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The Independent
2 days ago
- The Independent
Former police officer jailed for inappropriate relationship with girl has sentence tripled
A former Metropolitan Police officer who was jailed for instigating an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old girl has had his sentence tripled. Che Homersham, 37, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court in May after admitting to abusing his position as a police constable by attempting to instigate a sexual relationship with the girl. He first met the victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, while on duty responding to a domestic incident involving her mother in north London in December 2018, the court heard. Homersham, from Southgate, north London, took the girl's personal details, including her telephone number, and called her the following day saying he needed to take a witness statement. The former officer then drove the girl to the Harrow Viewpoint and asked to kiss her, which she refused. Homersham's initial sentence was increased by 12 months after the Solicitor General, Lucy Rigby KC MP, referred it to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) said on Tuesday. Ms Rigby said: 'Homersham abused his position as a police officer – a role that rightly commands public trust – and I welcome the court's decision to increase his sentence.' The former officer's inappropriate relationship continued with the teenager over several years, including by describing sexual fantasies and making sexual advances, the AGO said. This included Homersham sending the girl a text in which he said he was going to 'pick her up from school and make love to her', the court was told. Texts to the victim from Homersham were uncovered when he was arrested for a separate matter in August 2023. Homersham was charged after an investigation by the Met's anti-corruption unit, which started in June 2023 and was carried out under the direction of the Independent Office for Police Conduct. He resigned from the Met in February last year after joining the force in July 2017.
National Post
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- National Post
Former NFL star's wife hints podcast host accused of sexual misconduct could be back soon
Kelly Stafford has shed a bit of light on the status of her popular podcast. Article content The wife of former NFL star Matthew Stafford is co-host of The Morning After, but the podcast has been missing its other host, journalist Hank Winchester, recently. Article content Article content That's because Winchester had his home raided in June in relation to a sexual misconduct investigation, according to the New York Post. Article content On June 13, a search warrant was executed at Winchester's residence and electronics were seized after he was accused of making sexual advances during a massage, according to Fox 2 Detroit. Article content 'I know that (the podcast) has looked a little differently over the last few weeks,' Stafford said on a recent episode. 'Summer is a lot for all of us. I've been travelling a bunch. Hank is dealing with some personal stuff. Bear with us there.' Article content Winchester has been on the show a few times since the allegations, while Matthew Stafford, formerly of the Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams — the team he won a Super Bowl and Super Bowl MVP with — has helped out on some. Article content Winchester has been on administrative leave from WDIV Local 4 in Detroit since June 18 while the investigation unfolds. Article content 'Hank has spent decades bringing truth to our community and fighting for our citizens,' read a statement from Winchester's attorney, Todd Flood, as reported by the New York Post.
The Independent
2 days ago
- The Independent
Ex-Met Pc jailed for inappropriate relationship with girl has sentence tripled
A former Metropolitan Police officer who was jailed for instigating an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old girl has had his sentence tripled. Che Homersham, 37, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court in May after admitting to abusing his position as a police constable by attempting to instigate a sexual relationship with the girl. He first met the victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, while on duty responding to a domestic incident involving her mother in north London in December 2018, the court heard. Homersham, from Southgate, north London, took the girl's personal details, including her telephone number, and called her the following day saying he needed to take a witness statement. The former officer then drove the girl to the Harrow Viewpoint and asked to kiss her, which she refused. Homersham's initial sentence was increased by 12 months after the Solicitor General, Lucy Rigby KC MP, referred it to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) said on Tuesday. Ms Rigby said: 'Homersham abused his position as a police officer – a role that rightly commands public trust – and I welcome the court's decision to increase his sentence.' The former officer's inappropriate relationship continued with the teenager over several years, including by describing sexual fantasies and making sexual advances, the AGO said. This included Homersham sending the girl a text in which he said he was going to 'pick her up from school and make love to her', the court was told. Texts to the victim from Homersham were uncovered when he was arrested for a separate matter in August 2023. Homersham was charged after an investigation by the Met's anti-corruption unit, which started in June 2023 and was carried out under the direction of the Independent Office for Police Conduct. He resigned from the Met in February last year after joining the force in July 2017.
Telegraph
3 days ago
- Politics
- Telegraph
Epstein victim urged FBI to look at Trump — twice
One of Jeffrey Epstein's accusers twice urged the FBI to look at Donald Trump following an alleged incident with him. In 1996, Maria Farmer, told police she was groped by Epstein and his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell. Ms Farmer, who worked for Epstein as an art advisor, was one of the first people to accuse the paedophile financier of sexual misconduct. When reporting the incident she raised concerns about the high-profile individuals surrounding Epstein, including Mr Trump and Bill Clinton, she told the New York Times. Ms Farmer told the newspaper she had been troubled by a 1995 incident with the then-Apprentice star, in which she met Mr Trump for the first time after being summoned to Epstein's Manhattan offices late one evening. She claimed the impromptu meeting took place just before she began working for Epstein. Ms Farmer said she arrived in running shorts and that Mr Trump hovered over her and stared at her legs, making her feel scared. She said Epstein then entered the room and said: 'No, no. She's not here for you,' before the pair left together. Ms Farmer claimed she then heard Mr Trump say he thought she was 16 years old. Ms Farmer said she did not experience any other incidents with Mr Trump and did not see him engage in inappropriate behaviour with women or girls. In 2006, Ms Farmer claimed she again told the FBI to examine Mr Trump's links to the late financier. At the time, she was interviewed as part of the investigation into claims Epstein had sex with a minor. Epstein was eventually charged with one count of soliciting prostitution and and one count of soliciting prostitution from someone under the age of 18. He pleaded guilty and served 13 months in a low-security prison. The White House branded the story about Mr Trump, which Ms Farmer first made public in 2019, as 'recycled, old fake news of the highest order'. 'This is recycled, old fake news of the highest order that was already peddled for more than six years, concocted by Democrats and the liberal media just like they did with the Russiagate scandal, which was just proven today. 'The president was never in his office. The fact is that the president kicked him out of his club for being a creep,' director of communications Stephen Cheung told the Telegraph. Mr Trump is facing the biggest crisis of his presidency over his administration's failure to release all information related to Epstein's case. The FBI and the Department of Justice sparked dismay among the president's Maga base earlier this month after concluding that the sex offender did not have a 'client list' and took his own life in a Manhattan prison cell in 2019. Conspiracy theorists, including many Trump voters, believe that Epstein was killed to prevent supposed information about high-profile 'clients' involved with the financier being made public. Ms Farmer worked for Epstein from 1995 to 1996, first as an art advisor and then on the front desk of his New York mansion, where she oversaw the coming and goings of girls, young women and celebrities. Her younger sister, Annie Farmer, was also assaulted by Epstein. She said she was coerced into a topless massage at his ranch in New Mexico when she was 16-years-old. The president last week ordered the Department of Justice to release grand jury testimony related to Epstein after the Wall Street Journal reported that Mr Trump had sent the disgraced financier a sexually suggestive birthday card in 2003. Mr Trump called the report a hoax and filed a defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal.
France 24
4 days ago
- Politics
- France 24
Trump and Epstein: What was their relationship?
AFP looks at the pair's relationship as the Trump administration also faces demands to release all government files on Epstein's alleged crimes and his death. Parties and private jets Trump, then a property mogul and self-styled playboy, appears to have known Epstein, a wealthy money manager, since the 1990s. They partied together in 1992 with NFL cheerleaders at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, according to footage from NBC News, which shows the pair talking and laughing. The same year, Epstein was Trump's only guest at a "calendar girl" competition he hosted involving more than two dozen young women, The New York Times reported. In a display of their close ties, Trump flew on Epstein's private jet at least seven times during the 1990s, according to flight logs presented in court and cited by US media. He has denied this, and in 2024 said he was "never on Epstein's plane." In 1993, according to The New York Times, Trump allegedly groped swimsuit model Stacey Williams after Epstein introduced them at Trump Tower -- a claim the president has refuted. Separate from his links to Epstein, Trump has been accused of sexual misconduct by around 20 women. In 2023, he was found liable of sexually abusing and defaming American journalist E. Jean Carroll in a civil trial. 'Terrific guy' Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein's main accusers who died by suicide this year, said she was recruited into his alleged sex-trafficking network aged 17 while working at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in 2000. Giuffre claimed she was approached there by Ghislaine Maxwell, who was jailed in 2022 for helping Epstein sexually abuse girls. Trump seemed to be on good terms with Epstein during this time, praising him as a "terrific guy" in a 2002 New York Magazine profile. "He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side," Trump said. In 2003, according to a Wall Street Journal report, Trump penned a letter for Epstein's 50th birthday featuring a drawing of a naked woman, with his signature "Donald" mimicking pubic hair. His apparent message -- Trump dismissed the letter as a "fake thing" -- read: "Happy Birthday -- and may every day be another wonderful secret." 'I wasn't a fan' The pair reportedly had a rupture in 2004 as they competed to buy a waterfront property in Florida, which Trump eventually snagged. The two men were hardly seen together in public from that point. Trump would later say in 2019 that they had a "falling out" and hadn't spoken in 15 years. Shortly after the property auction, police launched a probe that saw Epstein jailed in 2008 for 13 months for soliciting an underage prostitute. He was arrested again in 2019 after he was accused of trafficking girls as young as 14 and engaging in sexual acts with them. Trump, then serving his first term as president, sought to distance himself from his old friend. "I wasn't a fan," he told reporters when the charges were revealed. In 2019, Epstein was found hanging dead in his prison cell awaiting trial. Authorities said he died by suicide. Since then, Trump has latched onto and fueled conspiracy theories that global elites including former president Bill Clinton were involved in Epstein's crimes or death. Those same theories now threaten to destabilize Trump's administration, despite his attempts to dismiss the saga as a "hoax" created by political adversaries. © 2025 AFP
