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The TelegraphMohamed Fayed ‘raped five women’ who worked at Harrods
Mohamed Fayed, the former owner of Harrods, is said to have raped and sexually assaulted a string of women who worked at the department store.
- The Telegraph
Man accused of raping Gisele Pelicot apologises after graphic images shown in court
A man accused of raping a French woman while she was drugged unconscious by her husband apologised after graphic images were shown in court.
- Associated Press
A 10-year-old Japanese boy stabbed near his school in China has died
A 10-year-old Japanese student who was stabbed near his school in southern China has died, officials in Tokyo said Thursday, asking Beijing to provide details of the stabbing and take preventive measures. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa expressed condolences and noted that the attack occurred despite Tokyo's requests for caution and enhanced safety as China marks a key anniversary of its war with Japan. The student was stabbed on Wednesday about 200 meters (220 yards) from the gate of the Shenzhen Japanese School, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Lin Jian said in a daily briefing.
- The Telegraph
Suspected rapist ‘attacked teenager minutes after telling police he was looking for sex’
A suspected rapist attacked a teenage girl minutes after telling police he was looking for sex, a court has heard.
- The Independent
Inmate caught on camera sneaking past guard to assault woman on opposite side of facility
Justin Avery was in jail after being accused of assaulting women near a college campus in April
- The Independent
Woman rescued from 13ft python after being trapped for two hours in its coils
Snake bit Arom Arunroj, 64, multiple times and wrapped itself around her
- The Telegraph
How Sean Combs’ ‘right hand’ woman will be central to sex case
With Sean “Diddy” Combs facing a possible life sentence after being charged with sex trafficking and racketeering, one woman is expected to be at the centre of the music mogul’s case.
- France 24
French mass rape survivor says 'humiliated' by lawyers' claims of complicity in her abuse
Gisele Pelicot expressed feeling humiliated during the trial of her ex-husband, after defense lawyers accused her of complicity in the abuse. She described the experience in court as degrading. Dominique Pelicot has admitted to drugging Gisele with sedatives, rendering her unconscious so that he and dozens of strangers could rape her over nearly a decade. The former wife of a Frenchman accused of enlisting strangers to rape her while she was drugged said Wednesday she felt humiliated during his
- Associated Press
Veteran CIA officer who drugged and sexually assaulted dozens of women gets 30 years in prison
A longtime CIA officer who drugged, photographed and sexually assaulted more than two dozen women in postings around the world was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Wednesday after an emotional hearing in which victims described being deceived by a man who appeared kind, educated and part of an agency “that is supposed to protect the world from evil.” Brian Jeffrey Raymond, with a graying beard and orange prison jumpsuit, sat dejectedly as he heard his punishment for one of the most egregious misconduct cases in the CIA’s history.
- Evening Standard
Brian Jeffrey Raymond: CIA spy used Tinder to lure women around the world before drugging and sexually assaulting them
Brian Jeffrey Raymond drugged and sexually assaulted nearly 30 women around the world
- BBC
Former Olympian arranged teen sex, trial told
Antony James denies 20 charges relating to sexual offences including rape and sexual assault.
- Associated Press
Malaysian police detain CEO and other leaders of Islamic group as probe into child sex abuse widens
Malaysian police on Thursday detained the CEO and other top leaders of an Islamic business group that is under investigation after hundreds of children believed to be sexually abused were rescued this month from welfare homes linked to the group. National police chief Razarudin Husain said 12 men and seven women were detained following a police raid on a condominium in Kuala Lumpur. Nasiruddin Mohamad Ali, CEO of Global Ikhwan Services and Business, and several members of GISB's advisory board were among those detained, Razarudin told The Associated Press.
- People
Sean 'Diddy' Combs Placed on Suicide Watch While Awaiting Trial But Mental State Unclear, Sources Say (Exclusive)
Combs is being held at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center after being denied bail twice following an indictment on sex crimes against him
- Associated Press
Thailand will indict ex-security personnel over the deaths of 78 Muslim protesters in 2004
Eight former state security personnel accused of responsibility for the deaths of 78 Muslim protesters who were arrested in southern Thailand in 2004 will be indicted on murder charges, the prosecutor’s office announced Wednesday. The long-delayed legal action in connection with what is known as the Tak Bai massacre came just over a month before the statute of limitations expires on the case. The deaths occurred shortly after a Muslim separatist insurgency erupted in Thailand’s southernmost provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala, the only ones with Muslim majorities in the Buddhist-dominated nation.
- People
Teen Comes Home to Mom 'Screaming' in Yard, Finds Dad Fatally Stabbing Her
Wioleta Murawski was remembered on an online fundraiser as a "wonderful mother, sister, friend, and colleague who touched the lives of many"
- Reuters
Taiwan questions head of pager firm linked to Hezbollah blasts
The president and founder of a Taiwanese pager company linked to the detonation of thousands of pagers targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon was questioned by prosecutors late into the night on Thursday, then released. Taiwan-based Gold Apollo's president and founder Hsu Ching-kuang has said it did not manufacture the devices used in the attack, and that they were made by a Budapest-based company BAC which has a licence to use its brand. Images of destroyed pagers analysed by Reuters showed a format and stickers on the back that were consistent with pagers made by Gold Apollo.
- Associated Press
It's been a decade since 43 students disappeared in Mexico. Their parents still fight for answers
TIXTLA, México (AP) — Clemente Rodríguez has been documenting the long search for his missing son with tattoos. First, it was an ink drawing of a turtle — a symbol of 19-year-old Christian Rodríguez's school — with a smaller turtle on its shell. “How else is my son going to know that I have been looking for him?” asked Rodríguez.
- The Independent
Former Bad Boy rapper Shyne says Diddy ‘destroyed my life’ over nightclub shooting
Shyne was in prison for nearly a decade after the 1999 shooting involving Diddy and then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez
- People
Prosecutors Claim Texts Show Diddy's Pattern of Sex Abuse: 'I'm Not a Rag Doll. I’m Someone’s Child'
The music mogul was remanded to jail two days in a row in separate decisions by two federal judges who twice denied him bail
- Yahoo News Singapore
Death penalty support rises in Singapore amid crime concerns; Singapore crowned world's strongest passport: Singapore live news
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