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'Shut up or be killed': Manhunt under way after schoolgirl abducted, brutally assaulted

The 15-year-old heard a tapping on the door before finding an armed stranger in her home.

Rapist's defence that victim reluctantly consented to sex rejected

Sexual assault laws need reform says expert after man uses reluctant consent defence.

'Nowhere is safe': Driving instructor jailed for years-long abuse of two girls

Michael Young would play pornography to them and instruct them to use sex toys.

Northland news in brief: 300 lifejackets given out; and person injured in workplace injury

News snippets from across Northland and the surrounds.

Murder of a tourist: The shocking killing of Karen Aim

A Moment In Crime podcast gives in-depth look into the murder of tourist Karen Aim

'The victim told you to stop': Jail for man who pinned teen down and raped her

The rapist pinned his victim down by her neck until she almost lost consciousness.

'Outrageous number of victims': Japanese musician alleges talent manager assaulted him

The manager died in 2019 and was never charged.

Jarryd Hayne’s wife breaks down in court before bail granted to ex-NRL star

Jarryd Hayne’s wife broke down in tears as she made a passionate plea,

Report details 'staggering' church sex abuse in Maryland

Parishes, schools and congregations had more than one abuser at the same time.

Paedophile whose mum is linked to infamous South African child killings loses appeal on Auckland charges

Abraham Haarhoff is serving a 13-year sentence for the rape of a child in Auckland.

Teen sex abuser back in community - Corrections bid for intense monitoring revealed

Sex offender admits abusing cousin after judge acquitted him following trial.

‘You took away my innocence’: Victims confront stepfather who sexually abused them

Michael Hallinan abused the girls for years.

'Sex accident gone wrong': Billionaire's son admits causing death of student in UK

Martine Vik Magnussen, 23, was found dead in 2008 at a flat where Farouk Abdulhak lived.

Posie Parker's anti-trans rally attracted range of far-right groups

Parker distanced herself from neo-Nazis but various extreme groups turned up at her rally.

Ex political figure pleads not guilty to child sex assault

The alleged offending against two teenage boys happened in the 1990s.

Real estate agent turned himself in for touching young granddaughters

He did it when they were playing outside, mowing the lawn, or painting pine cones.

Death of child sex accused was 'meticulously planned and firmly intentional': Coroner

Coroner rules man facing raft of child sex charges took his own life the day before court

'You were at fault': Judge sets sex offender straight after victim blamed for his assault

“She was not at fault, you were at fault. She did nothing wrong.”