Africa
Zimbabwe: Man jailed 13 years for raping sex worker, challenges sentence four years later
John Muvirimi approached the country's High Court seeking to overturn his conviction and sentence saying the sentence was too harsh.
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Forced labour: Stakeholders call for stiffer sanctions, media focus
At a roundtable discussion held at an IJM-organised seminar on forced labour in Accra, calls were made by the various speakers for the sanction(fine) for convicted offenders to be heightened and a custodial sentence added
DL News
Courts
Military officer in court over defilement and incest
Senior Warrant Officer Anthony K. Kukubor, is being held on the charges of defilement and incest.
GNA
Courts
Footballer granted GHC100,000 bail over alleged defilement
The court presided over by Mrs Christina Cann admitted Malm to bail in the sum of GHC100,000 with three sureties, two to be justified with land title deeds.
GNA
Africa
South African jailed 43 years by US Court for multiple child pornography convictions
Andrian Page, who pleaded guilty on June 19, 2019, would be serving 43 years in prison, followed by 10 years on supervised release after the completion of his prison term.
DL News
US
US actor & rapper Kaalan Walker sentenced 50 years to life in prison for raping multiple women
Kaalan Walker was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison for sex-related charges involving women and minors going back to 2013.
New York Post
US
Iowa teen who killed alleged rapist ordered to pay $150K to his family
Pieper Lewis, 17, was sentenced Tuesday after she pleaded last year to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury in the June 2020 killing of 37-year-old Zachary Brooks of Des Moines.
AP News
Africa
Nigeria: Court sentences man to death for rape, murder of job seeker
Umoren, a graduate of Philosophy, University of Uyo, awaiting mobilisation for the compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, was killed on April 2021, after she was tricked to believing she was going for a job interview.
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Europe
Bishops' outcry prompts same-sex marriage U-turn
Justin Welby was responding to strong criticism from dozens of progressive bishops who described the motion as outdated
BBC
Supreme Court News
Breach of promise to marry: Supreme Court grants woman properties of her toil
"As the facts of this case show, there is sufficient evidence on record that the plaintiff, on a balance of probabilities, proved her claim against the defendant. He had led her to believe they were on the verge of getting married and that...
DL News
US
Canada removes ban on blood donations from gay men
Canada removes ban on blood donations from gay men
BBC
Courts
Defilement of 10-year old: Community Police Officer jailed 15 years
The accused, a Community Police Officer pleaded not guilty to the offence of defilement however in the court’s opinion, the prosecution was able to satisfy the standard of proof thus imprisoned him for 15 years.
DL News
Courts
State ordered to file disclosures in Togolese murder trial
Lucas Agboyie is being held on the charge of murder of Ruth Ankomah, a minor.
GNA
Courts
Painter jailed 20 years for defiling, impregnating girlfriend’s 13-year-old daughter
Acquaye pleaded guilty with an explanation that he went to pour water on the victim in the bathroom when she told him she was feeling warm.
GNA
US
Trey Songz accused of rape in lawsuit
The alleged incident took place at a house party in West Hills, California, according to the complaint.”Plaintiff Jane Doe believed she would have consensual sex with the Defendant Trey Songz as they previously have had,” the complaint stat...
CNN
US
‘Don’t Say Gay’: Biden denounces ‘hateful’ new Florida bill
In a Twitter message to the LGBT community – “especially the kids who will be impacted by this hateful bill” – Mr Biden vowed to “continue to fight for the protections and safety you deserve”.
BBC
Europe
Ghislaine Maxwell seeks retrial in sex abuse case
Ghislaine Maxwell has officially requested a retrial, weeks after she was convicted on sexual abuse charges. The 60-year-old was found guilty of recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by the late American financier Jef...
General
Rate of HIV high among LGBTQI+
A retired Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Ghana, Most Rev. Prof. Daniel Yinkah Sarfo, touching on the spiritual/ theological implications of the practice, said no one had an authority over morality except God.
DL News
General
Tricycle Rider jailed 10 years over sex with minor
Benjamin Akrofi Otumfuor is said to have defiled the victim, aged 14, in a classroom at a school in Otinibi, near Danfa in Accra.
DL News
Courts
Barber jailed over abduction and defilement
Prosecution said the victim disclosed to her father that whiles at Tarkwa, accused had countless number of sexual intercourse with her
GNA