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500 victims, 200 allegations: full shocking scale of Jimmy Savile's alleged sexual abuse to be revealed

More than 500 people have come forward as victims of the late DJ and television presenter Jimmy Savile, police said today.

Police officer acted like 'sexual predator'

The Independent

A police officer acted like a "sexual predator" and used his position of trust to "further his sexual ambitions", a court heard today.

Pc John Alan Forrester, 40, took advantage of women he came into contact with while carrying out his job as a neighbourhood police officer in north Liverpool, the city's Crown Court heard.

Forrester, from Halewood, Liverpool, is charged with four counts of misconduct in a public office in relation to engaging or attempting to engage three separate women in sexual activity.

He is also charged under the Data Protection Act with eight counts of accessing personal data on the police computer system, which involve a further two women.

Duncan Bould, opening the case on behalf of the prosecution, said: "The prosecution say there is a theme which runs through each of these 12 charges.

"In short, we say that he has used his professional position as a policeman to take advantage of females with whom he came into contact while doing his job.

Steve Powell's Cellphone And Emails Examined As Part Of Search For Daughter-In-Law Susan Powell

Huffington Post

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Utah investigators handling the case of missing mother Susan Powell examined her father-in-law's cell phone, calendar and emails earlier this year – more than two years after she disappeared.

Ex-policeman faces trial in Politkovskaya's murder

MOSCOW (AP) — The son of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya on Tuesday criticized the authorities' deal with a former police officer accused of involvement in her 2006 killing, saying it wouldn't help to determine who ordered the murder.

Bernie Madoff is Arrested - 2008

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Bernie Madoff

by Michael Thomas Barry

On December 11, 2008, Bernard Madoff is arrested at his New York City apartment and charged with masterminding a long-running Ponzi scheme later estimated to involve around $65 billion, making it one of the biggest investment frauds in Wall Street history.

Argentine mom rescues hundreds of sex slaves

LA PLATA, Argentina (AP) — Susana Trimarco was a housewife who fussed over her f

Ex-Cop Jack McCullough Sentenced to Life in Prison For Girl's 1957 Murder

ABC News

Former police officer Jack McCullough was sentenced to life in prison today for the 1957 murder of a little girl, ending one of the nation's longest and most notorious cold cases.

McCullough, now 73, was sentenced in Sycamore, Ill., the same town where he kidnapped and killed Maria Ridulph on Dec. 3., 1957.