Child rapist was allowed public access to children
By Ioannis Androlikou A convicted child rapist has been allowed to take children on horse and carriage rides along the Paphos coast and in Peyia...
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Man remanded after alleged rape
A 43-year-old man was remanded for six days on Saturday in connection with the alleged rape earlier in the week of a 32-year-old woman in...
Cyprus has high reporting rate but low convictions for rape
By Lizzy Ioannidou CYPRUS is among just six out of the 33 countries that have ratified the Council of Europe’s convention on preventing and combating...
Public can weigh in on harsher penalties for crimes involving violence against women
By Evie Andreou The public has until the end of the month an opportunity to express their opinion on a bill aiming at updating the...
French actor Depardieu faces rape investigation, denies wrongdoing
Gerard Depardieu is being investigated by the Paris prosecutor over accusations of rape and sexual assault, a judicial source said – though the prominent French...
Man sentenced to eight years for rape of stepdaughter
The Larnaca-Famagusta criminal court on Friday sentenced a 40-year-old man from Nicosia to eight years for the rape of a minor, who was his stepdaughter...
Man jailed for raping, beating stepdaughters
A 47-year-old man in Larnaca was sentenced to 12 years in prison for systematically raping and beating his step-daughter and causing grievous body harm to...
Anti-trafficking campaigners abducted and raped in India
Five Indian anti trafficking campaigners were gang-raped at gunpoint during an awareness programme they were organising in a village, police said on Friday. Unidentified men picked...
US judge criticised over rape sentencing removed (Update)
Voters removed from office a California judge who drew worldwide condemnation for giving a six-month jail sentence to a Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually...
Teen bride who killed ‘rapist’ husband appeals death sentence
A Sudanese teen sentenced to death after killing her husband as he tried to rape her has appealed the ruling amid growing support by celebrities and...
Teenager suspected of raping elderly woman
A 17-year-old teenager was remanded on Saturday for five days for allegedly assaulting, raping and injuring an 81-year-old woman. According to the police, the incident...
Paphos police investigate rape claim (updated)
A 24-year-old woman reported to police she was raped outside a club in Paphos early on Saturday morning, the police said. According to the British...
Twenty years for one rapist, 11 for another
The Nicosia criminal court on Thursday sentenced a 34-year-old man to 20 years in prison having found him guilty on charges of rape and indecent...
Labour activist says she was raped, advised not to report it
An activist in Britain‘s opposition Labour Party has said she was raped at a party event when she was 19, and that a party official discouraged...
Rape victim, 10, delivers baby after India court bars abortion
A 10-year-old rape victim who was denied an abortion by India’s top court gave birth on Thursday in a case that has drawn outrage about...
Nearly 70 per cent of serious crimes solved, police say
Police said on Wednesday they had cleared close to 70 per cent of serious crime cases recorded in the first six months of the year....
Pensioner found guilty of sexually abusing his granddaughter aged 9
A 70-year-old man was found guilty by the Nicosia criminal court on Monday for sexually abusing his nine-year-old granddaughter. He was found guilty of 40...
Man arrested for alleged rape and assault on ex
A 42-year-old man from Larnaca is due in court on Sunday after his ex, 47, said he had gone into her home, raped and assaulted...
Man jailed for 15 years for raping his daughter
A 50-year-old man from Larnaca was jailed for 15 years on Tuesday after he was found guilty of raping his underage daughter. In a written...
Man detained on suspicion of raping his 12-year-old niece
A 30-year-old man has been detained on suspicion of raping his 12-year-old niece, reports said on Thursday. The man, who was remanded in custody for...
