Haryana Police suspended two assistant sub-inspectors and a Home Guard after a 30-year-old bone cancer patient alleged assault and sexual abuse at a Kurukshetra police station. An FIR is registered, and an SIT is investigating.
Karim Khan, the ICC chief prosecutor, has been suspended from practicing law in England and Wales by the UK's Bar Standards Board (BSB) due to sexual abuse allegations. This follows a similar suspension from his ICC role, which he denies. The BSB's interim suspension is effective immediately and will be reviewed within four weeks.
Jeffrey Donaldson, 63, has pleaded not guilty to 18 sexual abuse charges, including rape, spanning 1985-2008. Testifying at Newry crown court, the former DUP leader stated allegations from two women, referred to as witnesses A and B, are "simply not true" and "unbelievable". His wife, Eleanor Donaldson, faces a trial of the facts on aiding and abetting charges.
French singer and actor Patrick Bruel, 67, has been placed under judicial investigation for multiple counts of rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, and harassment. The probe follows allegations from around 30 women, including TV presenter Flavie Flament. Bruel denies the charges, stating he "always took no for an answer."
Thousands mourn 11-year-old Lyhanna, whose murder by a known suspect with unaddressed child abuse allegations sparks outrage and debate over France's justice system failures.
Police have raided the headquarters of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light in Crewe, Cheshire, following an investigation into allegations of serious sexual offences, modern slavery and forced marriage. About 500 officers were deployed on Wednesday morning, making multiple arrests after a woman in the Republic of Ireland reported being raped and sexually abused at the group's headquarters in 2023. The suspects are men of American, Mexican, British, German and Spanish nationality. The sect, which blends Islamic tenets with conspiracy theories about the Illuminati and aliens, moved to the UK from Sweden in 2021. Around 150 people and 56 children live at the grade II-listed property.
