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A former Saltus primary school teacher sexually assaulted pupils using a mix of favouritism and fear to prey on his victims, an investigation has found. But the school has decided not to name the teacher involved or to release the full report in orde...

Police launched an investigation yesterday after a flasher exposed himself to a horrified woman near a school in Smith’s yesterday, An area resident said his wife was walking their dog when the man exposed himself. He told The Royal Gazette: “My wife...

A violent child sex offender is now in a UK high-security hospital for detention and treatment, it was revealed yesterday. Bermudian Merrick Seaman was transferred to the hospital in Northampton after a Supreme Court ruled he would “likely” cause har...

A year ago this week, The New York Times and The New Yorker published devastating stories about movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s serial pattern of sexual assault. When the stories first broke, I remember thinking that they were notable, but also pretty...

The brother of twins battered to death 13 years ago escaped a jail sentence yesterday after he admitted sexual harassment of an off-duty woman police officer. Magistrates’ Court heard how Rashaad Cooper, who was 33 at the time, was drinking at the Ea...

An investigation has been launched after allegations of a sex assault on a child by a health worker, the Bermuda Health Council revealed. The health council said the allegations involved an “unregulated health professional” and that police and the De...

A 46-year-old guest worker has denied an allegation that he sexually assaulted a woman in St George’s. The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, denied the charge on July 21 in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo relea...

When Christine Blasey Ford appears at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee today, she is sure to be asked why she waited 35 years to make public her accusation that the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her when they...

Her name matters. No matter where you stand on Christine Blasey Ford’s accusation of sexual assault against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, it’s hard not to notice the inequality in how the two have been addressed. Donald Trump has routinely referred to “Judg...

Sometimes you really don’t want to be right. In June, I wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post, with the headline “Why can’t we hate men?”, offering a robust critique of the pervasiveness and corrosiveness of male power. I argued that the logical con...

Members of the public could start their own sex offenders register irrespective of what steps are taken by the Government, a forum has heard. Shari-Lynn Pringle, a social activist, said someone with good computer knowledge as well as the time and abi...

A forum to discuss the establishment of a sex offenders register is to be held tomorrow. The open mike night at the Astwood Arms pub on Hamilton’s Front Street will be hosted by Robyn Swan, a One Bermuda Alliance senator, and Dany Pen, a member of th...