As part of the review the CPS engaged with the National Police Chiefs Council, the Police Federation of England and Wales, the Police Superintendents’ Association, the Association of Police and Crime ...

Gemma Watts (DOB 22/07/1975) was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 30 years. Both defendants pleaded guilty to murder and perverting the course of justice - they were both ...

A man who caused the death of a woman in a high-speed crash has been jailed. Jack Cracknell, 22, was driving with four other passengers in his car in the early hours of the morning on 3 December 2022.

Robert Emmerson targeted women and girls as young as 13 in a secluded Manchester underpass in broad daylight. He gave no thought to the impact his actions would have on the young women he attacked.

A woman who worked for the Department of Work and Pensions has been sentenced for stealing from the agency’s sports and social club. Emily Spencer, 28, of Devizes Drive in Irby, Merseyside, was ...

A former advisor to the US government who flew to the UK to rape whom he believed to be a nine-year-old child has been convicted and jailed for 11-and-a-half years. International investment banker ...

In December 2024, the CPS West Midlands Magistrates’ and Crown court units successfully prosecuted various hate crime cases. Below are some of the cases. On 5 July 2024, the 21-year-old defendant from ...

His Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) have published its latest Area Inspection Programme report, examining the quality of the CPS’s legal decision-making and casework.

A father who claimed to have fatally stabbed his daughter during a ‘play-fight’ in their home has been convicted at Teesside Crown Court today of her murder. Simon Vickers, 50, of Geneva Road, ...