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Convicted Rapist Tried to Delay Trial With Heart Attack Claim After Escaping Britain

A convicted rapist escaped the UK due to a court error, fleeing to Bosnia. Authorities are investigating the mistake and pursuing extradition to bring him back for sentencing.

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Rapist who held woman at knifepoint accidentally set free from prison

The defendant put forward a litany of excuses for not coming back to face justice

The Independent UK

Secret past of child killer Janice Nix revealed as probation officer jailed for historic crime

Andrea Bernard’s death was treated as an accident for nearly half-a-century until her brother contacted police

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Stepmother who killed girl in bath detailed long life of crime as drug dealer ‘Mama J’ in memoir

Janice Nix wrote a book called Breaking Out, but did not mention Andrea Bernard’s death

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London paedophile who groomed children as young as 12 online given 10-year jail sentence

Some of David Chellapah’s victims were coerced and pressured to produce sexual images and videos

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Journalist admits stalking former chancellor George Osborne and his wife for more than a year

Lydia Suffield sent emails and Instagram messages to the couple

The Independent UK

Journalist admits stalking George Osborne and his wife Thea Rogers

Lydia Suffield, 29, sent emails and Instagram messages to the couple, and filed false referrals to children’s charity the NSPCC, prosecutors have said

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Stepmother accused of killing girl in 1978 ‘told brother to say it was accident’

Janice Nix has denied manslaughter against Andrea Bernard by punishing her with a hot bath in Thornton Heath, south London, on June 6 1978.

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Stepmother accused of killing girl in 1978 bath scalding ‘violent to children’

Janice Nix, 67, has denied killing Andrea Bernard by forcing her into the hot bath in Thornton Heath, south London, on June 6 1978.

Evening Standard

Man, 61, admits intent to supply thousands of litres of drug linked to spiking

The 61-year-old man was arrested last month

The Independent UK

Man, 21, jailed after sexually assaulting teenage girl at exclusive private members' club in Fulham

Alexander Fredericks was jailed for four years and three months at Isleworth Crown Court after admitting multiple sexual offences against two teenage girls

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Man jailed for sexually assaulting teenage girl at London private members’ club

Alexander Fredericks was sentenced to over four years in jail on Thursday

The Independent UK

Alleged rapist wrongly freed after court blunder cannot return to UK due to skiing injury

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is ‘currently in a wheelchair’ after the accident and cannot travel

The Independent UK

Suspected rapist leaves country after being accidentally set free weeks before trial

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, left the country shortly after his release

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Tipping Point: Inside Britain's broken justice system

Trials delayed for five years, victims and defendants’ lives in limbo, courthouses without running water. Courts correspondent Tristan Kirk reports on a shameful decline

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'I Thought She Was My Wife': Man Who Groped 12-Year-Old Girl on Flight to UK Jailed for 21 Months

Javed Inamdar jailed for 21 months for groping a 12-year-old girl on a BA flight to London. He claimed he mistook her for his wife, sparking outrage.

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'I Thought She Was My Wife': Javed Inamdar's Shocking Excuse After Assaulting Girl on Mumbai-Heathrow Flight

Cabin manager Rebecca Rooney testified that she found the girl 'visibly distressed,' sitting with her knees pulled to her chest.

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Teenager who carried out string of 'abhorrent' sexual assaults at London Tube stations jailed

The 18-year-old sexually assaulted two women within two hours during spate of attacks on the Tube network last year

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Paedophiles, rapists and violent robbers among 1,000 criminals arrested by Met using facial recognition technology

In total, 93 registered sex offenders have been arrested by Met officers as part of the 1,035 arrests seen since the start of 2024 using the controversial tech

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Just Stop Oil activists free after ‘unprecedented disruption’ plan at Heathrow

The nine activists were sentenced for conspiracy to cause a public nuisance.

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‘I gave birth three months early – then police investigated me over an illegal abortion’

IN FOCUS: As MPs call on parliament to vote over decriminalising abortion, one woman tells Bel Trew how the traumatic premature birth of her baby was exacerbated by a year-long police investigation

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Woman cleared of illegal abortion tells of ‘horrific’ wait for justice

Nicola Packer said it was ‘absolutely amazing’ to be cleared by the jury.

Evening Standard

Woman accused of having illegal abortion found not guilty

Nicola Packer, 45, faced trial at Isleworth Crown Court in south-west London accused of having an illegal abortion.

The Independent UK

Woman accused of having illegal abortion in lockdown found not guilty

Royal colleges, MPs, abortion providers and Nicola Packer’s best friend say her trial has shown ‘just how outdated and harmful’ current abortion law is as they called for reform

Evening Standard

Woman accused of having illegal abortion ‘still utterly traumatised’ by events

Nicola Packer, 45, is on trial at Isleworth Crown Court.

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