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'Child's Testimony Alone Can Secure Conviction If Reliable': Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has upheld a man's 12-year jail term for raping a 10-year-old girl in 2017, saying the child's testimony inspired confidence and was reliable, and the conviction could rest upon it alone.
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Man Charged With Sexual Assault Of Minor Stepdaughter In 2014 Acquitted
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday acquitted a man of the charge of sexually assaulting his minor stepdaughter in 2014, saying the child's testimony does not inspire confidence.
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6-Year-Old's Testimony Nails Her Rapist, He's Sentenced To 20-Year Jail
A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has sentenced a man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl in 2021, relying on the deposition of the six-year-old survivor and other prosecution witnesses.
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Delhi High Court Upholds Man's 12-Year Jail Term For Raping Daughter
Delhi High Court has upheld the 12-year jail term of a man who was convicted of sexually assaulting his six-year-old daughter, saying the testimonies of witnesses, including the child, were consistent.
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How Australian Child Abuse Survivor's Testimony Sank Top Vatican Cleric
There was a gasp in the Australian courtroom as the jury foreman read out the first verdict on child sex offences against Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican's treasurer, then stunned silence as the same word was repeated for each of the four other charges he faced.
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A Dead Dog Helped Convict Man Of Child Sex Abuse. Then It Was Found Alive
The testimony pouring out of the witness was grim, as disturbing as anything a criminal jury could be tasked to absorb. There in an Oregon courtroom in March 2017 was a daughter accusing her own father of sexual abuse
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US Police Cite Child Victims in Encryption Plea to Congress
Testimonies prepared for the hearing were posted on the congressional panel's website.
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Child Sex Abuse Victims To Hear Cardinal's Testimony In Rome
Victims of clergy abuse won permission today to be present next week when Pope Francis's finance minister testifies from Rome to an Australian inquiry into child sex offenses within the Roman Catholic Church.
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US Jury Hears Bryant Gumbel Testimony in HBO Libel Trial
A federal jury heard testimony from Bryant Gumbel on Friday at a trial in which HBO faces libel claims over a report aired on the TV journalist's popular sports news programme that focussed on child labour in India.
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Priyanka Chopra: Not every girl child is as lucky as me
From Bareilly to Boston to Bollywood - Priyanka Chopra's success story is testimony to how, if small town girls from middle-class families are given the freedom to choose their life's course, they can do wonders.
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Campbell blasted for calling testimony 'big inconvenience'
Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been urged by a former child soldier to apologise for calling her appearance at the war crimes trial 'inconvenient'.
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'Child's Testimony Alone Can Secure Conviction If Reliable': Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has upheld a man's 12-year jail term for raping a 10-year-old girl in 2017, saying the child's testimony inspired confidence and was reliable, and the conviction could rest upon it alone.
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Man Charged With Sexual Assault Of Minor Stepdaughter In 2014 Acquitted
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday acquitted a man of the charge of sexually assaulting his minor stepdaughter in 2014, saying the child's testimony does not inspire confidence.
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6-Year-Old's Testimony Nails Her Rapist, He's Sentenced To 20-Year Jail
A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has sentenced a man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl in 2021, relying on the deposition of the six-year-old survivor and other prosecution witnesses.
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Delhi High Court Upholds Man's 12-Year Jail Term For Raping Daughter
Delhi High Court has upheld the 12-year jail term of a man who was convicted of sexually assaulting his six-year-old daughter, saying the testimonies of witnesses, including the child, were consistent.
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How Australian Child Abuse Survivor's Testimony Sank Top Vatican Cleric
There was a gasp in the Australian courtroom as the jury foreman read out the first verdict on child sex offences against Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican's treasurer, then stunned silence as the same word was repeated for each of the four other charges he faced.
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A Dead Dog Helped Convict Man Of Child Sex Abuse. Then It Was Found Alive
The testimony pouring out of the witness was grim, as disturbing as anything a criminal jury could be tasked to absorb. There in an Oregon courtroom in March 2017 was a daughter accusing her own father of sexual abuse
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US Police Cite Child Victims in Encryption Plea to Congress
Testimonies prepared for the hearing were posted on the congressional panel's website.
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Child Sex Abuse Victims To Hear Cardinal's Testimony In Rome
Victims of clergy abuse won permission today to be present next week when Pope Francis's finance minister testifies from Rome to an Australian inquiry into child sex offenses within the Roman Catholic Church.
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US Jury Hears Bryant Gumbel Testimony in HBO Libel Trial
A federal jury heard testimony from Bryant Gumbel on Friday at a trial in which HBO faces libel claims over a report aired on the TV journalist's popular sports news programme that focussed on child labour in India.
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Priyanka Chopra: Not every girl child is as lucky as me
From Bareilly to Boston to Bollywood - Priyanka Chopra's success story is testimony to how, if small town girls from middle-class families are given the freedom to choose their life's course, they can do wonders.
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Campbell blasted for calling testimony 'big inconvenience'
Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been urged by a former child soldier to apologise for calling her appearance at the war crimes trial 'inconvenient'.
