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On a summer evening, the pupil barrister was sitting in the outside section of the bar when a barrister she had met only a couple of times before sexually assaulted her.

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A former Army Sergeant Major has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a teenage female soldier who took her own life after being left terrified by the incident.

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Whybrow was found guilty at a trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court last month of murder and causing grievous bodily harm but was acquitted of racially aggravated assault and threats to kill against Mr Ahmed.

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The majority of the arrests were for supporting a proscribed group under the Terrorism Act, while police said 17 were also arrested for assaults on police officers "after the protest turned violent".

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A man and a woman have been arrested following the death of a man who was assaulted in the street in south London.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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