Sexual Assault, Stalking and Suicide: The Dark Side of Tinder
Last year, Victorian man Glen Hartland was sentenced to nearly 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting three women and indecently assaulting another. He pleaded guilty to the charges, after using dating app Tinder to lure his victims. One of...
Sydney Doctor Sent to Prison for Sexually Assaulting Patients
A Sydney doctor has been sentenced to six years behind bars for sexually assaulting patients while working at a sleep research clinic. Ali Khorami pleaded not guilty to committing sexual offences against five females aged between 16 and 29 whom...
Queensland to Force Priests to Report Child Sexual Abuse
Queensland has just passed news law which makes it a crime for priests to fail to report incidents of child sexual abuse. Under the new laws, religious institutions and their members are no longer able to use the sanctity of...
NSW Police Officers Charged with Sexually Assaulting and Filming Schoolgirl
They take an oath to uphold the law and protect the community; a community that pays over $3 billion every year in New South Wales alone for their service. But, there are dozens of examples of police officers who have...
Illegal Strip Searches Are Sexual Assault, But Police Watchdog Has No Power to Discipline Offenders
The civil campaign against the dramatic increase in strip search use by NSW police started gaining traction in mid-2018, as it became apparent that Mick Fuller’s troops were engaging in what’s supposed to be a tactic of last resort like...
Complainant’s History of False Sexual Assault Allegations is Inadmissible, Court Rules
A recent decision in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal (NSWCCA) upheld a District Court decision not to allow evidence before a jury that suggests a woman has a history of making false sexual assault allegations, in a sexual assault...
Complainant’s History of False Sexual Assault Allegations is Inadmissible
In a recent decision, a five judge bench of the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal (NSWCCA) ruled that legislation which prevents criminal defence lawyers from asking questions to complainants in sexual assault cases about their sexual history extends...
Harvey Weinstein Sentenced for Sexual Offences
It’s a long, long, long way from the glitz and glamour of movie-making in Hollywood and ‘A-List’ parties, but Harvey Weinstein is now back behind bars serving the first day of his 23-year prison term. The former Hollywood producer was...
Harvey Weinstein Guilty of Rape, Not Guilty of Predatory Sexual Assault
Former Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein has been convicted of sexual charges by a jury in New York. A jury found Mr Weistein guilty of forcing a sexual act on his former production assistant Mimi Haleyi at his apartment in July...
The Offence of Sexual Assault
Former Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein has been charged in Los Angeles with felony offences including forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by use of force and sexual battery by restraint. Charges were laid just hours after Mr Weinstein appeared...
