- In South Africa, an appeal court has increased Oscar Pistorius’ sentence for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp to 13 years and five months. Prosecutors argued that initial the six-year sentence was “shockingly light.”
- Basil Bortuski has been found guilty of murdering three women near Wilno, Ontario in 2013. The women’s names were Anastasia Kuzyk, Nathalie Warmerdam, and Carol Cullerton.
- An Irish study found that men who are convicted of killing their current or former female partners face shorter sentences than other men convicted of manslaughter.
- A Winnipeg police officer, Remi Van Den Driessche, is on trial for multiple counts of sexual assault, extortion, criminal harassment, and breach of trust. Two of his victims — both women who were in prostitution when he targeted them — testified this week.
- The New York Times has a roundup of some American cases where sexual assault victims have been accused of and charged with lying. Spoiler: The women weren’t lying.