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NEWS REPORTS 2004

This section of the website gives you the opportunity to see how the media reports on rape in the UK. Each news article is a direct link to the source - we offer no direct comment here - you can form your own opinions of how the media represent sexual violence against women.

JANUARY

Gang rape footballers not cleared yet

Footballers rape case dropped

Rape tourist wins freedom appeal

Dangerous sexual predator

Youth raped and killed grandmother

'Doctor' jailed for raping women

Model claims Posh's pal raped her

Three months for bogus rape girl

Huntley was not a one-off

M25 rapist's victims include 10 year old girl

DNA evidence in rape trial

Gang rape rise linked to muggers

Boy, 11, rapes nine year old

Rapist phoned victim's mother

Gynaecologist rape claims collapse

Where's my sense of humour

FEBRUARY

Tougher sentence for child rapist

The Rapist Hunter

An unshakeable delusion

Builder used SAS claims to rape

Rape victim makes public appeal

An unshakeable delusion - part two

Seriel rapist tells court he is gay

I didn't do it

Rapist had a 'dual personality'

Eight years on, Dutroux appears in court - but will the truth be heard?

Teenager admits raping stepbrother

Rape scandal rocks US college football

Rape charge doctor killed himself

Officers in court on rape charge

Marching against crime

Musician found guilty of murder of teacher

Zimbabwe's torture training camps

New leads in TV appeal over rape

US soldiers accused of raping 100 colleagues

Police hunt 'Ali G' serial rapist

Porn nurse escapes work ban

Suspect killed out of jealousy

Girls' drug rapist sent to jail

MARCH

Funding for rape crisis centres

Serial rapist gets 7 life terms

A year of attacks

The Ugly Game

Home Abusers likely to commit other crimes

Rwanda's genocide could have been prevented

PC gets 12 years for rape of drunken teenager

QPR player charged with rape

Childrens author groomed fans for assault and rape

Justice system fails women

Tarantino in the frame at Amnesty launch

Star Trek star backs domestic violence campaign

Life sentence for murder and rape

Teen gets life for teachers rape

Rape policeman has his sentence cut

Taxi driver raped teenage girls

Soth Africa failing rape victims on AIDS

Police hunt for date rape facts

APRIL

Police re-open 2,000 gang-rape cases

Officers in court on rape charge

On-the-spot drinks test to combat drug rape

Rapist who fled to UK murdered girl, 12

Dutroux victim confronts rapist

Thousands raped in Congo

Theme park guard jailed for rape

Man found guilty of student rape

Man denies rape of prostitute

Four people raped at knifepoint

Woman, 64, raped in racist attack

Rapists jail sentence increased

Attack on activist shocks Russia

Serial rapist confesses in a letter

MAY

New UK sex laws come into force

Community service for lewd pair

Appeal clears doctor of rape

Chief criticises teen sex enquiries

Torture as pornography

Anti-male sex law challenged

Village council approved rapes

The other prisoners

A chilling test

Young rugby stars beat pregnant girl

New Mexican killing

Pastor is jailed for sex attacks

Bogus SAS member jailed for rape

Police officer charged with rape

Girl tells of rape by surgeon

Teenager raped in railway station

Child rape trial opens in France

Life sentence for attempted rape

Two officers face rape allegation

Man drugged and raped his victim

Sex attack convictions unsafe

Rapist facing 6 years in prison

Sex attacker jailed for 6 years

JUNE

Full text Harriet Harman's speech on CPS handling of rape cases

Legal bid to boost rape convictions

Tougher prison terms for 'date rapists'

This man devoted his life to sexual deviance

Man jailed for drug rape

Why Blunkett must share the blame for Soham

Sex case women lose legal bill plea

Lawyers target rape case failures

Sudanese tell of mass rape

Girl punished for false rape claim

Rape ruling leads to law review

Concern over rape in Eastenders

Man jailed for raping daughters

Police specialists tackle rape

Prison doctor raped young girls

Officers arrested over rape claim

Man jailed for raping 15 year old girl

Former policeman jailed for rape

Ex-vicar in court on rape charges

Man jailed for sex attack on baby

Jail term for chatroom rapist

JULY

Safeguard for rape victims risks unfair trial

Basketball star's rape trial turns on accuser

Call for better care of rape victims

Rape victims face postcode lottery

Difficulty in detecting drug rape

UK drug rape campaign launched

Testimonies of rape in Sudan

DNA link to 12 year rape case

Binge drinking link to rise in rape cases

Man jailed for raping widow

Ex Tory Official jailed for rape

Judge attacks rape case reforms

Officers arrested over rape claim

Rapist release raised concerns

AUGUST

Rapist serving life sentence wins lottery £7m

Women kill rape suspect in court

Imam accused of raping teenager

Woman fined for false rape report

Vietnam man raped girl for luck

Text message rapist sent to jail

SEPTEMBER

Rape Convictions

Drug Rape danger from cigarettes

One in Four had drinks spiked

Basketball rape case collapses

Burma accused of sanctioning rape

Man convicted of raping students

Rapist tried to burn victim alive

Abuse police surgeon struck off

Sex abuser jailed after 30 years

Child sex sentence is reviewed

OCTOBER

 

Child sex sentence 'too lenient'

Report shows DR Congo rape horror

Six found guilty in Pitcairn sex offences trial

Officer 'spoke on police radio while raping victim'

DNA tests for city's police

Tests 'linked man to 1979 rape'

CPS defends decision on rape case

Women warned of sex attacker

Deepcut instructor jailed for sex attacks

'Thousands raped' in Colombia

Bottle lock could cut date rapes

 

NOVEMBER

 

Rape victim denies 'sex fantasy'

Women's revenge against rapists

Ex-athlete 'raped sleeping woman'

Officers planned rape during search for woman's attacker, jury told

Jury discharged in police rape trial

Forces launch 'drug rape' study

Arsenal keeper charged with rape

Child abusers 'escape punishment'

Man jailed for raping grandmother

 

DECEMBER

 

'Jekyll and Hyde' salesman gets life for rape attacks

'Rape drug' used to rob thousands

Man jailed for rape of young girl

Bogus player's rape term cut

Former witness welcomes changes

Civil servant tells of 'office rape'

Woman 'degraded by rape ordeal'

Civil servant cleared of raping colleague as case collapses

Teenagers guilty of beach rape

How to stop the world's worst crime

Agency calls for global halt to violence against girls

Mosque rape trial jury sent home

Paedophile faces life for rapes

Teenager cleared of raping girl

India major in rape court-martial

Jail for ex-Pc who raped girl

 



 
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