Category: Crime
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Malaysia National aquatics coach pleads not guilty to raping diver
A national aquatics coach has claimed trial to raping his trainee, a 20-year-old national diver. Huang Qiang, 35, was charged with raping the woman at the diving gym of the National Aquatic Sports Complex, at Bukit Jalil in Seri Petaling at 5.30pm on Sept 26. If convicted of the offence under Section 376(1) of the…
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Brock Turner Is Now the Literal Textbook Example of Rape
When Brock Turner was convicted on three felony counts last summer (assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated or unconscious person, sexual penetration of an intoxicated person and sexual penetration of an unconscious person), he was sentenced to only six months in prison, with the expectation (now fulfilled) that he would be released after three.…
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Teen held captive for 29 days before swimming to safety recalls ordeal: ‘I am scared to sleep’
A 15-year-old girl in Minnesota who was held captive for 29 days recalled her dramatic escape in a TV interview. The girl fled from a home in rural part of the state on Tuesday when her abductors left her alone for the first time in nearly a month to get pizza. She knocked on nearby…
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Jury fails to reach verdict over swimmer’s alleged rape
A jury has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict in the trial of a Commonwealth Games swimmer accused of raping a teenager. Otto Putland, 23, was accused of raping the 19-year-old woman shortly after she’d had consensual sex with his best friend. Mr Putland, of Dinedor, Hereford, had denied the charges and said…
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Commonwealth Games swimmer ‘raped a woman who had just had sex with his friend’
A Commonwealth Games swimmer raped a woman who had just had sex with his friend after she told him she wouldn’t be “passed aroundâ€, a court has heard. Otto Putland, 23, who represented Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, is accused of raping the complainant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, twice…
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Sexual abuse survivor explains how she got justice against Canton swim coach
Haley Locke says she accomplished what she wanted, even though the man convicted of abusing her spent less than five hours behind bars.
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New details released in McKinley High School swim coach sexual abuse case
New details were revealed Tuesday in the case of a former Canton City Schools swim coach found guilty of having unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.
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Hoover High School swim coach of more than 15 years accused of sexual battery
An employee of North Canton City Schools was arrested Tuesday morning, accused of two counts of sexual battery.
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Ryan Lochte cleared of all charges from 2016 incident in Rio de Janeiro
A Brazilian appeals court ruled Thursday that Ryan Lochte had not broken the law by exaggerating about what happened during the gas station incident from the 2016 Olympics, according to USA Today Sports. Lochte was charged with falsely communicating a crime because of an interview he did with NBC in which he said he and three other…