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US Marshals have arrested Andrew and Tristan Tate in Miami after the UK Crown Prosecution Service has charged them with additional counts including rape, trafficking and offences relating to indecent images of a child. The CPS has requested their extradition to face prosecutions that now allege seven victims and span 2010–2017.
James Holder, 54, of Cheltenham, has been convicted by Gloucester Crown Court of raping a woman after a night out in May 2022. He has been jailed for eight years. The trial heard he entered the victim’s home uninvited, sleepily returned to a bedroom and raped her after she asked him to stop. Holder co-founded Superdry and previously led the Bench brand.
Former Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been found guilty on 18 counts of child sex offences, including rape and indecent assault, involving two victims who were children at the time. His wife, Eleanor, is deemed to have aided and abetted some offences but was found unfit for trial on mental health grounds. Sentencing will follow later this year.
Oslo district court has convicted Marius Borg Høiby, 29, on two counts of rape and multiple other offences and has sentenced him to four years in prison. He has been acquitted on two other rape charges, has been in custody since February and will have the right to appeal. The case has intensified scrutiny of Crown Princess Mette‑Marit and reduced public trust in Norway's monarchy.
Two high-profile UK actors have been found guilty of multiple sexual offences against women between 2004 and 2019. One case involves a former River City star convicted of rape, with sentencing set for July 23. The other case centers on a Glasgow-based actor also convicted of five offences after trial.
Independent and BBC report on separate incidents: a Tottenham man accused of rape and murder across multiple 2025 cases at Old Bailey; and Amaaz’s sentencing for assaulting officers at Liverpool Airport in 2024, with public reaction and ongoing investigations.
A 16-year-old pupil who cannot be named has admitted carrying a knife and is facing trial for alleged attempted murder after a February attack on a teacher at Milford Haven Comprehensive School. The case has seen CCTV evidence and testimony about the teacher’s injuries; the defense argues the act was not premeditated. The trial continues.
Police have authorised 34 charges, including 17 counts of rape, against eight men in a long‑running investigation into group-based child sexual exploitation in south Wales and related cases in Scotland. Victims were children at the time of offences dating back to 1985‑1996; defendants are due in Newport Magistrates’ Court on July 24.