Category Archive for : ‘EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL EFFECT’

November 4, 2019
Chiara Giordano
Independent

A man has been jailed for raping a teenage girl while other men also abused her in Huddersfield.
Banaris Hussain, 36, told the judge it was a “miscarriage of justice” as he was led from the dock after being sentenced to 10 years behind bars at Leeds Crown Court.
A total of 27 men have now been convicted following West Yorkshire Police’s Operation Tendersea investigation into child sexual exploitation in the town, with prison sentences totalling more than 300 years.
Hussain, of William Street, Huddersfield, was sentenced on Monday after

November 4, 2019
Jen Christensen
CNN

(CNN)The number of US adolescents admitted to emergency rooms for injuries related to sexual abuse more than doubled between 2010 and 2016, according to a new study. For kids ages 12 to 17, the number increased from 2,280 in 2010 to 5,058 in 2016.
The study, published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics, found that the number of emergency department admissions for child sexual abuse jumped from 5,138 in 2010 to 8,818 in 2016, an increase of more than 70%.
The authors don’t know why the cases have gone up.
“Rates of

October 30, 2019
Kyle Odegard
Gazette Times

A Tangent man was arrested Tuesday by the Linn County Sheriff’s Office for multiple sex crimes.
Michael Ray Long, 35, was charged in Linn County Circuit Court on Wednesday afternoon with three counts of first-degree sex abuse, three counts of first-degree sodomy, two counts of first-degree rape, two counts of unlawful sexual penetration, and one count each of third-degree assault and strangulation, according to court paperwork.
The victim in the case is an elementary-school-aged girl whom Long knows.
Judge Rachel Kittson-MaQatish set bail at $200,000, as requested by the

October 30, 2019
Grace Toohey
Orlando Sentinel

For almost 50 years, Donna Hedrick battled bouts of depression and nightmares while she coped with a traumatic past: When she was 15, a trusted teacher at her Orange County high school, in whom she had confided about problems at home, had invited her to his house. She went, hoping for help.

Instead, she said, he raped her.

In the years since, Hedrick has gradually found some peace, confiding in her husband and now-grown children — and even confronting her abuser on the phone. But about two years

October 29, 2019
Kelly Bauer
Block Club Chicago

CHICAGO — A 2-year-old dog named Hatty will soon be wagging her tail at the Cook County Courthouse.
Hatty, a Labrador retriever, was sworn in Tuesday and will serve as a support dog to children and people with mental disabilities who have been the victims of sexual violence.
Survivors will be able to use Hatty when testifying and when being interviewed by prosecutors and other officials, according to a news release from the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.
“Navigating the criminal justice system can be confusing and scary,

November 3, 2019
David Aaro
Fox News

A Florida man was charged with raping a woman and later admitted to killing a man and woman in Mexico, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.
Omar Navis Torres, 39, who the victim says has a “crack and alcohol addiction,” allegedly beat the unnamed woman before sexually assaulting her.
Officers responded to a location in Manatee County on Oct. 30, in reference to a past physical dispute, when they made contact with Torres and the victim.
Torres allegedly threw the woman onto the bed, hitting her in the