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, ...
In a recent Newcastle trial, a jury found three men guilty on multiple charges of sexually assaulting three teenage girls over two nights. The victims provided harrowing evidence of the violence ...
The ‘good bloke’ defence debate shifted from rapists to drug traffickers in a Qld supreme courtroom after a lawyer was roasted when they tendered a letter ‘waxing lyrical’ about their client. During ...
A survivor of clerical abuse is calling for the Justice Minister to end or limit the use of character references in court cases, particularly in relation to sexual offences against children. Tony ...
Recently, Tan Lee Hoon was found guilty of abusing her two foreign domestic workers and sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment. Her defence lawyers tried to argue that she did not deserve to go to jail ...
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