Nine years for stepdaughter abuse
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A 38-year-old Belfast man who sexually abused his stepdaughter over a six-year period is jailed for nine years.
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The estranged wife of the man accused of murdering two teenagers 30 years ago gives evidence at his trial.
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A woman speaks of the abuse by her former partner which included being forced to lie in a dog basket.
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Â· Elderly woman found battered to death at home  Â· Sex attacker who killed in 2005 also lived at facility
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A review is under way into the case of a toddler tortured to death by her stepfather as neighbours say they alerted the authorities.
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TORONTO (CP) - A former teacher who violated the trust of his young students at one of Canada's most prestigious schools was handed a three-year prison sentence Friday after being convicted of nine counts of indecent assault.
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An 11-month-old boy was fatally beaten at a home day center, and authorities have charged a 9-year-old boy also attending the day care with the death and the center's owner with putting the child in harm's way.
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After police discovered the frail, battered body of 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown in her home in 2006, authorities say her stepfather was quick to admit he had bound her to a chair with duct tape and beat her on a daily basis.
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A dissident repubican from Belfast is jailed for nine years for extortion and arms offences.
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A court in Denmark was expected Wednesday to sentence nine people convicted of murder or accessory to murder in the killing of a 19-year-old woman gunned down by her older brother two days after her wedding because her Pakistani family disapproved of her choice of husband.
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A mother-of-five will serve 15 months for killing her husband after a judge heard of the "frightening" abuse she suffered
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John Bofata was nine years old when his mother died and his uncles accused him of witchcraft.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio  - Ohio's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a state law barring incest applied even when the victim was the perpetrator's willing 22-year-old stepdaughter.
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A nine-year-old girl and her mother were among the victims of Saturday's Berkshire rail tragedy, police say.
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A ruling allowing a woman to sue her attacker years later could help other victims of sex crimes and abuse.
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Children whose mothers  experience severe abuse at the hands of an intimate partner are  more likely to wind up in hospital emergency departments, and  their increased risk may persist for up to three years after  the abuse has ended, new research shows.
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A woman sexually abused as a child by her stepfather welcomes his jailing and hopes she can be an example to others.