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November 15 was a black Friday for 14-year-old Temitope (not real name) who was ‘gang raped’ by her 17-year-old boyfriend, Matthew Omotayo, alongside his seven other friends in Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State. Temitope, a student of St. Anthony Grammar School, Esure, Ijebu-Mushin, was lured to a secluded room outside the school…
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A woman died from a heart attack after she was raped by a stranger while unconscious on a park bench, a court has been told. Warning: This article contains details readers may find distressing Natalie Shotter, 37, had been on a night out before she was sexually assaulted and killed on a park bench in…
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Thousands of protesters clashed in India’s eastern city of Kolkata on Wednesday (Aug 28), where demonstrations seeking justice for a murdered doctor spiralled into violent street skirmishes between political rivals. The discovery of the 31-year-old doctor’s bloodied body at a state-run hospital in Kolkata on Aug 9 stoked nationwide anger at the chronic issue of violence against…
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This is a breaking news explainer from Meziesblog. 🚨 What just happened? The New York State Court of Appeals overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction. The court’s 4-3 decision on Thursday ruled that the judge in the high-stakes trial prejudiced the jury by allowing women to testify that the Oscar-winning producer had sexually assaulted them; however,…
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In 2016, as the stress of wedding planning bore down on Joseph Sinclair, he got into an argument with his parents and told them something that sent his family into a tailspin: As a child, he said, he was sexually abused by a neighbor they had hired to babysit him. The revelation wreaked havoc on…
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Warning – contains graphic details of sexual assault, self-harm and suicide. The first time she was groped at work, Freya says she was 24 years old, a newly qualified paramedic, and was cleaning out the cupboards of the ambulance station crew room. “He came behind me without me realising. I was cleaning away, and he…
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An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has convicted a Lagos cleric, Oluwafeyiropo Daniel, of raping his assistant pastor. Justice Rahman Oshodi found Daniel, the Bishop of I Reign Christian Ministry, guilty on Friday. The self-acclaimed Bishop had denied the charges, telling the court that the alleged survivors conspired against him to accuse him…
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One of the deadliest attacks during this conflict took place at a music festival in Israel, close to the Gaza border. Thousands of Hamas militants stormed the event, gunning down civilians and taking people hostage. At least 260 bodies have already been recovered from the site, and many people are still considered missing. Hila Fakliro…
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British comedian and actor Russell Brand on Friday spoke of an “extraordinary and distressing week” in his first public comments since rape and assault allegations were aired against him, but did not address the claims. “Obviously it’s been an extraordinary and distressing week and I thank you very much for your support and for questioning…
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Past comments about Russell Brand from high-profile women – including his ex-wife Katy Perry – have resurfaced after he was accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse. Four women claim Brand sexually assaulted them between 2006 and 2013 – with the allegations coming to light as part of an investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4…
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Sky Sports News’ chief reporter Kaveh Solhekol answers the key questions as Manchester United announce that Mason Greenwood will be leaving the club. Greenwood will be leaving the club following an internal investigation into the allegations of attempted rape, controlling and coercive behaviour and assault against him. The 21-year-old had been suspended from Manchester United…
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“I cannot carry on God, please help me,” a mother says as she struggles to understand what has happened to her family. Her pain and trauma is unimaginable. Her 21-year-old daughter was gang raped, assaulted and paraded naked by a mob in northeast India. Her husband and 19-year-old son were bludgeoned to death when they…
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Former Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been found not guilty of rape and attempted rape. The France international was accused of raping a 24-year-old woman in a bedroom at his multi-million-pound mansion in Cheshire in October 2020. He was also charged with the attempted rape of a 29-year-old woman at his home two years…
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An 80-year-old grandfather jailed for the repeated rape of his granddaughter and the sexual assault of her two younger sisters has failed in his bid to overturn his conviction. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his victims, was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court to ten years’ imprisonment with one year suspended…
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A medical doctor, Mrs Sekinat Oredoyin, on Wednesday told an Ikeja High Court how one Prophet Olushola Akinsipe allegedly defiled a 13-year-old visually-impaired girl on the pretext of praying for her, MEZIESBLOG reports. Oredoyin, a public health physician at Yaba Local Council Development Area, made the disclosure when she was led in evidence by the…
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^Covert testimonies reveal sexual assaults on male and female activists as a women-led uprising spreads ^They’d choose the women who were pretty and suited their appetite … ^Then the officer would take one of them from the cell to a smaller, private room.” ^“They would sexually assault them there.” A trickle of people passes through…
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