Europe | U.K. | Crimes

Police say UK journalist Jacky Sutton’s death in Istanbul airport was suspicious

The unexplained death of British journalist Jacky Sutton in an Istanbul airport is now being treated as suspicious after police discovered thousands of euros in her bag, adding fresh doubt to reports suggesting she killed herself due to lack of funds. In the early hours of Sunday morning, Russian tourists found Sutton, 50, hanged in a toilet cubicle at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport after missing her connecting flight to Erbil, Iraq. Sutton was the acting Iraq director for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), a London-based non-profit media organization. Her death comes five

Europe | U.K. | Crimes

Convictions for rape & violent crimes against women rise

Source: RT

More people than ever are being convicted of sexual crimes against women, including assault and rape, according to new figures from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). While the rate of conviction fell to 56.9 percent, the number increased to 78,733, a rise of 16.9 percent, the CPS report shows. There have been over 100,000 prosecutions for violence against women and girls recorded over the past year. The report also notes more people than ever are being charged with rape, as more historical sex abuse cases get reported and investigated. The CPS attributes the rise to the Jimmy Savil

Europe | U.K. | Crimes

Female kickboxer knocks out sex attacker who pounces as she walks home

Source: The Telegraph

A woman kickboxer who used her martial arts skills to throttle a sex attacker has been praised by a judge who gave her a £500 reward for her bravery. Mark Willis, 39, "bit off more than he could chew" when he targeted the woman as she walked home through Cheltenham, a judge said. He repeatedly punched his victim before pushing her over a wall into a front garden and then jumping on top of her, Gloucester Crown Court was told. But the woman, who has been kickboxing for two years and has also taken a self-defence course, turned the tables on Willis in the attack a

Europe | U.K. | Corruption

Mothers Watch Your Children: More than 260 charged in online child abuse operation

Source: BBC News

Teachers, civil servants and police are among 264 people that have been charged following an probe targeting those accessing child abuse images online. A total of 745 suspected paedophiles have been arrested in the National Crime Agency's Operation Notarise, launched just over a year ago. The agency said 518 children had been protected as a result. Of those charged, 47 were employed in positions of trust or voluntary roles with access to children, the NCA said. NCA director general Keith Bristow said the volume of work related to online paedophile cases had placed a strain on invest