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3. News Roundup 16th April
This week we dive into four more cases: Emma Baum, Sara Millerey, Matthew Jones and Jonathan Brooks, plus we bring you the latest update on the Nicholas Prosper case! Find us on Social Media @Versionofevents on Facebook, Insta, Threads, X, Bluesky
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Sara Millerey González
Content warning: this post discusses the rape and murder of a transgender woman. Advertencia de contenido: Este correo discute la violacion sexual, fracturas y transfeminicido de una mujer transgénero en Colombia. A Spanish translation of this post is below. Thank you to the wonderful Lilly for translating for us! Una traducción al español de esta publicación se encuentra a continuación. ¡Gracias a la maravillosa Lily por traducir este post para nosotras! On April 4th Sara Millerey González was murdered in Bello, Colombia. Sara was a transgender woman and activist, affectionately known as “La Millerey”. The motive for Sara’s murder is not currently known, and no suspects have been identified or…
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Russell Brand
Russell Brand has been charged with rape, indecent assault, and sexual assault for a series of interactions that took place between 1999 and 2005. Brand has been interviewed a lot since Channel 4’s DIspatches, the Times and the Sunday Times investigations uncovered multiple allegations against him, and denies all allegations against him. He posted a new video on X when the charges were announced and said “What I never was, was a rapist. I’ve never engaged in non-consensual activity.” He went on to say he was ‘incredibly grateful’ to have the chance to face these charges in court. The Metropolitan Police gave a short statement saying they had written to…
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Hugo Ferreira
Content warning… this post is about the death abuse and rape of a baby, it contains some graphic information so reader discretion is advised. Hugo Ferreira, 37 from South Africa, was sentenced to two life sentences on two counts, one of murder and one of rape and put on the sex offender’s register. Why? Because while high on meth Ferreira couldn’t get his 8 day old daughter to stop crying, so instead of trying to soothe her in some way he decided to quote “Give her something to cry about,” Ferreira went on to rape and beat his innocent baby daughter until she eventually succumbed from the injuries. Even worse,…
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Zhenhao Zou
28-year-old UCL student Zhenhao Zou was convicted today of 28 offences, including 11 counts of rape against 10 different women, following a five week trial. While in China in November 2020 Zou, also known as “Pakho”, downloaded an “instruction manual” on how to drug and rape young women, with the words “effects guaranteed” displayed across pictures of unconscious, naked women. He then used butanediol (a GHB precursor) to drug a number of women and rape them. Police believe there may be more than 50 victims, and have appealed to anyone who believes they may have been assaulted by Zou to contact them (details provided at the bottom of this post).…
