Tag: Sexual Offences
Country's 'worst paedophile' would reoffend, court told
A psychiatrist has told the District Court in Brisbane that a man dubbed the country's worst paedophile would reoffend if released.[MORE]
Paedophile Tillman cops 5yr supervision order
The New South Wales Supreme Court has ruled that convicted paedophile Kenneth Tillman undergo strict supervision for five years following his release from prison.[MORE]
Griffith man acquitted of sex assault charges
A 33-year-old man has been found not guilty of a sexual assault in Griffith after a trial lasting more than two weeks.[MORE]
Councillor alarmed at sex offender housing plans
A Rockhampton regional councillor has expressed alarm that no-one has been consulted about plans to house sex offenders in the prison reserve north of the city.[MORE]
Father jailed over daughters' assaults
A father is jailed by an Adelaide court for sexual assault of his two young daughters.[MORE]
Teacher to appeal against student-sex sentence
A 35-year-old teacher, convicted of having sex with a 14-year-old boy, will appeal against her sentence in the Supreme Court later this month.[MORE]
Govt criticised over sex offenders plan
The child protection group Bravehearts has attacked a Queensland Government plan to move sex offenders to regional Queensland.[MORE]
Former music teacher jailed for accessing 'disturbing images'
A former music teacher has been jailed for accessing and possessing child pornography.[MORE]
Fresh DNA tests urged in stepdaughter rape case
A Bunbury barrister wants police evidence retested to determine if a 39-year-old Mandurah man was wrongly convicted of raping his stepdaughter.[MORE]
Arrest made over abduction, rape
Police have arrested a 39-year-old man from the western suburbs for for the abduction and rape of a woman at Modbury in August.[MORE]
Pilot maintains innocence over PNG child sex conviction
A pilot from Cairns, in far north Queensland, convicted of child sex tourism in Papua New Guinea, is continuing a fight to clear his name, despite losing a bid for a pardon.[MORE]
Scottish court jails sex offender for 1991 schoolgirl murder
Convicted sex offender Peter Tobin has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of the murder of a teenage girl who disappeared in Scotland in 1991.[MORE]
Man to face court on child sex charges
A Wimmera man is due in court tomorrow on a series of child sex charges that date back more than 25 years.[MORE]
More charges for sex accused teacher
Detectives have laid more charges against a retired teacher over the alleged indecent treatment of students at a Darling Downs' primary school in southern Queensland.[MORE]
Crime Commission vows court loss won't deter abuse investigations
The Australian Crime Commission says its investigations into child abuse in Indigenous communities won't be hindered by a recent court ruling preventing it accessing a medical clinic's records.[MORE]
Lawyers pursue justice for abuse victims
Lawyers for four former students of a Canberra primary school have launched another line of inquiry as part of proceedings in a sexual abuse damages claim.[MORE]
Norforce recruit jailed for having sex with teenage girlfriend
A Northern Territory man has been jailed for having sex with his 14 year old girlfriend.[MORE]
Judge retires in sex attack case
ACT Supreme Court judge Justice Malcolm Gray has retired to consider his verdict in the trial of a 31-year-old Canberra man accused of assaulting a teenage girl at knifepoint.[MORE]
Security not good enough to prevent rape of baby: report
A report has found Royal Darwin Hospital didn't have sufficient security to prevent the rape of a baby in 2006.[MORE]
Man granted bail in Emerald rape case
A 20-year-old man has been granted bail after appearing in the Emerald Magistrates Court yesterday charged with raping a 19-year-old woman.[MORE]
Court finds man guilty of toilet sex attack
A Bunbury District Court jury has found a 38-year-old man guilty of five counts of sexual assault.[MORE]
York man accused of child sex assault
A 28-year-old York man has been charged with sex offences against a 14-year-old girl in Albany.[MORE]
Britain reels after incest horror revealed
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has voiced anger over how authorities failed to spot a harrowing incest case which has been likened to the case of the Austrian cellar rapist Josef Fritzl.[MORE]
Assault victim can positively identify attacker, court told
A 20-year-old woman who was assaulted at knifepoint in Lyneham three years ago has told a Canberra court she is positive that her attacker is the 31-year-old man on trial.[MORE]
Police tight-lipped on reported Ferguson sightings
Police say they cannot confirm claims that accused child sex offender Dennis Ferguson has been spotted north of Brisbane.[MORE]
