rape
16 Sep
The trial of a Frenchman accused of recruiting strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife resumed without him on Monday, with his lawyer citing ill health for his absence. The presiding judge had adjourned the trial of Dominique Pelicot after the accused was excused from attending proceedings for most of last week because of his…
10 Sep
A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Osogbo, capital of Osun State, has fixed tomorrow, September 11, 2024, for ruling on the bail application
2 Sep
A French pensioner went on trial Monday for allowing scores of strangers to rape his wife after he drugged her, in a case that has horrified the country. Fifty men, recruited online, are also being tried in the southern city of Avignon alongside the main suspect, a 71-year-old former employee at France's state-owned power utility…
30 Aug
A French retiree goes on trial Monday accused of recruiting dozens of strangers online to rape his wife after he drugged her into unconsciousness, in a case that has horrified the country. Fifty other men are also on trial in the southern city of Avignon alongside the main suspect, a 71-year-old former employee at France's…
6 Aug
Tanzanian police said Tuesday they have launched an investigation following a viral video of an alleged gang rape that has ignited outrage in the East African country, with local media reporting arrests had been made. Clips of the alleged assault of a young woman by several men began circulating online on Sunday and local rights…
6 Aug
A Chief Magistrate's Court sitting in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, has ordered the remand of a 19-year-old man, Femi Ayepola, his mother, Esther, and a suspected quack doctor, Olalekan Lawrence, over the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl (name withheld). The state police command arraigned Femi, his mother, and Lawrence, slamming them with…
25 Jul
A Chief Magistrate's Court sitting in Osogbo, capital of Osun State, has ordered the remand of a medical doctor in the employment of the state, Olayode Shakiru, for allegedly assaulting and raping a teenage girl. Shakiru was arrested last week Thursday by a team of policemen from Oke-Baale Police Division in Osogbo, capital of the…
22 May
Alabi Oluwafemi has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping an eight-year-old girl in 1999 at Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State. The victim, during her testimony, recounted how Oluwafemi, the defendant, who was also her teacher and neighbour at the time, sexually assaulted her. “The defendant was my teacher and our neighbour. He touched…
22 May
A 17-year-old boy, Jibola Fakologbon, has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by an Akure High Court for assaulting and raping a female student. The convict who committed the crime at Ero, Igbara-Oke axis of Ifedore Local Council Area of Ondo State, was arraigned on a two-count charge after indecently touching and causing bodily harm…
20 Mar
Brazil's justice system on Wednesday will decide whether former Manchester City and Real Madrid striker Robinho will serve his nine-year rape sentence, handed down by an Italian court, in the South American country. Brazil's Superior Court of Justice (STJ) will examine the Italian request to approve the prison sentence that was imposed in 2017 and…
26 Jan
An Abeokuta Magistrates Court on Friday, sentenced a teenager, Adeola Saheed, for attempting to rape a 35- year-old woman
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