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Teenager charged with rape amid ‘serious sexual offending’ inquiry

A teenager has been charged with rape as part of an investigation into “serious sexual offending” in Northern Ireland. The 17-year-old boy is accused of two counts of rape and one count of attempted rape, the PSNI said. The charges relate to an ...

03 Jan 2023 at 10:18

Local News

Derry man charged with raping a relative of his 11 years ago

A 42 year-old Derry man was today charged with raping a relative of his 11 years ago. The attack is alleged to have taken place in July 2010. The accused cannot be named because of his family connection to the alleged injured party. He ...

22 Jun 2021 at 15:56

Northern Ireland

PPS received 600 rape files in past year in Northern Ireland

The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) in Northern Ireland received 600 files for suspected rape offences in the past year. The PPS has published a statistical bulletin of cases which revealed that in the 2021/22 financial year the ...

01 Dec 2022 at 13:36

Northern Ireland

Former police officer jailed following first stealth rape conviction

A former police officer has been jailed for two-and-a-half years following the first conviction for stealth rape in Northern Ireland. The man, who cannot be identified to protect the anonymity of the victim, was also sentenced ...

29 Sept 2023 at 14:15

Local News

Derry man found not guilty of raping teenage girl in Spanish hotel

A 35-years-old Derry man has been found not guilty of raping a teenage girl in a Spanish hotel over five years ago. The jury of seven men and five women at Derry Crown Court acquitted Michael Cregan, of Ferguson Street, with ...

25 Nov 2019 at 14:19

Local News

Derry man goes on trial charged with raping teenage girl in Spanish hotel

In the first prosecution of its kind in the North, a 35-years-old local man has gone on trial at city's Crown Court charged with raping a 17-years-old Derry girl in a Spanish hotel during the summer of 2014.The prosecuting ...

18 Nov 2019 at 17:13

Local News

61-year-old Derry man sentenced for 46 sexual offences at Coleraine Crown Court

A 61 year old man from the Derry area was sentenced at Coleraine Crown Court today for 46 sexual offences including rape and indecent assault. The man, who cannot be named in order to protect the identity of the victims, ...

14 Sept 2023 at 17:01

Local News

Derry Court: Man for trial charged with 50 counts of sex abuse against his four daughters

A man has been returned for trial to Derry Crown Court on 50 charges relating to the sexual abuse of his four daughters. The man who cannot be named to protect the identity of the alleged victims in the case appeared at ...

28 Apr 2023 at 11:26

Local News

Man return for trial charged with two rapes in Derry

A man has been returned for trial to Derry Crown Court on a series of sex offences including two counts of rape. Shaun Hegarty (28), of Balliniska Heights in the Northland Road area of the city, appeared at a ...

19 Dec 2019 at 13:08

Local News

Derry Crown Court: Police welcome sentence of man (45) for 'horrific abuse' on child under 13

Yesterday (Friday 21st April), a 45 year old man from Derry was sentenced at Derry Crown Court for rape of a child under 13, causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, and sexual ...

22 Apr 2023 at 12:18

National News

Irish rugby fan allegedly abducted and raped in France after World Cup game

FRENCH investigators have opened an investigation after an Irish woman was allegedly raped in Bordeaux where Ireland played their first game of the tournament over the weekend. Local media reported ...

11 Sept 2023 at 15:17

Northern Ireland

Man arrested in connection with sexual assault in Londonderry

Detectives investigating a sexual assault in Londonderry have arrested a 24-year-old man. A woman in her late teens was attacked in the Bank Place area of Derry in the early hours of Saturday ...

30 Oct 2024 at 10:29

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