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Daily Mail
2 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Brave sex assault victim fought off attacker and texted pal 'I'm being raped' after being dragged into bushes in a park at 4am, court hears
A 19-year-old woman sent a text message to a friend saying 'I am being raped' after being picked up by a fake Uber driver and into dragged into bushes in a park, a court heard. The woman had been on a night out when she was allegedly approached by 'sexual predator' Graham Head, jurors were told. Head, 68, is accused of posing as an 'unofficial Uber' to target 'vulnerable and intoxicated' women. Lewes Crown Court heard he was found with latex gloves, condoms, Viagra tablets and a balaclava in his silver Mercedes estate when he was arrested. In his home were business cards advertising him as a 'N-Uber driver' with the slogan 'Safe and Reliable - For All Occasions' underneath one of his phone numbers. He is on trial accused of kidnapping, attempted rape, and sexual assault of a 25-year old woman, along with assault by penetration and sexual assault of the 19-year-old woman - all of which he denies. The first alleged attack is said to have happened in the early hours of August 19 2022 in Hove Park in Brighton. The court heard Head had earlier withdrawn money from a cash machine inside a strip club in the city before pulling up in front of the 19-year-old, who had been out drinking with friends. He drove her to the park where he dropped her off before allegedly returning to attack her at around 4am while wearing a Covid mask, the court heard. Prosecutor Paul Jarvis KC said: 'The defendant was intent on sexually assaulting her'. The woman, who cannot be named, told the court on Tuesday: 'The man came up to me. I was a bit surprised, I assumed it was just a weird man who wanted to talk.' She said he then grabbed her and started to sexually assault her. 'He did not say a word,' she said. 'I was shouting at him to stop.' The woman said he wrestled her to the ground before dragging her into bushes. 'He didn't say anything, he showed no reaction at all,' she said. The woman said her attacker kicked her and tried to sweep her legs to get her onto the ground, leaving her with cuts and bruises. 'I was still being held down,' she said. 'I managed to reach into my bag and quickly texted my friend and said I was being raped.' She said her friend immediately phoned back. 'I don't think he noticed until the phone started ringing,' she said. 'I know he got up and ran away but I don't know what direction because I was just focused on running away myself. 'I explained to my friend what has just happened to me. 'I was on the phone to her for the whole time and I know that I ran.' The next day she called police and described a man with short, grey hair wearing a light blue Covid mask. A recording of her 999 call was played to the jury. She told the operator: 'I feel like it was very calculated and he will do it to other women. I was fighting him for about 20mins. 'I've got cuts and stuff on my legs from being dragged across the ground. 'He kept tripping me up and pinning me to the floor. I was screaming and shouting. He definitely does this to other women. 'He waited till I was alone and that's when he attacked me. I don't think this is the first time he's done this. 'I think the covid mask was to hide his identity. I don't want this to happen to anybody else. 'I've been lucky.' The woman said she had been drinking from around 6pm until around 2am. On Monday on the first day of his trial, jurors were told Head was a 'sexual predator' who 'slipped up' the night he was arrested by police. Opening the case, Mr Jarvis KC said the 19 year old was 'intoxicated and vulnerable' when she was sexually assaulted. He said the second victim, aged 25, was also vulnerable and intoxicated in the early hours of the morning when Head kidnapped her and sexually assaulted her in his car and then drove off leaving her distressed on the roadside. On both occasions the defendant was driving his grey Mercedes estate motor vehicle with the registration number L21 GRH, the prosecutor said. The 25-year-old was able to remember the 'L21' portion of Head's number plate which led to police pulling his car over and arresting him the same night, jurors were told. She has since died. The trial continues.
BBC News
3 days ago
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- BBC News
Pevensey man accused of posing as Uber driver to abuse women
A driver allegedly posed as an "unofficial Uber" driver to pick up "vulnerable and intoxicated" women he could abuse, a court Head, 68, had latex gloves, condoms, Viagra tablets and a balaclava in his silver Mercedes when he was arrested in November Head, of Pevensey in East Sussex, is accused of assaulting an 19-year-old woman he picked up near Hove Park and kidnapping, sexually assaulting and attempting to rape a 25-year-old woman after picking her up in Brighton city denies the charges, saying that he offered the 25-year-old a lift home but did not touch her and never met his other alleged victim, jurors at Lewes Crown Court were told. The court was told on Monday that Mr Head was a "sexual predator" who "slipped up" the night he was arrested by his home, business cards advertising him as a "N-Uber driver" were emblazoned with the slogan "Safe and Reliable - For All Occasions" underneath one of his phone two attacks allegedly took place in the early hours of 19 August and 18 November, Jarvis KC, prosecuting, said that in the first attack a 19-year-old woman was "intoxicated and vulnerable" when Mr Head sexually assaulted her in Hove the second incident, Mr Head is said to have picked up the 25-year-old woman from Middle Street in Brighton after telling her he was an Uber driver who had just finished working and would give her a free Jarvis added that Mr Head then tried to rape the woman in the back seat of his car after driving near to her was arrested the same night after the woman came to and kicked him away, memorised part of his number plate and reported the incident to police, Mr Jarvis told the 25-year-old woman has since died, the jury was Head had two mobile phones and was "savvy enough" to know that if he kept them on while he was driving, the network provider could record his movements so kept them in flight mode while he was searching for victims, the court trial continues.
The Sun
3 days ago
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- The Sun
I'm fuming a ‘predator' adult woman chatted up my child on our family holiday – even AFTER I told her his age
SHOCKING MOVE Plus, find out the other reason people insisted the woman was a "walking red flag" , Digital Senior Reporter Published: 14:07, A MUM has been left fuming after a 33-year-old "predator" tried to chat up her 16-year-old son on holiday. Carmel took to TikTok to share the shocking tale, as she revealed it had happened during a recent family vacation. 3 The woman had initially started speaking to Carmel, asking if her son has had his teeth done - to which she replied: "No, he's 16 - they're natural". The woman then replied "Wow, they're lovely". A few minutes later, Carmel went to the bar and left her son sitting with his grandad, at which point the "33-year-old woman turned around to my 16 year old son and said, 'Give me your Snapchat '." Carmel added that the woman - who she said looked "older than 33" - had "slyly" waited until she'd walked off so that she could approach her son. "You knew it were wrong," she continued. "You knew exactly what you were doing, predator, didn't you?" When Carmel discovered what had happened, she went up to the woman - who was on a FaceTime call at the time - and demanded to know why she had asked her son for his Snapchat. And when confronted, the woman admitted: "I knew it were wrong, and I'm sorry". "What were you gonna do? Have your wicked way and buy him a Big Mac?" Carmel raged. She concluded her video by saying she hoped the woman saw her TikTok, because they're both still in the resort and Carmel's "still not over it". I make my teenage daughters pay rent to stay in 'apartments' at home, and I'll 'evict' them if they don't cough up "I'm still raging!" she added in the caption. And in the comments section, people were quick to have their say - with the majority agreeing with Carmel that it was "totally inappropriate". "Imagine this was a man to a 16 year old girl," one sighed. "This is so wrong!" "My 17 year old has said women my age - in their 40s - have tried chatting him up when he's out," another added. "Absolutely gross and they are lucky I've never been there!!!!" "Why are you even having to deal with this s**t?" a third shouted. "Makes me sick - absolute freak!" someone else agreed. "I'm 37 and my eldest is 18, and I'd still have gone mental!" "Totally inappropriate," another said. "I'm 32 and have Snapchat only to contact my 13 year old niece! "Otherwise she'd never reply to my messages!" "Having Snapchat in your 30's is a waving red flag," someone else insisted. 3
Daily Mail
4 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Shocking discovery inside Australia's house of horrors: 'Everything you do online leaves a trace'
A man who paid tens of thousands of dollars to watch children being sexually abused overseas via livestream has been jailed for more than 10 years. The 67-year-old man from Elizabeth, located in Adelaide 's north, was sentenced after a trial that lasted several months, which concluded in the District Court of South Australia on May 26. The court heard he had paid around $60,000 to watch the abuse take place live online. Police became aware of the man after being alerted by AUSTRAC, which had flagged several of his international remittance payments in 2020. When officers raided his home they sifted through mountains of garbage before finding several hard drives containing child sexual abuse material which were seized. Once officers inspected the hard drives they the found illegal material which resulted in a total of nine charges being brought against the 67-year-old. 'Further analysis of his laptop identified records of online communications between the man and people in the Philippines discussing the streaming of sexual abuse of children,' the Australian Federal Police said in a statement on May 28. The man was found guilty on all charges and sentenced to 10 years, one month and 25 days in prison with a non-parole period of five years and nine months. AFP Sergeant Stephen Hegarty said sexual predators who expect to remain hidden online should not be so confident. 'Everything you do online leaves a trace, and we are working tirelessly to identify it,' he said. 'Our goal is to protect children wherever they live and ensure anyone trying to harm them is brought before the courts.' Markus Erikson, AUSTRAC National Coordinator Law Enforcement, was one of the investigators who tipped off South Australia's Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team. He said digital money trails are one of the easiest ways officers track down child predators as they reveal 'not only who they were, but how they operate'. 'Financial transactions are helping us piece together the full picture of offending and connect perpetrators across international borders,' Mr Erikson said. 'We must dismantle this vile trade and ensure that the system enabling profits becomes the tool that catches the offenders.' The Elizabeth man was initially charged with four counts of accessing and possessing child abuse material in 2021. After investigators looked closer into the hard drive's contents however, he received another five charges. These included two counts of encouraging an offence, namely sexual activity with a child outside Australia, and one count of using a carriage service to transmit indecent communication to a person under the age of 16. He was also charged with one count of using a carriage service to access child abuse material and one count of using a carriage service to access child pornography. His trial stretched from February to March 2025 and his sentencing was backdated to his initial arrest in September 2021. He will be eligible for parole in June 2027.
Daily Mail
27-05-2025
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Kamikaze drones so lethal that if you're spotted by one, you're dead: These new un-jammable weapons are devastating, reveals RICHARD PENDLEBURY. No wonder Ukrainians call them 'The Monster'
It's like the monster from your dreams, soldiers here say. The one you can't escape, however hard you try. If you're chosen as the target, well, that's it for you, game over. A favourite tactic of this recently introduced, but already widely feared, predator is to lie in wait in a field beside a road.
