Sexual Offences

A Supreme Court judge sentenced the Darwin man to 21 years in jail, describing his conduct as "sadistic". The court heard the victim suffered from a language disorder and her father knew of her vulnerabilities and he ensured she was isolated at the time of the offending.

The study shows of the more than a million women who've experienced child sexual abuse almost half suffered it between the ages of five and nine years of age.

A man accused of breaking into a Central Coast nursing home and sexually assaulting a woman in her 90s been refused bail after being ordered to undergo a mental health assessment.

The case brought by the victim of a notorious paedophile priest marked the first time a civil trial against the Catholic Church was heard by a jury, with a lawyer suggesting the high payout awarded served as a "warning shot" across the bow of institutions.

Sean "Diddy" Combs settles a lawsuit with his ex-partner Cassandra Ventura, just one day after she publicly accused him of sexual slavery and rape.

Darrell Hudson is sentenced to fours years and nine months in prison for raping and choking a sex worker, and punching a hole in the brothel wall during what Acting Justice Peter Berman described as "a degrading series of assaults".

R&B vocalist Cassandra Ventura sues Sean "Diddy" Combs, accusing him of subjecting her to serial physical abuse.

A Southport District Court jury returned its verdict this morning, acquitting Connor Buhk following a four-day trial.

After Victorian teacher David Ernest Keith MacGregor was convicted of indecent assault, the education department transferred him to a new school.

A Queensland jury has been told the father of a woman allegedly raped by a fellow lifesaver confronted the man at his house in an attempt to incite a confession. 

We now teach that no means no, and if someone is drunk, they cannot consent but what happens when a person is so intoxicated, they can’t clearly remember their alleged assault?

Police allege the 34-year-old Samoan man ambushed the teenager at Arawarra Headland, north of Coffs Harbour, on Friday evening.

Few victims of sexual assault will report the crime to police – even fewer will see the inside of a courtroom. There's one key element common to a staggering number of sexual assault cases that experts believe the justice system is yet to properly confront.

Stephen Neil White's crimes were so serious that a court imposed a continuing detention order on him to keep him behind bars in WA. That has now been rescinded and he will be released back into the community.

A woman was allegedly raped by a lifesaver while she slept at a surf club on the Gold Coast three years ago. 

An alleged violent altercation between a patient and one or more security guards that left other vulnerable patients shaken again puts safety at Perth Children's Hospital under the spotlight.

The University of Tasmania admits staff failed to intervene when they became aware a student was allegedly sexually harassed and sexually assaulted by a staff member.

The woman who was choked by Tongan man Seti Moala in April last year speaks of the trauma she experienced both during the attack and again as the case went to trial.

The Western Bulldogs ordered to pay a record $5.9 million to Adam Kneale who was sexually abused at the club forty years ago.

The case against a former daycare worker, accused of sexually abusing 91 children under his care, could bypass the lower court.

The former head of one of Perth's largest hospitals, Kempton Cowan, is sent to prison for five months for online child sex offences.

The Catholic primary school in WA's north has become the target of a historical abuse investigation, with allegations two clergymen assaulted a student at the school more than 30 years ago.

The suit follows a recent flurry of allegations made against the 48-year-old performer by several women accusing him of sexual assault and inappropriate behaviour.

A landmark inquest looking at the state of domestic violence in the Northern Territory hears men's services are key to addressing the crisis.

A senior Victorian police officer has been sentenced to almost five years' jail for raping a "vulnerable" junior officer, prompting calls for a fresh focus on "predatory behaviour" by members of the force.