Tag: Sexual Offences
Man to face court on child sex charges
A Wimmera man is due in court tomorrow on a series of child sex charges that date back more than 25 years.[MORE]
More charges for sex accused teacher
Detectives have laid more charges against a retired teacher over the alleged indecent treatment of students at a Darling Downs' primary school in southern Queensland.[MORE]
Crime Commission vows court loss won't deter abuse investigations
The Australian Crime Commission says its investigations into child abuse in Indigenous communities won't be hindered by a recent court ruling preventing it accessing a medical clinic's records.[MORE]
Lawyers pursue justice for abuse victims
Lawyers for four former students of a Canberra primary school have launched another line of inquiry as part of proceedings in a sexual abuse damages claim.[MORE]
Norforce recruit jailed for having sex with teenage girlfriend
A Northern Territory man has been jailed for having sex with his 14 year old girlfriend.[MORE]
Judge retires in sex attack case
ACT Supreme Court judge Justice Malcolm Gray has retired to consider his verdict in the trial of a 31-year-old Canberra man accused of assaulting a teenage girl at knifepoint.[MORE]
Security not good enough to prevent rape of baby: report
A report has found Royal Darwin Hospital didn't have sufficient security to prevent the rape of a baby in 2006.[MORE]
Man granted bail in Emerald rape case
A 20-year-old man has been granted bail after appearing in the Emerald Magistrates Court yesterday charged with raping a 19-year-old woman.[MORE]
Court finds man guilty of toilet sex attack
A Bunbury District Court jury has found a 38-year-old man guilty of five counts of sexual assault.[MORE]
York man accused of child sex assault
A 28-year-old York man has been charged with sex offences against a 14-year-old girl in Albany.[MORE]
Britain reels after incest horror revealed
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has voiced anger over how authorities failed to spot a harrowing incest case which has been likened to the case of the Austrian cellar rapist Josef Fritzl.[MORE]
Assault victim can positively identify attacker, court told
A 20-year-old woman who was assaulted at knifepoint in Lyneham three years ago has told a Canberra court she is positive that her attacker is the 31-year-old man on trial.[MORE]
Police tight-lipped on reported Ferguson sightings
Police say they cannot confirm claims that accused child sex offender Dennis Ferguson has been spotted north of Brisbane.[MORE]
Nursing home assault figures 'disturbing'
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A Federal Government report has found that there were almost 1,000 alleged assaults at nursing homes, including sexual assaults.[MORE]
Court to allow appeal in teacher-student sex case
The lawyer for a teacher convicted of having sex with a 14-year-old boy, has been granted leave to appeal against his client's 27 month jail sentence.[MORE]
Sexual predators to face tougher penalties
The New South Wales Government says new sex crime laws being introduced into Parliament today will help to safeguard adults and children from sexual predators.[MORE]
UK man jailed over 7 incest births
A British man was sentenced to life in prison for repeatedly raping his two daughters over a 25-year period, fathering seven children by them during years of violence and abuse.[MORE]
Glenorchy GP defends sex complaint
A Hobart general practitioner is defending allegations of professional misconduct involving one of his female patients.[MORE]
Judge visits site of sex attack
A Canberra judge has visited a site in Lyneham where a teenage girl was allegedly assaulted at knifepoint in 2005.[MORE]
Mother, son 'scared' by abduction attempt
The mother of boy who was the victim of an attempted abduction in Port Kennedy, south of Perth, says both she and her son have been left scared by the incident.[MORE]
Teen charged with girl's rape
A Warrnambool teenager has been charged with raping a 14-year-old-girl. [MORE]
Man pleads guilty to train sex attack
A man has pleaded guilty in Wollongong District Court to sexually assaulting a woman on a train between Wollongong and Unanderra earlier this year.[MORE]
Guilty plea for sex attack accused
A man has pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault after a dance student was attacked in Albury in July.[MORE]
Canadian 'swirl face' paedophile gets six more years
A Thai court says it has sentenced a Canadian to six more years in jail for sexually abusing a young boy, in the second guilty verdict handed down to the man caught after a global search.[MORE]
Accused was at home on night of sex attack, court told
A trial has begun in the ACT Supreme Court for a 30-year-old Canberra man accused of assaulting a teenage girl at knifepoint.[MORE]
