A man who raped a 16-year-old girl in the Dunedin Library car park after befriending her on Facebook has been sentenced to nine years and two months' jail.

Rolf Harris has been stripped of his two Australian honours, after being jailed for indecent assault in the UK

An Auckland teenager has allegedly suffered four days of shocking torture at the hands of a man more than twice her age.

A female Republican politician in Las Vegas is sponsoring legislation to allow guns on campuses, but only to be handled by females.

A forensic mental health nurse who had sex with a recent patient after giving her wine quit his district health board job as soon as he was outed.

An army bombardier, decorated for acts of bravery, has fallen from grace being sentenced yesterday for offences including indecent assault.

DNA could be the key to solving a 21-year-old rape and kidnapping mystery.

An army bombardier, decorated for acts of bravery, has fallen from grace as he was sentenced today for offences including indecent assault.

He was honoured for his service in Afghanistan, but today Phillip Manning will be sentenced for indecent assault following his Court Martial.

A non-commissioned officer in the New Zealand Defence Force has been found guilty of indecent assault.

Police failed to responsibly handle a sexual assault complaint made against a hospital security guard, an IPCA report has found.

A Saudi historian has sparked outrage by claiming Western women drive cars because they do not care if they are “raped by the roadside”.

An army recruit felt pressured to perform sexual acts with an instructor as a way of helping her platoon, a court martial has heard today.

A victim of a former air force sergeant convicted of abuse and rape over a 12-year period has slammed the Defence Force for its inaction.

A Defence Force instructor stripped to his underwear, called a female recruit into his room and told her "he wanted to thrash me", a court martial has heard today.

A member of the army who has accused a more senior non-commissioned officer of offences against her testified at a court martial.

Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein has hit out at media coverage of allegations Prince Andrew had sex with a teenage girl.

A 33-year-old man has reappeared in the Palmerston North District Court this morning on charges after two home-invasion sexual attacks.

The wife of Hollywood executive Alan Ladd Jr has become the latest woman to accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assault: 'I didn't discuss it with anyone for 36 years.'

A woman abused by a businessman says victims of sexual abuse should be able to choose whether to have their identity suppressed, rather than having it automatically applied.

A North Shore woman who bought her 14-year-old daughter a bottle of vodka and took her to her boyfriend's house while his parents were away has been fined.

You might think of them as grubby types, wearing trench coats in darkened corners of public parks. But as several NZ cases show, the stereotype might need updating.

Former glam rock singer Gary Glitter crept into a schoolgirl's bed and tried to rape her at the height of his fame, a London court has heard.

Paedophile singer Ian Watkins made a sex tape with a girlfriend where they spoke of his sickening fantasies of child abuse, a court heard.

Police investigating sex crime allegations against a teacher long presumed dead before being found in rural New Zealand have returned to Australia to prepare a report for a prosecutor.

It is the most extraordinary story of sex, power, influence and the abuse of young girls and it has already sent Jeffrey Epstein, one of the richest men in America, to jail.

More than 70 people are wanted on arrest warrants for alleged sex crimes and evading police.