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A magistrate was right to convict a man of the sexual assault of a schoolgirl, a lawyer for the Crown told the Supreme Court yesterday. The lawyer was speaking after Jamel Simons, 38, who was found guilty earlier this year of forcing himself on a 15-...

A convicted sex offender has been given an opportunity to fight his deportation after a ruling by the Supreme Court. Brittonie Taylor, who served eight years for a serious sex assault, was set to be sent back to his homeland of Jamaica. But Victoria...

A probe into a burglary and sex assault at knifepoint was yesterday launched by police. Police responded after the occupants of a house dialled 911 and said they had been held up by two men. Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police Nicholas Pedro said...

The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a man found guilty of sexually touching a young boy Ismaila Darrell, 36, was found guilty in Magistrates’ Court of sexually exploiting the child when the victim was under the age of ten. He argued magist...

A man found guilty of a historic sex assault on a schoolgirl has appealed to the Supreme Court to quash the conviction. Jamel Simons, 38, was convicted of a sex offence against a girl, who was 15 at the time, in Magistrates’ Court in March – 19 years...

Kayaks, paddleboarders and a rower completed a marathon circuit of the island yesterday to raise almost $160,000 for a charity focused on the prevention of child sex abuse. The money will be used to help fund free training for adults by Saving Childr...

Six years. That’s how long Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, and their fellow gymnasts have been waiting for an independent criminal investigation into the cover-up of their sexual molestations by Olympic doctor Larry Nassar. Six years. For all that time, M...

Through the pandemic lockdown, I shared an evening ritual with a friend: a quick over-the-phone debrief about the episode of Jeopardy! we had both just watched, at slightly different times. Did either of us know the answer to the final question - or ...

Dear Sir, While Khalid Wasi applauded Andrew Cuomo’s decision to resign as Governor of New York, I suspect many women around the state’s capital and all across New York were dancing in the streets in joyous response. We’re tired of all the lame, gro...

I applaud Andrew Cuomo for resigning as Governor of NewYork. The governance and the work of the state needed to be the highest priority, and his resignation was the better thing to do. With regard to the allegations of sexual harassment, as a govern...

If there is one lesson to take away from New York Attorney-General Letitia James’s report on sexual harassment allegations against Andrew Cuomo, the Governor of New York, it’s a boring and decidedly dispassionate one: fair and thorough processes may ...

A 36-year-old man has been cleared of an alleged sex assault – but was given an 18-month conditional discharge for shoving the woman. The man was convicted in Magistrates’ Court of common assault and found not guilty of a sex assault on the same vict...