One survivor says those convicted of sexual crimes should not have the option of a character reference.

Family members poured out their grief in a Moncton courtroom on Monday, during the sentencing hearing for the man who shot ...

Chelsea striker Sam Kerr has been found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment towards a police officer.

The first is during the course of a trial, where the defendant has no previous convictions or relevant police connections and they can call character witnesses to give evidence. They can also be ...

Evidence of an accused rapist's "good character" should be limited in sexual assault trials, a report has recommended. The report by the Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council (QSAC) found ...

The use of character references in sexual crime cases should be reformed urgently, campaigners have told BBC News NI. Haileigh Ashton Lamont, a victim of sexual abuse who now works with survivors, ...

Every day, half an hour before 12 jurors were due at Kingston Crown Court for Sam Kerr’s trial for racially aggravated harassment of a police officer, a black van from Chelsea Football Club would pull ...

A garda who falsely imprisoned and sexually assaulted a woman in a Co Wicklow garda station has been jailed for six years.

Disclaimer: Some evidence that may be shown during the trial could be graphic in nature. SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The ...

Magistrate Jeremiah Savou will sit this afternoon to listen to the submissions and objections, after which he will decide whether the evidence in the ...