A PhD student has been jailed today, Thursday 6 October, for nine years after being found guilty of raping and assaulting a woman in Plymouth.
Following a four-day trial at Plymouth Crown Court, Dayan Garcia, aged 31 and previously from Mariners Court, Plymouth, was jailed for two counts of rape and one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH).
Devon and Cornwall Police is promoting a new campaign around sexual consent, which aims to educate and inform young people around what can sometimes be a confusing issue.
The campaign, which targets 16 to 21 year olds, also promotes the message that there are #noblurredlines – sex without consent is rape.
Young people may feel pressured into having sex when they don’t want to...
Devon and Cornwall Police have confirmed that the 34 year old man arrested yesterday after an alleged rape in the toilets of a Plymouth café, has been released on police bail until 4 June 2013 while police carry out further enquiries.
At around 8am yesterday, Thursday 28th February, a woman in her early twenties, reported being raped in the toilets of Goodbodies Café on Mutley Plain...
Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has offered his backing to Totnes MP Dr Sarah Wollaston MP who has been criticised for the support she gave to the two men who alleged they had been assaulted by the former deputy speaker of the Commons Nigel Evans.
It has been reported in the national press that Dr Wollaston has been "vilified" for listening to the two young...
Devon and Cornwall Police have released a statement concerning an alleged rape of a Plymouth woman on Mutley Plain.
Police sources say at around 8am this morning, Thursday 28th February, a woman in her early twenties reported that she had been raped in the toilets of Goodbodies Cafe on Mutley Plain in Plymouth. On police arrival the alleged offender was still at the scene. He was...
