Quote:SME ragging case handed over to CBI

Friday March 3 2006 00:00 IST



THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Close on heels of the Government decision to hand over the SNC-Lavalin case to the CBI, the State Government has decided to hand over the sensational SME ragging case to the CBI.



According to sources, the Government has decided to hand over the case to the CBI as it was of the opinion that the investigation was not progressing in the ëright direction.í



The case pertains to the alleged ragging and torture, including rape, of a first-year B Sc Nursing girl student of the School of Medical Education (SME), Kottayam, by six of her seniors.



The local police had filed a charge sheet against the nine accused in the case at the First Class Magistrate Court, Ettumanoor, on January 18. The investigation was completed in a record time of 65 days.



The decision of the Police Department to sideline Kottayam SP Sreejith from the investigation had invited widespread protest. Subsequently the decision was revoked on the pretext that it was a clerical mistake.



The prime accused Renjith Varghese and the other accused students, Sherin, Shafeeq Yusuf, Ashly Varghese, Robin Paul and Dhivin Philip are charged for illegal confinement, molestation, procuring a girl for rape, administration of psychotropic substance, gang-rape and criminal intimidation. They have also been charged under Section 4 of the Kerala Prohibition of Ragging Act.



SME former principal K M Mariam is framed as the seventh accused, SME director K N Muraleedharan Nair as eighth accused and Dr Saibuneesa Beevi, head of the psychiatry department, MCH, Kottayam, as the ninth accused.



They were charged with conspiracy, destruction of evidence, not giving rightful information to the police and framing an incorrect document to save an accused.

Quote:January 19, 2006

Charge sheet against 9 in SME ragging case

Staff Reporter



KOTTAYAM: The police have named nine persons as accused in the charge sheet submitted to the First Class Judicial Magistrate Court, Ettumanur, in the ragging case at the School of Medical Education (SME) under Mahatma Gandhi University.



As per the prosecution, six of the accused had sexually assaulted a first year nursing student in the name of ragging and three accused tried to destroy evidence and engaged in criminal conspiracy to cover up the incident.



According to Superintendent of Police S. Sreejith, the nine accused are Renjith Varghese, Sherin, Shefique Yusuf, Ashly Varghese, Robin Paul, Divin Philip (all third year nursing students at SME) SME principal K.M. Mariam, director Muraleedharan and head of the Department of Psychiatry at Kottayam Medical College Dr. Zybunneesa Beevi.



The first six of the accused have been charge sheeted under sections 376 (2g), 342, 354, 366(a), 328 and 506(2) of Indian Penal Code.



The SME principal, director and head of the Department of Psychiatry have been charge sheeted under sections 120( b ), 201, 202 and 218.



In addition, the accused have been charge sheeted under provisions of the anti-ragging act also.



The case was registered on November 12, 2005 and the investigation was completed within 65 days, Mr. Sreejith said.

Quote:SME ragging case: three found guilty



February 26, 2009

Staff Reporter



KOTTAYAM: Special court judge K. Sasidharan Nair has found three of the accused in the SME (School of Medical Education) ragging case guilty.

Quote:SME case: RI for 3 student rapists



By Express News Service



Published: 27th February 2009 01:33 AM



Last Updated: 15th May 2012 10:22 PM



KOTTAYAM: In what could be a deterrent to many, the special court which had found three of the accused in the SME ragging case guilty of gangrape and other charges on Wednesday, sentenced Renjith Varghese and Sherin Shamsudeen, first and second accused respectively, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 10 years each.

Quote:Secular Rape: Japanese student gang-raped for 12 days -- Sahid, Sabir and Wasim Khan, posing as tour guides, took the woman to Digha, a beach town in Bengal.

Quote:Japanese student gang-raped for 12 days in Gaya



Soumen Datta and Anil Kumar Ojha, Hindustan Times, Kolkata/Gaya



Updated: Jan 03, 2015 09:41 IST



[img caption:] Students hold placards during an awareness campaign about safety of women, in Bangalore. (AP file photo)



A 21-year-old Japanese student was allegedly gang-raped at gunpoint for 12 days at Paro village in Bodh Gaya, a key Buddhist destination and a tourist hub in Bihar.



While the rape is alleged to have occurred in December, a team of Kolkata Police, assisted by their Gaya counterparts, arrested the two accused Friday. Three others accused of molesting her were arrested on December 31.



According to joint commissioner of police (crime) Pallab Kanti Ghosh, the woman came to Kolkata on November 20. She was staying at a hotel in Sudder Street. Ghosh said Sahid, alias Japani Sahid, Sabir and Wasim Khan, posing as tour guides, took the woman to Digha, a beach town in Bengal, on November 22.



According to a complaint filed with the Kolkata Police, she was molested by the trio in Digha where they also forced her to withdraw Rs. 75,000 from an ATM.



She then returned to Kolkata on November 26 when Sabir reportedly told her to visit Gaya as she is a Buddhist. He then gave her references of Sahid Khan and Javed Khan, two guides in Gaya. She reportedly reached Gaya on the same day.



According to the woman’s statement before a magistrate, Sahid and Javed took her to Paro where they allegedly confined her in a room and raped her at gunpoint for 12 days. The woman said she managed to escape to Varanasi where she met a group of Japanese tourists.



When she narrated her ordeal to them, some women in the group reportedly told her that they knew Japani Sahid, Sabir and Wasim Khan and had suffered similar experiences.



She later reached Kolkata and with help from the Japanese consulate, met commissioner of police Surajit Kar Purakayastha on December 26.



She lodged a complaint of molestation and fraudulent withdrawal of money. But on December 29, when she was produced before the magistrate to give a statement under Section 164 of the CrPC, she alleged rape by Sahid and Javed.



Japani Sahid, Sabir and Wasim Khan were arrested from Sudder Street on the night of December 31. Their interrogation led the police on the trail of brothers Sahid and Javed, sons of Rashid Khan.



The two had gone into hiding but were arrested from Paro village Friday morning after police intercepted their mobile phone usage, Gaya city DSP Alok Kumar Singh said.



They were produced in a Gaya court by the Kolkata Police who also procured transit remand for taking the accused to Kolkata.



Kolkata Police inspector Anay Bhaumik said Sahid and Javed were part of a crime syndicate that had been targeting foreign tourists in Digha beach of Bengal for a long time.

Quote:A BJP leader was allegedly gang-raped by a group of robbers who also took away Rs 30000 in cash and jewellery worth lakhs of rupees from her residence in ...

Quote:A BJP leader was allegedly gang-raped by a group of robbers who also took away Rs 30,000 in cash and jewellery worth lakhs of rupees from her residence in Chanho.

Updated time "2014-04-29T21:03:17+05:30

Quote:BJP leader ‘gangraped’ in Ranchi village

Saurav Roy, Hindustan Times, Ranchi

Updated: Apr 29, 2014 11:18 IST



A senior office-bearer of the Jharkhand BJP's minority wing has alleged in an FIR that she was told to stop working with the saffron party by regional political forces before being raped by seven men on Monday.



The woman from Ranchi district filed a police complaint that a mob attacked her in her home and also assaulted her 13-year-old daughter. Her husband was allegedly handcuffed during the assault.



“Political parties are behind the attack on me and my family. They had threatened me earlier to stop my work as a BJP leader against regional parties,” the BJP leader alleged.



(Must be islamic goon contingent of the KKKangress: remember Mohammed Afroz - the most vicious of the gangrapists who raped Jyoti "Nirbhaya" Pandey - was a KKKangress Youth Member too.

Anyway, all KKKangres members are without exception christoislamic, though some are cryptochristians pretending to be Hindu.)



Anurag Gupta, a senior officer and spokesman for Jharkhand police, confirmed an investigation into the incident had started. He, however, said it was too soon to confirm her allegations of a political motive for the attack.



Former Jharkhand chief minister and BJP leader Arjun Munda on Monday said the family of the victim, who is in her 30s, had been threatened by some anti-BJP men a few days ago, but claimed most residents in the village were BJP supporters. He met the minority leader and her family after the incident on Monday.



All accused are absconding. According to Munda, they were notorious rowdies. “This incident raises questions about the safety of women in rural Jharkhand,” he said.



The victim was taken to Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi for a medical examination. An FIR has been lodged but police are waiting for the medical test results. They have begun a search operation to nab the accused, said superintendent of police (rural) SK Jha.



The woman had recently led a crusade against construction of a nursing college on minority land in the village. She also staged a six-day protest outside Raj Bhawan, demanding allotment of some other land for the nursing home in February.

Quote:Hindu girl forced to convert to Islam, lodges FIR in Ranchi

Alok K N Mishra, TNN | Jan 8, 2015, 08.53PM IST





[IMG CAPTION:] Interestingly the girl hails from Kishorganj locality in Ranchi where national-shooter Tara Shahdeo, a victim of love-jihad, also lives.



RANCHI: A 25-year-old Hindu girl on Thursday lodged an FIR against husband Waqar Danish Anwar claiming that he was torturing her for the last one year to convert to Islam, two months after her marriage was solemnized at a Ranchi temple in October 2013. The girl also accused Anwar of forcing her to accept nikah.



A hotel management graduate, Jaya Bhandari, who went to Ranchi's Women's Police station on Thursday, claimed in the FIR that Danish had married her on the promise that his is a secular-minded family who would never force her to convert to Islam and that she would be free to pursue Hinduism after marriage.



"Initially after marriage he tried to convince me to convert to Islam. But when I did not agree, he brought several maulvis in December 2013 (two months after marriage) at home and organized nikah and forced me to accept it. He subsequently changed my name to Zoya Anwar. He beat me up when I strongly objected to conversion," the girl said adding that she was threatened with dire consequences if she opens her mouth.



The couple had a love marriage solemnized on October 16, 2013 at a Hindu temple, after a few months of courtship when the two were working at a five-star hotel in the city. Interestingly the girl hails from Kishorganj locality in Ranchi where national-shooter Tara Shahdeo, a victim of love-jihad, also lives. The accused lives in Maulana Azad Colony, Namkum in city.



The girl belongs to a reputed Ranchi-based business family. The parents of the girl died a few years ago and there is no one in her family, apart from two uncles and grand-father. "The girl did not dare approach the police because she has no one in the family. After she married a Muslim boy, her uncles were also not in touch with her," said Bishwajeet Mukherjee, victim's lawyer.



Jharkhand BJP women wing's chief Usha Pandey, who helped the girl approach the cops, said, "It is a clear case of love-jihad. The boy had married the girl under the promise of respecting her religion. But, he started the torture soon after marriage. The accused should be brought to book."



City SP Anoop Birthary said: "The girl has claimed that she was being tortured to accept Islam for which a case has been lodged. An investigation has already started in the case."



This is the second marriage of Jaya Bhandari who had a divorce with her first husband in 2009, two years after she had an arranged marriage. She also has a seven-year-old daughter.

Quote:College student accused of rape claims he was reenacting ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’

By Peter Holley February 23



Mohammad Hossain is accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student in his dorm room at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He allegedly told authorities that he was trying to re-create the film “Fifty Shades of Grey.” (Cook County Sheriff’s Office)



A college student who has been accused of raping a classmate told authorities he was reenacting scenes from "Fifty Shades of Grey," authorities said.



After bringing the 19-year-old woman back to his dorm room at the University of Illinois at Chicago on Saturday, Mohammad Hossain, 19, used multiple belts to restrain and beat his victim while he assaulted her, the state's attorney's office told The Washington Post.



Hossain, a student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been charged with one count of aggravated criminal sexual assault. If convicted, the felony is punishable by six to 30 years behind bars, authorities said.



When a judge set his bail at $500,000, Hossain's attorney, Cook County public defender Sandra Bennewitz, told the judge that her client had been "involved with several UIC leadership programs, was a student ambassador to the alumni association and was on the triathlon team," according to the Chicago Tribune.



"Sandra, how can someone involved in all that let a movie persuade him to do something like this?" asked Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr., according to the Tribune.



(Oh what pathetic defence, and what a pointless retort from the judge. Retort should have been: "Sandra, we don't live under Sharia -yet- in the US. The law's still meant to be the same for all. No one bloody cares if he's a student ambassador or on the triathlon team. The law's still: Do the crime, do the time. Or should only homeless rapists - assuming there are any - get to go to prison?")



[...]



Prosecutors allege that after Hossain was arrested in his dorm, he told officers he was trying to re-create scenes from "Fifty Shades of Grey" and he knew he'd done "something wrong," according to DNAinfo.

('he knew he'd done "something wrong,"'

Ya think?

Christomedia - Indian or alien - is amazingly full of excuses for islamaniac rapists. Brothers in monotheism.)



The Web site reported that Cook County Judge Adam Bourgeois told Hossain that he is not allowed to return to UIC's campus and must submit to electronic monitoring if he posts bond.



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It should never be too late to tell your story of rape. 14 years later, this is mine.

Quote:Sadistic Mother Jailed For Killing Daughter



Lesbian lovers Polly Chowdhury and Kiki Muddar are jailed after the eight-year-old is found dead with bite marks and carpet burns.



12:41, UK, Friday 06 March 2015

Video: Lover's Threatening Phone Call





A sadistic mother who subjected her eight-year-old daughter to "a life of cruelty that defies belief" has been jailed for her killing.



Little Ayesha Ali was found dead at her home in East London with more than 50 injuries to her head, body and limbs.



These included bite marks and carpet burns.



Her mum, 35-year-old Polly Chowdhury, was sentenced to 13 years for manslaughter.

Metropolitan Police handout images of Polly Chowdhury and Kiki Muddar



Polly Chowdhury, left, was controlled by her lover Kiki Muddar



Chowdhury's lesbian lover, Kiki Muddar, got 18 years for the same offence after dealing the fatal blow in August 2013.



The trial heard that the women had a bizarre relationship, with Muddar using fictional Facebook characters to control Chowdhury.

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Ayesha Ali: Two women found guilty of manslaughter



Gallery: Ayesha Ali, 8, Killed After 'Campaign Of Abuse'



Ayesha was terrorised at night by the pair wearing nightmarish masks.



A few days before the killing, a neighbour heard the little girl screaming, sobbing and pleading with her mother: "Amah, I don't want to be bad; Amah, Amah, I don't want to be bad."

(Neighbour should go to prison for life too. For doing nothing despite witnessing that much.)



Judge Christopher Moss QC said Ayesha's final months were "a life of cruelty and misery that defies belief".



It amounted to torture, he said.



The judge described Muddar, 43, as a "manipulative and wicked woman" who "entered the world of this family and tore it apart".



She sent 40,000 text messages in the process of brainwashing Chowdhury into thinking her daughter was "evil" and had "bad blood".

Video: 'They've Destroyed My Life'



In a recorded phone conversation with a friend a month before the killing, Muddar described Ayesha as a "witch" and threatened to drown her in the bath.

(Muddar's friend should go to prison/the electric chair too. The electric chair is a great invention for times like this.)



Judge Moss paid tribute to the "courage and personal restraint" of Ayesha's father, Afsar Ali, who attended every day of the trial to hear what his daughter went through.



The trial heard Chowdhury tried to keep him away through court orders at the time she was abusing Ayesha.

(In cases like this, the law can and should be disregarded. The dad could have made a foolproof plan to kidnap his daughter and take her to safety.)



"It's completely destroyed my life from now until I die," Mr Ali said.



"She loved life and her family and all she wanted was to be part of a happy family. I was her superhero, her super daddy.

(Superfail.)



"The reason why I wanted to attend every day was I wanted to relive Ayesha's life, feel the pain. I don't think I can ever imagine what she had to go through."

(No. But he may now live with the knowledge that he just couldn't be bothered doing enough to prevent it. Meanwhile animal parents have died to protect their cubs. And have stood up to entities greater than the law is to humans. Surprising when humans can't rise to the same relative heights.)

Quote:Name Kiki generally means Pet form of names beginning with - K, is of English, Indian origin, Name Kiki is a Feminine (or Girl) name. Person with name Kiki are mainly Christian by religion. .

Quote:Pregnant woman attacked by gang of men with crowbars while in labour



Victim was about to go to hospital when burglars burst into her home

Heather Saul Author Biography



Thursday 05 March 2015



A pregnant woman was attacked by a gang of five men carrying crowbars while she was in labour.



The 22-year-old victim, who has not been named, was about to go to hospital when the masked men smashed into her home in Basildon, Essex and assaulted her and her male companion.



She suffered a fractured skull and other injuries - but gave birth to a healthy baby after being taken to the town's hospital.



Her attackers fled the house on foot after breaking into her home.



[...]



“The men are described as aged in their early to mid-20s. One was black and the others were white.

(Not sure why the African gets identified first, especially when his ethnicity is in the minority. Maybe it's innocently alphabetical?)



Detective Inspector Joel Henderson said: "This was a shocking attack on a young woman who was in labour.



"It is vital we get those people responsible off the streets of Basildon. I would ask anyone with information that could help this investigation to get in touch."



Anyone with information is asked to contact Essex Police on 101.



Additional reporting by PA

Quote: Blogger vtpcnk said...



it is only an attempt to show india and indian culture in a bad light. the rapists [are presented as not doing] it out of lust - but rather to 'protect' indian culture.

Quote:Here is another twist to the story..

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Quote:Minhaz Merchant ?@minhazmerchant



#Nirbhaya's parents disown BBC doc, say filmmaker didn't show them final version, hence refused to sign release papers



Minhaz Merchant ?@minhazmerchant Mar 8



@4myapatla @komal_indian They've publicly disowned it today

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@udhayshankartr @neha_jpn The parents were quoted on CNN-IBN saying they were a) not shown final version, b] didn't sign release papers

Quote:'Trial Stress': Rape Claim Woman Killed Herself



Eleanor de Freitas said her decision to end her life was "selfish" but she would "bring shame on the family" if she lost the case.



17:29, UK, Tuesday 17 March 2015

Eleanor de Freitas



The cause of Eleanor de Freitas' death was hanging





A woman taken to court for allegedly making a false rape claim killed herself before her trial over fears she would not be believed, an inquest has heard.



Eleanor de Freitas, 23, left a note saying her decision to end her life was "selfish" but said she would "bring shame on the family" if she lost the case.



The coroner Chinyere Inyama recorded that she took her own life and the impending court case was "a significant stressor in her life".



A pathology report recorded the cause of death as hanging.



In her note, Ms Freitas said she felt "ashamed to be British" after the CPS decision to prosecute her, and told her legal team before the trial that "it would be better if I had been run over by a bus".



And the trainee accountant said she felt there was "no way out" after she was taken to court for allegedly perverting the course of justice.



Ms de Freitas' father, David, told the hearing how his daughter began wearing a burka to court appearances through fear of publicity, and would sometimes only leave the house after dark.



The "vivacious, straight-A student", who suffered with bipolar disorder, from Fulham in London, died on 4 April, 2014.



She had previously been sectioned under the Mental Health Act and told her family she feared being readmitted to psychiatric care, West London Coroner's Court heard.



Mr de Freitas said she had some support withdrawn in the months leading up to her death following the decision to prosecute her.



He said: "She had been receiving counselling for rape. But she was denied access to counselling from the moment she received summons (for perverting the course of justice).



"Her behaviour changed. In some instances it made her depressed. In other respects it made her bizarre."



Mr de Freitas also described how his daughter feared being sectioned again and would try to "mask" her feelings.



He said she had been abused mentally and physically during her previous stay in hospital.



The court heard instances of having a panic attack on the day she received a court summons, and later was found throwing packets of crisps in the aisles of a supermarket in September 2013.



On 23 December, 2013, Ms de Freitas drove to Northamptonshire to spend Christmas with her family but took a wrong turn on the A1 and continued driving until she ran out of fuel, the inquest was told.



Her father said: "Eleanor was a very good driver, she had driven that route many times. She must have gone through something very traumatic as to be as disoriented and do what she did."



She said she feared her alleged abuser, who went on to lodge the criminal complaint against Ms de Freitas, would be free to re-offend if he was not brought to book, the court heard.

Quote:Eleanor de Freitas false rape case: Escort rumours heightened fear of prosecution

A woman who killed herself after making a false rape allegation was afraid to face trial for her lies, fearing lurid rumours about her private life would be publicised



Eleanor de Freitas

Eleanor de Freitas Photo: PA



By Agency



7:56PM GMT 17 Mar 2015



A woman who killed herself after making a false rape allegation was afraid to face trial for her lies, fearing rumours linking her to an escort service would be publicised, an inquest has heard.



The father of Eleanor de Freitas confirmed that his daughter may have been embarrassed about her aspects of her online activity becoming known during a prosecution for perverting the course of justice.



Mr de Freitas said: “Well there seemed to be some extraneous evidence to do with escort services and tantric massage services.”



Lawyers for the family of Eleanor de Freitas have also demanded answers from the Crown Prosecution Service after the 23-year-old was found dead three days before she was due to appear in court for perverting the course of justice.



• Eleanor de Freitas rape case: complainant wrote of her 'disbelief' at prosecution



Miss de Freitas, from Fulham, southwest London, suffered from bipolar disorder and had complained ex-lover Alexander Economou had attacked her before Christmas 2012.



Mr Economou was never charged due to a lack of evidence.



The 35-year-old son of a Greek shipping magnate then spent thousands bringing a private prosecution against Ms de Freitas.



He assembled an array of evidence including texts and CCTV to show that the former Durham University student had falsified her rape complaint.





David de Freitas, father of Eleanor de Freitas, who killed herself days before going on trial for 'inventing a rape claim'.



The Crown Prosecution Service took over the criminal proceedings, but Ms de Freitas was found dead on April 7 last year, three days before the start of her trial at Southwark Crown Court.



Her death triggered an outcry from anti-rape campaigners, but the Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders defended the prosecution.



• 109 women prosecuted for false rape claims over the last five years



Following an internal investigation, she said: “The evidence was strong and having considered it in light of all of our knowledge and guidance on prosecuting sexual offences and allegedly false rape claims, it is clear there was sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction for perverting the course of justice.



“This was evidence including text messages and CCTV footage that directly contradicted the account Ms de Freitas gave to the police. I am satisfied that the decision-making in this case was correct.”



Leslie Thomas QC, who represents the family read out the note that Miss de Freitas had left for her family.



She wrote: “I know how selfish it is but I really feel there is no way out.



“If I were to lose the case I know that I would have brought huge shame on the family. It's entirely my fault for what has happened and there are many other events which make me make this decision.”



(Interesting how every news source out there excerpts some other part of what she said throughout the period of the law suits.

The above statement - which the telegraph means for people to read in the context of their news story - is meant to imply that she admitted lying.

However, in another context, the same could be spun around to mean that she felt guilty about the fact that her online/escort activities would discredit her.

Alternatively, she feels guilty for not having worked harder to get the man she accused convicted and the fact that if she lost she would be discredited and treated as a liar.)



• Female rape survivors trust Twitter more than the police



West London Coroner Chinyere Inyama ruled Eleanor de Freitas' had committed suicide - and said the upcoming trial was a 'significant stressor'.



The coroner said: “I am satisfied so that I am sure that Eleanor tied the noose herself.”



“Entries in her diary make it very clear that this act was meant to end her life.”

Quote: 17 March 2015 Last updated at 23:31



Eleanor De Freitas 'killed herself ahead of rape claim trial'

Eleanor de Freitas Ms De Freitas took her own life three days before she was due in court

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A woman taken to court for allegedly making a false rape claim killed herself three days before her trial over fears she would not be believed, her inquest has heard.



Eleanor de Freitas, 23, said she felt there was "no way out" after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) charged her with perverting the course of justice.



Ms De Freitas, 23, of Fulham, London, was found dead in April 2014.



The coroner recorded that Ms de Freitas had taken her own life.



The impending court case had been "a significant stressor in her life at that time", West London coroner Chinyere Inyama said.



He denied a request from the de Freitas family solicitor, Leslie Thomas QC, that the CPS should attend the hearing because of its obligations to Ms de Freitas under the Human Rights Act.



Ms de Freitas's father, David, said they would consider a judicial review challenge.



The director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders had described the case as "one of the most difficult" she had seen.

Private action



Ms de Freitas, a trainee accountant who had bipolar disorder, made a rape complaint to the Metropolitan Police in early 2013.



The police said there was insufficient evidence to pursue the case and the man she said had attacked her took out a private prosecution, accusing her of perverting the course of justice.



Ms de Freitas' solicitors asked the CPS to halt the private action but instead the CPS decided to take it over and continue it.



Three days before Ms De Freitas was due to stand trial in April last year, she was found hanged.



The inquest into her death heard she had felt "ashamed to be British" after the CPS decided to prosecute her and told her legal team "it would be better if I had been run over by a bus".

David De Freitas David de Freitas accused the CPS of "serious failings"



She said she feared her alleged attacker would be free to reoffend, it heard.



Ms de Freitas had previously been sectioned under the Mental Health Act and told her family she feared being readmitted to psychiatric care.



She was found dead by her mother.



In a note left at the scene, read in court, she said her decision to end her life was "selfish" but she would "bring shame on the family" if she lost the case.

'Stacked against her'



Ms de Freitas's father told the hearing how his daughter had had some support withdrawn in the months leading up to her death, following the decision to prosecute her.

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We are disappointed the coroner did not allow us to explore what we believe are serious failings by a state body - the CPS”



David de Freitas



He said: "She had been receiving counselling for rape. But she was denied access to counselling from the moment she received summons (for perverting the course of justice)."



He added: "She felt everything was stacked against her, and that things were just steam-rollering.



"She was massively upset by that."



He said his daughter began wearing a burka to court appearances through fear of publicity and would sometimes only leave the house after dark.



Dr Chris Bench, Ms de Freitas's consultant psychiatrist from 2009 until her death, said he made an assessment of his patient's treatment at every appointment.

Suicidal thoughts



The court heard Ms de Freitas, a former Durham University student, had suicidal thoughts twice, and Dr Bench considered her not fit to appear in court in September 2013.



He said Ms de Freitas was concerned the judge did not seem very sympathetic to her mental state when she appeared as a defendant.



He said she was well enough to attend court again when he saw her on 27 March last year, his final appointment with Ms de Freitas before her death.



Speaking outside the inquest, Mr de Freitas said said: "The coroner has accepted the prosecution was a significant stressor which led to my daughter Eleanor taking her own life.



"We are therefore disappointed the coroner did not allow us to explore what we believe are serious failings by a state body - the CPS.



"The inquest should be an opportunity for scrutiny and to learn lessons from this tragic death."

Quote:Black Student's Bloody Arrest Sparks Outrage



The arrest of University of Virginia student Martese Johnson, who needed 10 stitches in his head, stirs calls for a probe.



10:39, UK, Thursday 19 March 2015

Video: Moment Of Martese Johnson's Arrest







By Sky News US Team



The governor of Virginia is calling for an investigation into the arrest of a college student who was shown in a photo with his face bloody as he was held down by an officer.



The arrest of Martese Johnson, a University of Virginia student, by a Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Agent outside a pub, is quickly turning into a national controversy.



About 1,000 students gathered at the University of Virginia campus on Wednesday night to demand justice for the student, while Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe asked state police to investigate "the use of force in this matter".



In a video posted on the website of the University of Virginia student newspaper, three apparently white officers are holding Mr Johnson down. "His head is bleeding," a voice yells.

Martese Johnson being restrained by police in Virginia. Pic: Bryan Beaubrun/The Cavalier Daily



This photo sparked outrage. Pic: Bryan Beaubrun/The Cavalier Daily



"I go to UVA," Mr Johnson yells repeatedly, before using an expletive as he calls the officers "racists".



The Alcoholic Beverage Control agent who made the arrest said in the arrest report that Mr Johnson "was very agitated and belligerent".

Video: Campus Rally After Student's Arrest



Mr Johnson was charged with obstruction of justice without force, and public swearing or intoxication.



A statement from a group calling itself "Concerned Black Students," however, claims the arrest was unprovoked and extreme.



Mr Johnson needed 10 stitches in his head, according to his lawyer, who denied earlier reports that his client has been accused of having fake ID.



"Just before handcuffing him, police took Martese to the ground, striking his head on the pavement and causing him to bleed profusely from the gash on his head," said the lawyer, Daniel P Watkins.



"We are preparing to investigate and defend this matter vigorously."

Video: Riots And Racial Tension: A History



Mr Johnson's arrest is the latest incident in which police have injured or killed unarmed African-American men in the United States.



Mr Watkins said the student "is absolutely devastated" by what happened.



He said the 20-year-old, third-year student, majoring in Italian and Media Studies, holds "numerous leadership positions" at the school, and has no criminal record.



Mr Johnson was treated at hospital and then released. He attended the student rally held on campus, where he spoke briefly and at times fought back tears.



"I beg for you guys to please respect everyone here," he told the crowd. "We really are one community."

Quote:Effigy burned as protesters march in aid of sex abuse victims



Protesters came face to face with police in Wellington this evening, during a march in aid of rape and sex abuse victims.



Around 200 mostly women marched through the city enroute to the High Court.



They're a backlash from the not guilty verdicts given to Clint Rickards and two former officers, and also mark International Women's Day.



RadioLIVE's Heather du Plessis-Allan was in Wellington, and reported tension when the group reached the city's main police station.



The protest march ended with an effigy of a police officer being set alight outside the front doors of the High Court.



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Quote:Police defend using female officers in rape protest

Female Police Officers on duty at yesterdays rape protest





Police in Wellington say there was a very good reason why they used a thin blue line of women officers to protect the central station from protestors last night.



Crowds of mainly women demonstrated in Wellington and Auckland last night against what they say is a Police culture of rape.



It follows the acquittals of Assistant Commissioner Clint Rickards in two sex offences trials.



Wellington Central commander Inspector Peter Cowan says he used female officers to defuse a volatile situation and show the new look of 2007 Police.





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Quote:Crowds of mainly women demonstrated in Wellington and Auckland last night against what they say is a Police culture of rape.

Quote:A third of male university students say they would rape a woman if there no were no consequences

Jon Stone

Wednesday 14 January 2015

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Roughly one third of male university students who took part in a study would rape a woman if there were no consequences, according to a new scientific study.



The research, published in the scientific journal Violence and Gender, presented mostly white male American participants a questionnaire on how they would act in certain sexual situations.

Quote:International Men's Day (IMD) is an annual international event celebrated on 19 November. Inaugurated in 1992 on 7 February by Prof Thomas Oaster,[1] the project was re-initialised in 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago.[2] The longest running celebration of International men's day is Malta, where events have occurred since 7 February 1994.[3]



International Men's Day, now standardised globally as 19 November finds support from a variety of individuals and groups in Australia, the Caribbean, North America, Asia, Europe and Africa.[2][4] Speaking on behalf of UNESCO, Director of Women and Culture of Peace Ingeborg Breines said of IMD, "This is an excellent idea and would give some gender balance." She added that UNESCO was looking forward to cooperating with the organizers.[2]

Quote: N.Y. / Region

‘Ugly Thoughts’ Defense Fails as Officer Is Convicted in Cannibal Plot



By BENJAMIN WEISERMARCH 12, 2013

Quote: N.Y. / Region

Ruling in Cannibal Case Revives Debate Over When a Fantasy Crosses a Criminal Line



By BENJAMIN WEISERJULY 1, 2014

Quote:Clark warns police report damning

Published: 8:08AM Monday March 05, 2007 Source: One News/Newstalk ZB



Shipton and Schollum face threats

Clark knew Rickards faced charges

New allegations against Shipton



Prime Minister Helen Clark is hinting that the findings of the Commission of Inquiry into police conduct will be damning.

[...]

The prime minister says the issue has always been whether the police rape allegations relate to a historical culture within the force, or whether it is still a contemporary matter.



Clark is also hinting that it will be alarming to police bosses as well. She says she is sure the country will hear more from police when they are in a position to speak.



Clark says she is appalled by some of the evidence which was raised in the police sex trials. She says she has serious doubts a teenage girl would consent to having group sex with police officers.



She says she is constrained in what she can say about the historical sex cases involving suspended Assistant Police Commissioner Clint Rickards, Bob Schollum and Brad Shipton. But says she has to question whether there can be any genuine consent when you have police officers in a position of responsibility in a community engaging in group sex with a teenage girl.

Quote:West Bengal: 16-year-old girl tortured, raped by clergyman for a month

Thursday, 5 February 2015 - 12:31am IST | Place: Chinsurah (WB) | Agency: PTI



A 16-year-old girl from Hooghly-based rehabilitation home for women was allegedly raped and tortured for a month by a clergyman, police said on Wednesday.



A 16-year-old girl from Hooghly-based rehabilitation home for women was allegedly raped and tortured for a month by a clergyman, police said on Wednesday.



According to a complaint filed by an NGO at the local police station, the clergyman, belonging to 'Gurap Bhastara Christian Home' had been allegedly torturing and raping the minor for a month. The victim had been living in the Home for about a year. The accused was arrested last night under Section 376 of the IPC, charging him with rape and torture, police said.



Police officers were on Wednesday sent to the Home to investigate the matter, Sub-divisional officer Sadar, Sudip Sarkar said. The arrested clergyman was produced before a local court here, which remanded him to 14-days judicial custody.



Meanwhile, the minor was shifted to a government-run home in the same district. West Bengal Social Welfare Department officers visited the Home and spoke with the inmates and the victim.

Quote:Ranaghat atrocity part of ISI’s Operation Equal Blame



The ISI has increased its budget by six times to ensure that India and Pakistan share the same brackets on issues of human rights.

MADHAV NALAPAT New Delhi | 21st Mar 2015





The Ranaghat atrocity, where a 72-year-old Catholic nun was violated by three young men, was carried out through an extremist organisation based in Khulna in Bangladesh, say analysts based within the territories of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).



The organisation "used recruits from two different faiths for the operation, and arranged their return to Bangladesh within hours of the atrocity", thereby making it problematic that the actual perpetrators would ever get apprehended. More disturbingly, these sources allege that a section of the local police in the vicinity of the seminary "was aware of the planned operation, and agreed to ensure safe passage" to the perpetrators. They, however, denied that any political party had a role to play in the heinous crime, which has traumatised the peaceful and progressive Christian community throughout India. "Elements in the local police ensured that the follow-up action (after the rape) was first delayed and then taken in such a fashion that evidence got destroyed" and that "even though the extremist youth shown on the CCTV cameras were moving around in the neighbourhood for six days before the assault, the local police failed to bring in residents of the area who could have identified them". They claim that after such a botch-up of the initial leads in the case, "only the usual suspects will get rounded up by the CBI, which is relying on the local police for assistance in solving a crime that the latter allowed to take place", and hence that "the actual planners and facilitators of the attack will escape".



The speedy finger-pointing over the Ranaghat atrocity has to be seen in the context of efforts by numerous international organisations to characterise the Narendra Modi-led NDA government as a fanatic band of majoritarians dedicated to the submission of the minorities to their will. GCC-based analysts say that since the Narendra Modi-led NDA government came to power at the Centre on 26 May 2014, Pakistan's ISI has increased its budget by six times for "operation equal blame", designed to ensure that India and Pakistan share the same brackets on issues of human rights highlighted by the "international community" (the usual shorthand for NATO member-states). According to these GCC-based analysts, who track the activities in Bangladesh and Nepal of the ISI and its associated groups internationally, the organisation has since 2011 set up a budget to fund attacks on Christian organisations and priests in India, so as to ensure that the international media report India in the same way as they do Pakistan, a country where the Christian community has been discriminated against since the 1980s and where members of the community are routinely killed or converted through threats. Such activity has been sharply stepped up since the middle of last year.



"There is a perception that the ISI recruits only Muslims, when the fact is that in India, more than a third of active and dupe recruits (i.e. those unaware that they are working for the Pakistan-based espionage agency) are Hindus and even a few from other communities", an analyst based in an Abu Dhabi agency revealed, adding that "it does not take much money or persuasion to ensure that acts of violence get committed in a country where poverty is rife".



Over the past four years, the ISI has liaised through its associates with NGOs and individuals worldwide to "facilitate the preparation of reports which seek to show that India is a country where Christians and Muslims are grossly discriminated against", said a US-based analyst, who pointed out that the effort is to ensure that the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) succeeds in lobbying the US government to place India in the same bracket as Pakistan when the Obama administration makes public its report on international religious freedom by end-April. NGOs such as Amnesty International have lately been bracketing India in the same category as Iraq and Nigeria, where the treatment of minorities is concerned, periodically briefing policymakers within the NATO bloc about events in India. In this context, it has relied on reports such as a "300 Days" report card of the Modi government, which claims that there have been 600 egregious attacks on minorities during this period, 450 against Muslims and the rest against Christians. What goes unmentioned is that much higher figures exist for attacks against Hindus in the same period, or that in previous 300-day periods when the UPA was in office, the figures were much higher. "From New York to Geneva to London, squads from the ISI have been active in ensuring that a stream of misinformation reaches policymakers about the situation in India", a process in which they have been aided by several well-intentioned individuals and groups who have jumped onto the "India is fascist" bandwagon being propelled by some politicians in India eager to discredit the Modi government.



When President Barack Obama visited India for the 26 January Republic Day parade, he flagged five concerns of his government: religious freedom, status of Dalits, slavery, violence against women and overall human rights. Not accidentally, an international campaign is now on to show that India is deficient on all five counts, with the US House of Representatives passing for the first time a resolution on the status of Dalits in India (HR 566, 113th Congress) in a context where the EU has since 2006 passed six resolutions against India on the same subject. Recently, a documentary by a filmmaker linked to an NGO, which sought to show India as a country where rape was commonplace (when the statistics show the country to be safer than the US or several of its European allies), was shown on the BBC. The NDA government's clumsy reaction of banning the filming in India ensured global publicity for the documentary, thereby playing into the hands of the traducers of India. Not surprisingly, there have been several high-profile screenings of the "banned" BBC documentary in various NATO capitals and metropolitan centres, in a context where the US House of Representatives on 6 March and the US Senate on 11 March discussed the subject of violence against women in India in very critical language, a precursor of condemnations to come on this and the subject of "slavery", i.e. child labour in India. Interestingly, a child labour campaigner in India has won last year's Nobel Peace Prize, joining a list of winners that includes Barack Obama and Henry Kissinger, but excludes Mahatma Gandhi.



Ominously, efforts are on by some NGOs and their patrons to ensure a mammoth march of farmers to Delhi in May, this time with a view towards ensuring physical clashes with law enforcement officials. Two earlier marches have taken place, the last a few days ago, on the issue of pollution in the Yamuna river. NGOs, trade unions and farmers organisations are meeting with political and other elements in order to launch a coordinated campaign against the Narendra Modi government in the coming weeks, both nationally as well as internationally.



All that can be said with certainty is that those who indulge in violence which could get interpreted as a hate crime, such as the recent attacks on Christian institutions across India, are playing to a tune which promotes the ISI's "operation equal blame", thereby assisting that organisation to succeed in portraying India in international fora as being as much of a serial abuser of the rights of the minorities as Pakistan, when the reality is very different.

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Which government? You mean Momta will listen to Modi? How about NDTV, TimesNow? If NDTV can run for 25 years without even operationally profitable, it is imperative to understand that it is part of the agenda and not beguiled third party. Similarly Momta in her own submission has admitted of having disbursed 86 Lakh higher education scholarships to Muslims in WB. WB has total 2.3 Cr muslims and mostly un-educated to even ask for primary education scholarship. She has given those funds to Bangladesh Muslims who is her vote now. Come here in North and South Pargannas and see how new voter lists are getting created in Mosques.

We Muslims are with Modi now. The problem is TMC goons are killing us and registering a vote for a Bangladeshi migrant on same name. Our village had 2300 votes when the population is merely 270.

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Calculusorganic Trigonametryal Zulfiqar Ali • 5 days ago



TMC is destroying the original muslims.In gujrat,nearly all muslims are educated and earns lot of money.

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JVG Calculusorganic Trigonametryal • 5 days ago



What the heck do you mean by original Muslims?

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Calculusorganic Trigonametryal JVG • 5 days ago



The muslims who belong to west bengal,and not to bangladesh.

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Prashant S. • 6 days ago



Where Hindus are in a minority - in Pakistan, Bangladesh and even in India (J&K, Kerala, N-E, districts in WB/UP/TN), the Hindus are subject to unspeakable atrocities. And no one covers this - there is a deep conspiracy of silence here.

Where Hindus are in a majority, these very same minorities are united in painting Hindus as 'communal', 'violent', 'rapists', 'anti-women' etc. These minorities are supported by Main Stream Media who have been infiltrated by these very same vested interests. Here there is a deep conspiracy of creating propaganda.

The twin forces of the conspiracy of silence and the conspiracy of creating propaganda are creating an effect on the minds of people outside India AND as importantly inside India. These tactics have been used by the US since the 1920s with people like Edward Bernays using these tools of psychology and mass-media with devastating effect.

Knowledge of psychology and human frailties, like a sword in a monkey's hands, will always be misused to propagate ego-fuelled intentions. It is time we expose the real monkeys and this article does a great job of doing so.



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No brother. TMC is killing us Muslims in Bengal and replacing it with Bangladeshi migrant Muslim. Bangaladeshi Muslims being very poor can do anything for 200 taka. They are asked to come here and multiply in dozens in 2-3 years to create solid vote bank for TMC. Earlier we were asked the same thing, but now we have realized that we are given rice only in the election year. She has given 86 Lakh higher education scholarships to Bangladeshi Muslims from state exchecker. We want to convert to Hinduism but none is here to help. we went to Ramkrishna Mission mutt here but the Mahant here was badly beaten and nearly killed by the Imams.

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Quote: cm2522 • 5 days ago



Assuming this is true ...

wtf are the khaki chaddis doing ????



or are they just bol bachhans

Quote:news that the North Dinajpur SP had detained two Bangladeshi Muslims Mukul Alam and Mohammed Majid is a story unfolding even as I write this

Quote:Two quick points. One: Another accused, one Md. Salim has just been arrested in Mumbai in the Ranaghat rape case. Maybe Cleemis and Smitha Nair can eat their words for lunch.

Quote:Ms Mandhare defied social taboo in her bid to have her attacker brought to justice. (Facebook/Pradnya Mandhare)

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Quote:Priest in Australia says murdered woman would still be alive if she had been more 'faith filled'



29 year-old Jill Meagher was raped and strangled to death in 2012

Caroline Mortimer Author Biography



Sunday 29 March 2015





The family of a woman who was raped and murdered as she walked home have criticised a priest who said she would still be alive if she had stayed at home and been more “faith filled”.



Speaking at an end-of-term service for a Catholic primary school in Melbourne on Friday the unnamed priest said Jill Meagher, who was murdered as she walked home from a night out in September 2012, should have “been home in bed” rather than “walking down Sydney Road at 3am”.



He also held up a newspaper picture of Meagher’s attacker, Adrian Bayley, to illustrate his point during the speech, reported Australian radio station 3AW.



Bayley pleaded guilty to raping and murdering the Irish born TV producer in April 2013 and was sentenced to a minimum of 35 years in prison. He has since been convicted of three further rapes from before he murdered Meagher.



Meagher’s family were outraged by the comments, branding them “stupid”.



Her mother told the Irish Independent: “Adrian Bayley was out there that night looking for a victim and found her, He was looking for anyone, it didn’t matter to him who the person was.”

(Exactly.)



Meagher’s husband Tom, who [reported] initially reported her missing, said it was an “abhorrent lesson to teach a child”.

(The priest is just being a catholic. It is their tradition. Quite the opposite to how the christo british documentary presented it about Hindu society.

In fact scar[r]ing school children with stories of torment and horror is an old christian tradition, catholic and protestant. They always used to teach about the horrors of hell to little christian students in the past. Even seen in English literature like "Jane Eyre".)



“How a human being with such dangerous and misogynistic views can be allowed to pass those messages onto children is depressing. Shameful”, he said.

(Uh, he's a churchman. They're dangerous and misogynistic as a rule. And they pass on creepy messages - and other things besides, like STDs and trauma and brainwashing - to kids all the time.)





(And here comes the apology, as could be predicted

Monsignor Greg Bennett, vicar-general of the archdiocese of Melbourne which oversees the priest, apologised to the family.



Speaking on 3AW, he said: “I’ve spoken with the priest; he acknowledges that the homily wasn’t appropriate and apologises for the offence and upset it has caused.



“The reference to Jill Meagher in particular was offensive and inappropriate and the people of Victoria and Ireland mourn her sad and tragic death”.

(But note: the monsignor does not admit that the priest's deranged pronouncements were wrong. Only that they were "offensive and inappropriate".

I.e. monsignor is saying: "I'm sorry the fact of what our priest said hurt your feelings and came at an awkward time." Not that the priest's utterings were false or unrepresentative of the church's stance.

Typical catholic non-apology.)



The 29 year old’s body was found after a five day search in a shallow grave in nearby woods. She had been raped and strangled.

Quote:Oxford hospital nurse Andrew Hutchinson admits raping unconscious females in A&E



Mark Piggott

By Mark Piggott

March 30, 2015 21:24 BST



Andrew Hutchinson nurse rape

Nurse Andrew Hutchinson admitted 27 counts of voyeurism, sexual assault and rape on females between 10 and 35(Thames Valley Police)



A nurse at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital has admitted various sex charges against women and children as young as 10, including raping unconscious females at work and filming girls at a leisure centre.



29-year-old Andrew Hutchinson, from Abingdon, pleaded guilty at Oxford Crown Court to 27 counts of voyeurism, sexual assault and rape on females between 10 and 35.



His crimes took place between 2011 and 2013 in John Radcliffe Hospital's A&E department, White Horse Leisure Centre in Abingdon and at Wilderness Music Festival in 2013, where he was working in the medical tent.



[photo caption:] Myles Bradbury Dr Myles Bradbury was found guilty of sexually molesting children with cancer at a Cambridge Hospital(Cambridge Police)



Hutchinson was first arrested in November 2013 on suspicion of filming women and girls at the leisure centre. Two girls caught him in the act and informed police.



Following the arrest, police found evidence of Hutchinson's other crimes on mobile devices including a phone, memory stick and camera. He had filmed himself raping women, sometimes just a few feet from other patients.



Identifiable victims of Hutchinson are being given support, but police said the case was unusual as many victims may not know they were assaulted because they were unconscious. Some victims have not yet been traced.



Outside court Det Ch Insp Mark Johns said: "I would like to reassure members of the public in Oxfordshire that all the victims which can be identified from images have been contacted by Thames Valley Police. Should anyone wish to speak to our officers about their concerns, please do contact 101 quoting Operation Bream."



Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs John Radcliffe Hospital, said new procedures were now in place in a bid to ensure nothing of its kind ever happens again. Unconscious patients are now treated in areas with high visibility.



Mark Power, representing the Trust, said Hutchinson had been subject to a CRB check, but had passed because he had not been convicted previously. However, said Mr Power, the "ultimate responsibility for these appalling offences must rest with Andrew Hutchinson".



It was "not possible to eliminate the risk of a rogue practitioner entirely", added Power.



Hutchinson, who also admitted stealing a medical camera and ketamine, was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on 27 April.



In recent months there have been a number of other high-profile cases where medics have abused children, including those of Michael Salmon at Stoke Mandeville and Myles Bradbury at Addenbrooke's. Disgraced Jimmy Savile is also believed to have sexually abused hundreds of children at hospitals including Stoke Mandeville.

Quote:Pictured: Nurse who filmed himself raping unconscious women in hospital's A&E is caught on CCTV entering leisure centre where he also filmed secretly filmed girls



Andrew Hutchinson abused women as they lay unconscious in hospital

He stole a medical camera from hospital so he could film up woman’s skirt

Also used it to film girls as young as ten getting changed at leisure centre

Police later found footage of him raping victims and 1,786 indecent images

He admitted 27 charges including rape, sexual assault and voyeurism

The 29-year-old was a senior nurse at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford



By Arthur Martin and David Wilkes for the Daily Mail



Published: 11:53 GMT, 30 March 2015 | Updated: 23:18 GMT, 30 March 2015

Quote:Black Cab driver jailed for sexually assaulting sleeping women

Jamie Campbell, Tuesday 31 March 2015





[caption:] David Perry said that he had 'high hormone levels'





A black cab driver has been jailed for 10 years for sexually assaulting two women who fell asleep in his taxi.



David Perry, 52, abused the women, both in their 20s, after they had been out drinking before getting into his cab.



Mr Perry, a taxi driver for 25 years, admitted four charges, including attempted rape and sexual assault.



Snarebrook Crown Court heard that Perry, who professed to being a born-again Christian, told police that he had "high hormone levels."



His DNA was matched to both attacks, which happened in north London in January 2014 and in east London in May 2014. Both occurred in the early hours of the morning after the victims had fallen asleep in his taxi.



[caption:] A London black cab



The court heard that after his arrest, Perry told police he had been "worried about what he might do" and had sought medical help for high hormone levels after the break-up of his relationship.

(Criminal pleads he's the victim of some affliction - maybe it's possession by the holy spook? - after being caught.)



Judge John Lafferty said that Perry's victims had suffered "serious psychological harm" and that he would pose "a very significant risk" to other women if he was allowed to remain at large in the community.



As he was led from the dock, Perry smiled and waved at his family and friends in the court's public gallery.



On the first day of his trial, in February, Perry admitted one count of attempted rape, one count of assault by penetration and one count of sexual assault against each victim.



In an impact statement read to the court, the second victim said: "Before the incident, I was very independent and enjoyed being in the company of others but now I feel a sense of isolation and loneliness."



Read more:

Insurance blow for victims of 'black cab rapist' John Warboys

Black cab drivers protest fails spectacularly

Leeds bus stop sexual assault



She went on: "My life has changed forever and it will never be the same. I will be reminded of this incident for every day of the rest of my life."



Prosecutor Peter Clement told the court: "They were, by virtue of their drunkenness, particularly vulnerable.



"Their incapacity made them no less deserving than anyone else of being safe. They each sought the security and safety they were entitled to expect from a London taxi a black cab.



"He exploited his passengers' obvious vulnerability for his own sexual gratification."

(Wait, his rapistry is treated as the criminality of an individual?

His actions aren't allowed to tar all Brits or at least all drivers of Black Cabs under the umbrella of "tradition"?)



Detective Inspector Samantha Price, from Scotland Yard's sexual offences unit, praised the victims for reporting the assault and urged other potential victims to come forward.



"Perry was a taxi driver for 25 years and I must consider the possibility he may have committed other offences that have not been reported to police," she said.



"I would now appeal to anyone directly who, as a result of this case, thinks they may have been raped or assaulted by Perry."



Perry has also been banned from driving taxis in the future and will be on the sex offenders list indefinitely, under a sexual harm prevention order.



The last incident of a black cab driver being convicted of sexual assault was John Warboys, commonly known as the "Black Cab Rapist.' Warboys was jailed in March 2009 for attacks on 12 women and police believe that have attacked more than 100 victims.

Quote:Twenty-year sentence handed to Purvi Patel for death of foetus condemned by women's groups

[Photo caption:] Patel is the first woman to be sentenced for feticide in the US



Heather Saul Author Biography



Wednesday 01 April 2015





The first woman to be sentenced for killing a foetus has been handed a 20-year prison term for feticide and neglect of a dependent, despite claiming she gave birth to a stillborn baby.



Purvi Patel was bleeding heavily when she entered a hospital emergency room in Indiana in 2013 after giving birth unexpectedly in her bathroom.



She initially denied a pregnancy but later said she had a miscarriage and had disposed of the foetus by placing it in a plastic bag and then in a rubbish bin.



Prosecutors claimed the 33-year-old was 25 weeks pregnant at the time she gave birth, while activists said she was most likely to have been between 23 and 24 weeks pregnant, NBC News reports.



Her lawyers say Patel, who is from a conservative Hindu family, had concealed her pregnancy from her parents and panicked when she realised she was in labour. Patel lived with and cared for her parents and infirm grandparents in a house in South Bend, Indiana.



Patel maintained that the foetus was stillborn but the prosecution argued that she gave birth to a live foetus that died within a few seconds.



"I assumed because the baby was dead there was nothing to do," the South Bend Tribune quoted her as saying during a police interview. "I've never been in this situation. I've never been pregnant before."



The prosecution also claimed that Patel had ordered drugs to induce an abortion on the internet. However, a toxicology report did not find any evidence of the drugs in her system.



Patel is the second woman to be charged with feticide in the US, but the first to receive a prison sentence. She was prosecuted under state laws that are otherwise intended at targeting illegal abortion providers and prosecuting crimes against pregnant women, Al Jazeera reports.



Women's rights activists have condemned her conviction and the subsequent sentence. They say the law is being used to prosecute women who miscarry, have stillbirths or try to terminate their own pregnancies.



The British Pregnancy Advisory Service described Patel's case as "tragic" and warned it could set a dangerous precedent for other pregnant women. A spokesperson told The Independent: "Purvi Patel is sadly the latest victim of the creeping criminalisation of pregnant women's behaviour in America.



"These 'feticide' laws are being used to punish the pregnant women they purport to protect, and will only discourage those who need medical care from seeking help, putting women and their babies at greater risk.



"What we are seeing in the US should serve as a warning to those who support reproductive rights in the UK. Ending a pregnancy remains a criminal offence in British law that carries a potential twelve-year prison term if the grounds of the 1967 Abortion Act are not met.



"This means that a woman who buys abortion pills online could be incarcerated. Women need access to high quality reproductive healthcare services and support. In the 21st century, their personal decisions about whether to continue or end a pregnancy do not belong in the criminal law."



Lynn Paltrow. the executive director of the National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW), said she was deelpy disappointed by the outcome. "While no woman should face criminal charges for having an abortion or experiencing a pregnancy loss, the cruel length of this sentence confirms that feticide and other measures promoted by anti-abortion organizations are intended to punish not protect women."



Patel was sentenced to 30-years in prison for neglect with 10 years suspended and a further six years for feticide, which an Indiana judge said would run concurrently.

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(Is that some sympathy? From the west? For a heathen? Over christianism? Time to pinch myself. :Ow



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They really want to keep women bare-foot and pregnant don't they?

The US Taliban truly believe a woman's place is in her father's house, her husband's house or the grave.

(But if she's a heathen, only the last option.)

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Quote:2. No rallies or outrage for Ramkrishna Mission Sadhvi raped in West Bengal



Report: As per a report in Patrika, a Sadhvi from the Ramkrishna Mission was brutally gang-raped on 13th March 2015.



This unfortunate incident occurred in the evening, when the Sadhvi, a resident of the Mihir Das colony in English Bazaar district in West Bengal, was returning from a market in her neighbourhood. This is when 4 youths from the neighbourhood dragged the Sadhvi into a Mango grove and gang-raped her. It is also reported that the Sadhvi repeatedly visited the Police Station to lodge her complaint against the rapists, but instead of registering her FIR, the cops were more interested in sitting with the accused and the victim to settle the matter.



Link: opindia.com/2015/03/no-rallies-or-outrage-for-ramkrishna-mission-sadhvi-raped-in-west-bengal/

Quote:No rallies or outrage for Ramkrishna Mission Sadhvi raped in West Bengal

OpIndia Staff / March 20, 2015 / Reports



News broke out on 14th March about an unfortunate incident of a Nun being gang-raped in a robbery case. Protests were organized, rallies taken out, and desperate attempts to communalise this sensitive issue were made by media and other interested people. But no-one felt the need to pity the condition of another woman, who too was gang-raped just a day before the above incident, in West Bengal itself.



As per a report in Patrika, a Sadhvi from the Ramkrishna Mission was brutally gang-raped on 13th March 2015.

Quote:2. No rallies or outrage for Ramkrishna Mission Sadhvi raped in West Bengal



Report: As per a report in Patrika, a Sadhvi from the Ramkrishna Mission was brutally gang-raped on 13th March 2015.



This unfortunate incident occurred in the evening, when the Sadhvi, a resident of the Mihir Das colony in English Bazaar district in West Bengal, was returning from a market in her neighbourhood. This is when 4 youths from the neighbourhood dragged the Sadhvi into a Mango grove and gang-raped her. It is also reported that the Sadhvi repeatedly visited the Police Station to lodge her complaint against the rapists, but instead of registering her FIR, the cops were more interested in sitting with the accused and the victim to settle the matter.



Link: opindia.com/2015/03/no-rallies-or-outrage-for-ramkrishna-mission-sadhvi-raped-in-west-bengal/

Quote:Hindus are on the Hit List

By Sumedha Sarvadaman Persecution & Proselytisation April 6, 2015

Quote:Ranaghat, where the septuagenarian Nun was allegedly raped, falls under the Nadia District in West Bengal. Many localities around Ranaghat, like Begopara are mostly inhabited by Christian converts. Nadia also has a Muslim population of 25.4 per cent, higher than the national average.



As per National Crime Records Bureau data of 2012, West Bengal tops the charts for crimes against women and Nadia (146) gets the third highest position in number of rapes after South 24-Parganas (224) and Murshidabad (174). As per a Home Ministry report, there are 5.2 million Bangladeshis illegally staying in India. In West Bengal alone, there are a staggering 3.2 million. Nadia borders with Bangladesh and crime in that area is rampant.



The Nun’s alleged rape case is a murky story. Some news reports stated that the land Mafia was involved, others said ‘As per church sources, she has been asked to leave Ranaghat and keep quiet, as the culprits belong to same community as hers’. Some said she wasn’t raped at all since the police, West Bengal Government or the church are yet to publish her medical bulletin…and so on.



But as per the police, some Muslims from Bangladesh living illegally in India have now been arrested. The police suspects a church insider is involved in this case.



But for top cops like Julio Ribeiro and hate fomenting clerics, it was an open and shut case. They proclaimed, on cue, that the Sangh Parivar rapes septuagenarian nuns. It is as if they are waiting to read out a photocopied allegation every time such an incident happens.





Serial Crimes of the Clergy



The same church went deafeningly silent when a clergyman in West Bengal was recently caught for repeatedly raping a 16-year-old girl for over a month in a rehabilitation home. This is the same church, whose priests and spokies were the first to brutally character assassinate a 14 year old girl when the serial rapist Father Falcao from Pune, was finally caught. The same church whose priest in Andhra, after raping, burnt alive a minor girlwhen she threatened to inform her parents. The same church whose pastor repeatedly raped a 13 year old in a children’s homein Guntur. The same church whose pastor and two sons,gang rapedtwo minors for six long months. And the same church has ostracized, bribed, threatened and killed Sisters for speaking against sexual crimes committed by the church.



Rape and pedophilia within the church have taken such horrific epidemic form across continents that finally, even the UN was forced to slam the Vatican in its reportstating that the Vatican’s policies allowed priests to rape. Pope Francis told the BBC in 2014 ‘There are cases (of pedophilia/rape by priests) in almost every institution in this land. One in 50 Catholic priests is a pedophile’. Ofcourse, later,he too was found guilty of rape, torture, murder and trafficking of children. So I’m guessing the percentage is much higher.

(See URL reference at end)



And what about the three Melbourne Churches set ablaze in as many days? Were they also the handiwork of RSS and Hindutva forces? A report on these fires in news.com.au, dated 2 April 2015, details a gory history of sexual abuse inflicted on scores of children by notorious paedophile priests for decades.



Under these circumstances, naturally, the first suspect would be the church. Also because the nun was allegedly raped within their premises. Her security was their responsibility. Alas, the proverbial pot calls the kettle black, accusing millions of Hindus under the guidance of Prime Minister Modi, to be potential rapists and communal goons.



That morning when the news broke, my jaw fell hearing some of the communal hatred, provocative lies and open threats being spewed by none less than the Archbishop, the Cardinal, Minority Commission’s Maria Fernandez and other Christian activists.



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aajtak.intoday.in/story/west-bengal-nun-gangrape-case-four-arrested-from-ludhiana-1-805783.html



WB 16 year raped by a clergyman for 30 days

dnaindia.com/india/report-west-bengal-16-year-old-girl-tortured-raped-by-clergyman-for-a-month-2058302



timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/After-rape-bid-by-vice-principal-Pune-school-questions-girls-version/articleshow/18159355.cms



indiatoday.intoday.in/story/church-priest-rapes-minor-girl-and-sets-her-ablaze-in-andhra-pradesh/1/143246.html



deccanchronicle.com/141220/nation-crime/article/andhra-pradesh-teenage-girl-raped-pastor



timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Former-pastor-sons-booked-for-minors-gang-rape/articleshow/35703560.cms



nbcnews.com/news/world/u-n-report-vatican-policies-allowed-priests-rape-children-n22531



dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2690575/Pope-Francis-admits-two-cent-Roman-Catholic-priests-paedophiles-interview-Italian-newspaper.html#ixzz3W1Tb1ik3



news.com.au/national/crime/melbourne-church-blaze-sites-house-shameful-history-of-abuse/story-fns0kb1g-1227289190448



Pope Francis found guilty of rape, murder, child-trafficking

childabuserecovery.com/pope-francis-found-guilty-of-child-trafficking-rape-murder/#.VR9PRBiXerX



Child Sacrifices tied to Vatican, Mafia, Canadian PM Stephen Harper Child

childabuserecovery.com/child-sacrifices-tied-to-vatican-mafia-canadian-pm-stephen-harper/#.VR9QJBiXerX



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Quote:Prince Andrew's extraordinary new mission to save teenage sex slaves: After THOSE lurid accusations in US are dropped, the Duke acts to save girls beaten, starved and forced into sex



Prince Andrew has changed the fate of 100 vulnerable women in Calcutta

They were rescued from brothels, child labour and trafficking by charity

Key to Freedom was launched by the Duke after a trip to India in 2012

He recently denied allegations he had slept with a sex slave in America

The accusations, made by Virginia Roberts, have been struck from court records



By Sarah Oliver For The Mail On Sunday



Published: 00:20 GMT, 19 April 2015 | Updated: 12:10 GMT, 19 April 2015





It's hard to know quite what motivated the Duke of York to rescue teenage sex slaves in India at the same time he faced damning allegations that he had slept with one in America. But one thing is for certain: it definitely took guts.

(No, it didn't take guts. It took a carefully planned PR campaign, combined with gutter inspection on India. Not to mention pulling some powerful strings in the US to get the courts to make it all "go away".)



With a remarkable initiative combining the unlikely bedfellows of fashion and compassion, it can be revealed that Prince Andrew has personally changed the fate of more than 100 vulnerable young women in Calcutta.



Rescued from brothels and domestic servitude, child labour and human trafficking, the girls have been taught tailoring and silk printing through a charity called Key to Freedom.

Moved: Prince Andrew during his visit to an Indian refuge in 2012, which inspired him to form the charity

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Moved: Prince Andrew during his visit to an Indian refuge in 2012, which inspired him to form the charity



Their kimonos, duster coats, pyjamas, scarves and make-up bags are sold online and on the British High Street by Topshop, with the proceeds paid back to the women as a salary.



What makes this new mission all the more compelling is it has emerged just months after Andrew was mired in allegations that he had enjoyed an improper relationship with American ‘sex slave' Virginia Roberts, who had been working for his former friend Jeffrey Epstein, an American billionaire.



The claims, furiously denied by the Duke, have now been struck out of American court records, effectively clearing his name.

(But see next news item.)



He was inspired to launch Key to Freedom after visiting a girls' refuge on an official trip to India.



He came up with the idea less than an hour after leaving a home run by the Women's Interlink Foundation and swiftly donated £10,000 seed capital to fund the first bales of silk.

(It took more planning than his one hour 'decision' to reinvent his persona from sexual-predator to women's saviour: the beeb drama was sent out at an opportune moment to pave the way for his 'transformation' in the public eye.

And a 1st world prince donates all of "10,000" pounds. Geez.)





Speaking exclusively to The Mail on Sunday yesterday, the Duke said: ‘I was incredibly impressed with the work of the Women's Interlink Foundation during my Diamond Jubilee visit to India in May 2012.



‘I could see that it would be possible to complement [founder and chairman] Aloka Mitra's important work in supporting vulnerable young women to develop a skill to become economically active by helping find a route to market for their products. It is incredible to see what the team has achieved.



Roberts had been working for Andrew's former friend Jeffrey Epstein, an American billionaire (pictured together above)

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Quote:Prince Andrew sex abuse allegation thrown out by judge

US district judge rules Virginia Roberts's claim against Duke of York be struck out as he refuses her attempt to join lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein



Prince Andrew and Virginia Roberts in 2001





By Philip Sherwell, New York



7:05PM BST 07 Apr 2015



A US judge has ruled that sex allegations made against Prince Andrew in court papers filed in Florida must be struck from the public record.



The Duke of York and Buckingham Palace strenuously denied the allegations in the court documents that he sexually abused a 17-year-old girl who claimed she was used as a sex slave.



Kenneth Marra, the federal district judge in West Palm Beach, has now rejected a bid by two women to join a lawsuit against the US government over its handling of the case of Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire financier and convicted paedophile.



He ordered that the claims made by one of the women involving the Duke and several prominent Americans in the filings lodged by her lawyer must be removed from the court record.



The Duke was never accused of any offence and he strenuously denied the claims of the woman, who was referred to in court papers as Jane Doe 3 but who later identified herself as Virginia Roberts, now 31. A Palace official confirmed that the Prince has been briefed on the latest developments.



Prince Andrew denies sex allegations with underage teenager



She was one of several women who claimed that they were sexually abused as underage teenagers by Epstein and passed for use as sex slaves by his acquaintances at parties at various locations, including his Palm Beach mansion and a private Caribbean island.



Ms Roberts and the second unnamed woman wanted to join a lawsuit filed by two other alleged victims against the US government to force the re-opening of a non-prosecution deal struck by federal prosecutors with Epstein.



Under the agreement, the investment banker pleaded guilty in 2008 to state sex offences and served 13 months of an 18-month jail sentence - a much shorter term than he could have faced in a federal prosecution.



Judge Marra has now ruled that too much time has passed since the original lawsuit for the two new women to add their names to the case.



He also said that sex abuse allegations had no bearing on the lawsuit's goal of reopening the Epstein non-prosecution agreement.



"The factual details regarding with whom and where the Jane Does engaged in sexual activities are immaterial and impertinent to this central claim," the judge wrote. "These unnecessary details shall be stricken"



If the Epstein case is reopened, he could face a federal prosecution and the US government could be forced to pay the women damages. The financer has already reached out-of-court financial settlements with dozens of victims.



The Duke was not a party to the court action and was not given the opportunity to rebut the allegations through the court.



Buckingham Palace broke with its usual policy of refusing to comment on current court cases because of the nature of the allegations and their emergence in the public domain in the court filings in late December.



"This relates to long-running and ongoing civil proceedings in the US to which the Duke of York is not a party," a spokesman said.



"As such we would not comment on the detail. However, for the avoidance of doubt, any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors is categorically untrue"



The Duke also referred to the allegations in a brief comment at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January. "I just wish to reiterate and to reaffirm the statements which have already been made on my behalf by Buckingham Palace," he said. "My focus is on my work"



The Duke of York will spend this week privately before resuming public engagements on Monday.

Quote:NSW barristers slam Pru Goward for criticising 'glowing' references for rapist Luke Lazarus



Date

April 7, 2015



Rachel Olding

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Jailed: Luke Lazarus outside court during his sentencing hearing for raping a woman near his father's nightclub in Kings Cross. Photo: Janie Barrett



Mike Baird way behind on gender balance

'Was a sick night': rapist Luke Lazarus bragged about taking woman's virginity



Womens' campaigners are urging the Director of Public Prosecutions to review the sentence given to a nightclub rapist as controversy deepens over "glowing" character references provided by some of Sydney's most powerful figures.



Luke Andrew Lazarus, 23, was last month sentenced to a maximum jail term of five years for raping a young woman on her first night out in Kings Cross, then bragging about taking her virginity.



District Court Judge Sarah Huggett described the attack as the "spontaneous and opportunistic" actions of a young man who felt a sense of "power and entitlement" by virtue of his father Andrew's part-ownership of the Soho club.



On Friday, the NSW Bar Association reprimanded Pru Goward, Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, for criticising the high-profile Sydneysiders who provided glowing references for Lazarus after his conviction.



Waverley mayor Sally Betts, South Sydney Rabbitohs chairman Nick Pappas and the honorary secretary of the Honorary Consulate-General of Greece in Brisbane, Tsambico K Athanasas, vouched for his good character in references before sentencing.



A reference from the parish priest at the Greek Orthodox Christian Church of St George, Rose Bay, Father Gerasimos Koutsouras, said Lazarus was innocent and had suffered "an injustice".



(Note the Greek names of each character reference for the rapist: it ain't just the Greek Orthodox Church's priest above who is a member of the Greek Orthodox church, right? I'm sure Luke Lazarus' dad is never behind in his church donations and is an upstanding member of his church, and his son is a faithful too - high chance of that - so it would take nothing for them to insist on character references from their own.)



Ms Goward told Fairfax Media she was appalled by anyone would provide "glowing references" for a rapist.



"Not only does this diminish their standing, it can shatter the confidence of the victim and often discourages them from seeking justice," she said.



However, the NSW Bar Association has slammed the "ill-advised" comments, warning Ms Goward that such conduct might constitute contempt of court.



Junior vice-president of the association Arthur Moses, SC, said those convicted of heinous crimes should be punished but Ms Goward should not be criticising members of the public for providing references in a criminal sentencing hearing.



"No member of the community should be deterred from providing evidence in a criminal matter," he said. "In certain circumstances it may constitute a contempt of court to humiliate or victimise individuals for being witnesses.



"Ministers of the Crown should be mindful that their positions come with both privileges but also obligations to not make comments which may have the tendency to interfere with the proper administration of justice."



Ms Goward said she stood by her comments.



Karen Willis, executive officer of Rape & Domestic Violence Services Australia, said the stoush highlighted issues with the reference system because it allowed rich and powerful people to use their position to argue for better treatment, rather than providing genuine character insights.



She has encouraged the DPP to review Lazarus' sentence, saying the minimum three-year term was inadequate, considering sexual assault is the second most serious crime after murder.



"An Aboriginal man from woop woop can commit the same crime and not command those sorts of references and I think that's problematic," she said.



"We're all equal before the law and the concept someone should get a lighter sentence because of their family and position is not acceptable."

(Meanwhile, in practise, some are more equal than others. :cough: Andrew and gang :cough:

I mean, the telegraph article in point 3 above admitted that the rich and powerful paedophile Epstein just got off easy compared to what he *would* have got, right?

"... a non-prosecution deal struck by federal prosecutors with Epstein. Under the agreement, the investment banker pleaded guilty in 2008 to state sex offences and served 13 months of an 18-month jail sentence - a much shorter term than he could have faced in a federal prosecution."

No low-life criminal living from hand to mouth who did the same thing as Epstein would have been given such an offer/agreement, I'm sure.)



She said courts needed to give equal weighting to references.



"If it's someone who is fairly poor and unconnected and a local footy coach gives a reference, that should hold just as much influence as someone who is really well connected and gets a reference from the mayor or consul-general."



CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story was amended to correct the title of Mr Athanasas.

Quote:Prince Andrew's extraordinary new mission to save teenage sex slaves: After THOSE lurid accusations in US are dropped, the Duke acts to save girls beaten, starved and forced into sex



Prince Andrew has changed the fate of 100 vulnerable women in Calcutta

They were rescued from brothels, child labour and trafficking by charity

Key to Freedom was launched by the Duke after a trip to India in 2012

He recently denied allegations he had slept with a sex slave in America

The accusations, made by Virginia Roberts, have been struck from court records



By Sarah Oliver For The Mail On Sunday



Published: 00:20 GMT, 19 April 2015 | Updated: 12:10 GMT, 19 April 2015



[...]

It's hard to know quite what motivated the Duke of York to rescue teenage sex slaves in India at the same time he faced damning allegations that he had slept with one in America.



(What do they mean it's "hard to know". It was so obviously a combined exercise in damage control + PR. I'm not even in psychology let alone crowd psychology but even I can work out that much. Duh. So too did some Brits, btw. )