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Latest news: Sexual Assault
Cricketer Gunathilaka seeks no jury in rape trial
Sri Lankan international cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka will seek not to be put before a jury as he faces a charge of sexual intercourse without consent.
Jul 07, 2023
Sexual misconduct reports surge against health workers
Complaints about health workers violating boundaries have more than doubled since before the pandemic.
Jul 07, 2023
Man to fight hotel sex assault charges after release
A man is preparing to go to trial over an alleged sexual assault in a luxury Sydney hotel after being released from jail.
Jul 06, 2023
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Guilty verdict in cold case murder of Michelle Bright
A 53-year-old man has been found guilty of murdering NSW teen Michelle Bright and choking another young woman with intent to rape her more than two decades ago.
Jun 30, 2023
Ultra-Orthodox principal 'allergic' to court hearings
Prosecutors have claimed former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer is allergic to the legal system, feigning mental illness to delay hearings.
Jun 29, 2023
Sisters fight darkness after Orthodox principal's abuse
Melbourne sisters Elly Sapper and Dassi Erlich have spoken of overcoming darkness after sexual abuse by former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer.
Jun 28, 2023
Prosecutors seek advice in high-profile rape case
Solicitors for a high-profile man accused of rape have obtained partial data from the alleged victim's phone and are seeking a forensic medical report.
Jun 28, 2023
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'Abusive' masseur jailed 10 years for client rape
A massage therapist will spend at least six years and six months in jail after sexually abusing seven female clients and expressing no remorse.
Jun 27, 2023
Man on rape charges after painstaking police probe
A 51-year-old man has faced a Perth court charged with 34 offences related to sexual assaults on four women in the 1990s.
Jun 23, 2023
Death isn't good enough for you, victim tells abuser
A man sexually assaulted by Jeff Fenech's brother as a child has confronted his abuser in court, calling him a "pathetic person" and a "monster".
Jun 23, 2023
Jailed pedophile priest admits abusing more boys
Jailed pedophile and former priest David Edwin Rapson will be sentenced in July for sexually abusing three boys in Tasmania in the early 1980s.
Jun 23, 2023
Traveller jailed after raping deaf woman at campsite
A 30-year-old traveller will spend at least two years and 11 months behind bars after he raped a deaf woman at a coastal campsite in 2019.
Jun 23, 2023
Judge blasts 'emotional rape' of sexual assault victim
A judge has blasted social media commentators for the "emotional rape" of a sexual assault survivor who was blamed for her attack.
Jun 23, 2023
Dying pedophile priest admits abusing 72nd victim
Pedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale has appeared remotely in court, in ailing health from a prison hospital, charged with his 72nd child abuse offence.
Jun 22, 2023
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Sexual assault 'simply did not occur', DJ's lawyer says
Sydney DJ Felix Lara has denied forcing a woman to have sex with him in a New Caledonian hotel, with his lawyer saying what she alleges simply did not occur.
Jun 22, 2023
DJ forced woman into sex on island getaway, jury told
A woman physically coerced into sex by Sydney DJ Felix Lara while in New Caledonia has experienced prolonged emotional distress as a result, a court has heard.
Jun 21, 2023
Legal loopholes slammed shut for SA child-sex crimes
The South Australian parliament has passed new laws to close loopholes in child-sex offences, which had allowed some offenders to be given lighter sentences.
Jun 20, 2023
Judge slams turmoil, anguish excuse for rideshare rape
A judge has blasted men who turn to rape and sexual assault to relieve anguish and turmoil in a pre-sentence hearing for a Melbourne rideshare rapist.
Jun 19, 2023
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Queensland police charge man with multiple rape counts
A man is due to face court on multiple sexual assault charges involving offences against a woman and a teenage girl in Queensland's South Burnett region.
Jun 18, 2023
Barry Cable's AFL honours in doubt after abuse finding
The lawyer for a woman repeatedly sexually abused as a child by Barry Cable has called for the legendary footballer to be stripped of his honours.
Jun 16, 2023
Netball coach who sexually abused girls walks free
A former president of a district netball association has been spared jail despite abusing a position of authority to sexually abuse four girls over four years.
Jun 16, 2023
Women MPs speak out over parliament's toxic culture
Parliamentarians from across the divide have raised concerns about the politicisation of sexual assault and misconduct allegations.
Jun 16, 2023
Former cop jailed years after sexually abusing teen
A former Victorian police officer who sexually abused a teenager and tried to get her to move to France with him has been jailed for up to three years.
Jun 16, 2023
Houston's Hillsong cover-up theory 'flimsy': barrister
Prosecutors say Brian Houston took advantage of a culture of silence in the church that revered his father to ensure child abuse was not reported to police.
Jun 15, 2023
Devastated Beale faces trial on sexual assault charges
Rugby union star Kurtley Beale will now face trial as he fights allegations he sexually assaulted a woman in a Sydney licensed premises.
Jun 15, 2023
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