The government has announced that the system for managing sex offenders and those that pose a risk of sexual harm, described as ‘a crucial part of preventing sexual violence and delivering our mission to halve violence against women and girls’ is to be changed. Jess Phillips The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department […]
A victim of the former West Yorkshire Police officer Patrick Banks has spoken of “psychological scars” following his three-year jail sentence, on 1st April. Patrick Banks, 42, a former police officer, admitted to inappropriately trying to befriend two women and sexually assaulting one of them both on and off duty when he was working as […]
The London’s Burning and Grange Hill actor John Alford has died in prison weeks after being jailed for sexually assaulting two teenage girls. Alford, 54, was found unresponsive in his cell on Friday morning at HMP Bure in Norfolk, where he had just begun an eight-and-a-half year sentence. He had been convicted of four charges […]
A rapist used ‘sensitive personal information’ obtained through ‘unauthorised computer access’ to threaten and intimidate a fellow prisoner. The ‘confidential’ information was passed on to HMP Dovegate inmate Shane Davis by Lauren Leese, who was an independent sexual violence advisor at Savana, a former Stoke-on-Trent based charity. Evidence showed that for six months in 2024, Leese unlawfully […]
An Isle of Wight prison inmate, jailed after targeting prostitutes in Coventry, threw boiled sugar over a prison officer. The case of Andit Tekelemariam, of HMP Isle of Wight, went before Island magistrates on Tuesday, February 10. The 35-year-old admitted a charge of assault by beating of an emergency worker, in Newport, on November 26 […]
A suspected rapist awaiting trial has been mistakenly set free from prison and has left the country, a court was told. The man from London was on remand at HMP Wormwood Scrubs, charged with multiple allegations of rape, sexual assault and violence against a woman. After a pre-trial hearing in early February, a court official […]
A second inmate has denied murdering former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins in prison. Disgraced rock star Watkins died after an alleged attack last October at HMP Wakefield, where he was serving a 29-year sentence for child sexual offences. On Friday 13th February, Rashid Gedel, 25, referred to as Rico Gedel in court, became the second […]
A Isle of Wight prisoner has been found guilty of squeezing the buttocks of a female prison officer and has been sentenced. The case of Jason Hobson, of HMP Isle of Wight, went before Island magistrates on Wednesday, January 28. The 43-year-old was found guilty at trial of sexual assault on a female, in Newport, […]
A prison officer who raped, strangled and attacked a woman has been sentenced for more than 20 years Ashley Bewick, 38, of no fixed address, was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court after pleading guilty on what was to have been the first day of a 10-day trial. This was for five counts of rape, four […]
John Alford, the actor who starred in London’s Burning and Grange Hill, has been jailed for eight and a half years for sexually assaulting two teenage girls. Alford, 54, was found guilty of four charges of sexual activity with the younger girl, who was 14, and charges of sexual assault and assault by penetration relating […]
A probation officer was stabbed in the chest and stomach at work, a court heard. Natasha Thorpe, 32, was rushed to hospital with critical injuries after she was targeted by Ryan Gee, 35, during an appointment at the probation office in Preston, Lancashire. Gee had armed himself with two large knives and a BB air gun, […]
A Metropolitan Police officer who abused a teenage boy while serving as a police cadet leader has been convicted of sexual assault and attempted sexual assault. Then-PC Grant Fulker’s offences took place in a Heathrow hotel room in February 2024, the Met Police said. The 32-year-old was convicted by a jury at Southwark Crown Court […]