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Domestic violence and marital rape have been one of the most reported crimes against women in India for decades.

Winston George, 57, denied penetrative sexual activity with mentally disordered female, but was convicted and sentenced to 9 years in prison at Amersham Crown Court.

Gary Mottershead, from Sale, was jailed after indecently assaulting a six-year-old boy "a number of times". Greater Manchester Police called his actions "absolutely disgraceful".

Army combat medic Christopher Conway, 22, of Fort Campbell, Tennessee, USA, is charged with the homicide and aggravated rape of one of his newborn twin daughters.

London's Old Vic theater says it has received 20 allegations of "inappropriate behavior" against Kevin Spacey during his time as artistic director.

Ryan Graham, from Irvine, has been jailed for 10 years after being convicted of rape and sexual assault. His 34-year-old victim took her own life during the investigation.

Fesal Aidarus was found guilty of rape at Birmingham Crown Court after an incident in October 2015. A girl, who was 14 at the time of the attack, was praised for her courage.

David Jones, 32, and Daniel Woodbridge, 31, from Bridgend, Wales, abused their victims both together and alone whilst they were both under 16, a court heard.

The French government is considering statutory rape laws after a court controversially deemed that an 11-year-old girl had "consented" to having sex with a 28-year-old man.

Neil Parrish was sentenced to 11 years for each rape charge, three months for affray, one month for criminal damage and one month for assault by beating.

Reddit pulled the plug on the incel – or "involuntarily celibate" – subreddit because of rape-glorifying content and general trend of misogyny.

The test allows doctors to inspect the hymen of women to verify rape claims. It is considered unscientific and a violation of the victim's privacy, and was banned in India in 2014.

The Teesside Crown Court has banned Gary Fenton and Bryan George from contacting the victim and they will now be registered as sex offenders.

Afghan refugee Hussein Khavari raped and drowned Maria Ladenburger, 19, in Freiberg in October 2016. Police found a tooth in his home which showed that Khavari is 25.

A vigilante mob doused a teacher in paraffin after they found him attempting to rape his 8-year-old student. Police intervened before he could be set alight.

Abdel-Aziz Al-Shamary had refused to be dealt with by a female police officer and told one policewoman, "I will not talk to you, you are a woman."

Rose West's nephew, Steven Letts, 39, plied the girl with cocaine, cannabis and vodka after meeting her in Gloucester city centre on 6 March this year.

Jamie Valeri joins Kristie Love in accusing TripAdvisor of deleting posts about being drugged and sexually assaulted while staying at Iberostar Paraiso Maya hotel in Mexico.

"If this person was still in New York, and it was recent, we'd go right away and make the arrest. No doubt."

Kristie Love and Jamie Valeri both wrote on TripAdvisor about being sexually assaulted at the Iberostar Paraiso. Both their posts were taken down.

A father-of-two, who admitted to having had eight bottles of beer and three to four lines of cocaine, was sentenced to five years in jail for the rape of a 15-year-old schoolgirl.

David Nwosu, a student at Keele University, began grooming the 12-year-old online, even telling her that he loved her. The 21-year-old has been jailed for 5 years.

Garry Brand, 49, from Perth, Scotland, has been jailed after he held a knife to a woman's throat while attacking her in his home in June.

Three men Craig Levy, 36, Ryan Smart, 37, and Jason Colton, 41 were charged with the murder of Ramis Jonuzi who paid $30 to stay at the East Brighton home.

Participants gave statistics about violence against women in the South American nation instead of revealing their bust, waist and hip measurements during a section of the event.

Roman Polanski faced a barrage of protests at the start of a retrospective of his films in Paris, as the veteran director stands accused of a series of sexual assaults.

The man, Kehinde Ariyo who lives in the same area as that of the victim broke the door of her house to commit the offence.

A Liverpool man claimed he raped his own mother because of the extreme pressure he was under after being accused of raping his girlfriend.

Polanski accused of under-age rape by a woman who says he assaulted her in 1972 in Gstaad, Switzerland.

Sunil Premanath Batagoda admitted to gaining trust of the four teenagers by driving them to parties and buying them alcohol and drugs, before raping them in his home.