed to Gun Beach. After watching the first sunset of 2018, they returned to their car where they observed three men with a woman, who ...

Indian court orders police to dig up the remains of a 14-year-old rape victim's baby for a paternity test to find out who attacked her Teenager had accused businessman of repeatedly raping her in New Delhi, India She gave birth to a baby girl in October, but the child died a few days later Man was arrested but the victim then withdrew her allegation against suspect Court then ordered exhumation of baby's remains to carry out a paternity test  By Julian Robinson An Indian court has ordered police to dig up the remains of a 14-year-old rape victim's baby for a DNA test to find out who attacked her. The teenager had initially accused a businessman of repeatedly raping her during visits to the capital New Delhi in February last year. She gave birth to a baby girl in October, but the child died a few days later. Police then arrested the suspect in July and charged him with raping a minor. However, the victim then dropped her rape claim against the ...

One pleads guilty, another found guilty By Shannon Marvel McNaught A Lewes man was found guilty of rape of a senior citizen and a Laurel man pleaded guilty to the rape of a juvenile in court recently. In the early morning hours of Dec. 28, 2015, a then 43-year-old David Elder entered the home of a 78-year-old Rehoboth Beach woman with whom he was acquainted. Wearing a ski mask, he raped her before riding away on an electric bicycle. The victim recognized the bike and called Elder’s wife, who called 911. On Dec. 15, 2017, a now 45-year-old Elder was convicted in connection to the incident on c...

Victim, her family kidnapped and taken to nearby village Anti-rape protesters hold placards during a demonstration in 2012.   | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The mother of a youth belonging to Shamli district in Uttar Pradesh, who eloped with a girl, was abducted and gang-raped allegedly by the girl’s relatives, the police said on Saturday. Superintendent of Police Ajay Pal Sharma said the alleged gang rape victim is a resident of Bhopura village. The victim and her family were kidnapped and taken to Nojal, a nearby village, where she was gang-raped. The police have registered a case against the accused. Mr. Sharma said the 26-year-old man, the son of the rape victim, studied in Ghaziabad and fell in love with his classmate. They eloped on November 20. “The accused and his accomplices came to Shamli and abducted the family members of the man, including his mother, father, brother and brother-in-law. They beat them up and kept them in ...

Delhi HC to hear plea seeking criminalisation of marital rape NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Tuesday will continue hearing plea seeking criminalisation of marital rape. The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by several people requests that marital rape should be criminalised and treated as rape. The plea has also sought the provisions of rape to be made gender neutral. On October 11, in another case, the Supreme Court said that sexual intercourse with wife below 18 years of age would be considered rape. Earlier on September 8, the top court had informed the HC that it was hearing a similar kind of petition with different grounds. It was told by the apex court that the matter concerned women between the age of 15 to 18 years, as against the PIL submitted in the high court that concerned women of all age groups.

Rape case: Dileep to seek visuals of crime KOCHI: Actor Dileep is likely to move court seeking evidence , including visuals of the crime, in the actress rape case. Sources close to the defence counsel of Dileep said that they are yet to file a petition in this regard but would do so in the next sitting. The planned move comes in the backdrop of the investigation getting completed and the chargesheet being filed. "The case is set to go to the trail stages and the defence in entitled to have the copy of evidences to retort them. The move is as per procedure," said a source. Meanwhile, the prosecution is expected to oppose the plea in court. Sources with the prosecution said that a plea requesting a copy of the visuals of the crime will be strenuously opposed in court. "The accused in the case were the ones behind leaking the chargesheet in the case. The accused are now trying to get the visuals so that they can spread it amon...