A man has been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault after allegedly approaching women at Footscray station and telling them they “had a spider on their back” before groping them, police say. Transit police allege four women were sexually assaulted on Thursday. “Officers were told a man approached theContinue Reading
Police have announced a huge breakthrough in the alleged Moore Park rapist case, charging a 60-year-old man over a number of alleged historic sexual assaults. At least ten women were allegedly sexually assaulted in Moore Park and the inner-west of Sydney between the years of 1991 and 1993, with theContinue Reading
Think twice about a tropical getaway to the Caribbean this winter. The US embassy in the Bahamas has released a security warning and travel advisory that the island nation is currently unsafe for tourists amidst 18 murders — “primarily” motivated by gang violence — in January alone, the NY PostContinue Reading
A leading senior constable has been charged following a spate of alleged sexual assaults across Victoria. Police will allege the 49-year-old man committed the sexual assaults between 2020 and 2023 in multiple locations across the state’s northwest. He was allegedly on duty at the time of the offending. The manContinue Reading
NSW is pushing to upgrade serious strangulation offences to be in the same category as murder and manslaughter in a bid to reduce domestic violence rates. Proposed amendments to the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006, which are set to be introduced to parliament on Wednesday, would include non-fatal strangulationContinue Reading
A residential college student at University of Sydney allegedly had a chunk of his ear bitten off during a physical altercation at St Andrew’s College. The St Paul’s College student was taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital by security officers after the alleged attack on Sunday, October 29, following aContinue Reading
More than 100 staff and students from the University of Sydney reported sexual misconduct last year, according to an inaugural annual report. The University of Sydney report, released on Monday, revealed it had received 121 reports of sexual misconduct in 2022, including 74 cases of sexual assault and 47 casesContinue Reading
When ambulance workers answered a distressing call from a hysterically upset woman at 4am, they feared someone was in danger. But after asking for help, Amanda Louise Hearne refused to answer any questions. She said she was “at home” then “in Melbourne,” before abruptly hanging up. Paramedics tracked her numberContinue Reading
The ACT is the least likely jurisdiction in Australia to lay charges over an alleged sexual assault, an inquiry has heard. The statistics were laid bare in a report tendered to an inquiry on Wednesday examining how criminal justice agencies handled Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation. When Ms Higgins made herContinue Reading
After her friend’s explicit video was stolen and uploaded to PornHub, Kate Isaacs was determined to strip non-consensual footage from the adult website – but her campaign saw her become the target of a new sexual crime. The British woman launched the “NotYourPorn” campaign in 2019 in a bid toContinue Reading