Press Statements
Date
Outline
20/03/2013
Operation Elveden: CPS Charging Decision
18/03/2013
CPS decides no charges should be brought over hacking of Darwin emails
18/03/2013
CPS legal trainee scheme opens for 2013 applications
14/03/2013
Five sentenced for pioneering production of BMK
14/03/2013
Operation Elveden: CPS charging decision
08/03/2013
Seven men charged with sexual offences involving a 14-year-old girl
07/03/2013
CPS statement on Vicky Pryce and Chris Huhne
06/03/2013
Two men convicted of abuse against young girls in Keighley, Yorks
06/03/2013
CPS and ACPO call for national consensus on tackling child sexual abuse
05/03/2013
Corporate manslaughter charge over man who died from crush injuries at work
28/02/2013
Two members of West Midlands CPS staff charged with conspiracy to commit fraud
27/02/2013
Successes of the Month - February 2013
25/02/2013
CPS - Clive Sharp sentenced to life for murder of Catherine Gowing
22/02/2013
Op Weeting - CPS decision
22/02/2013
Four sentenced in elaborate High Street retailer fraud
21/02/2013
Three convicted of plotting 'catastrophic' terror attack
20/02/2013
Gross negligence manslaughter charge over death of six-year-old trapped in electric gate
19/02/2013
CPS statement on Andrew Partington
19/02/2013
Operation Elveden: CPS statement on Richard Trunkfield
15/02/2013
"Dappy" sentenced to six months' suspended imprisonment
15/02/2013
CPS statement on decision to charge Michael Robert Turner
14/02/2013
CPS statement on dismissal of Ali Dizaei's appeal against conviction
12/02/2013
Man jailed for endangering railway passengers
11/02/2013
CPS statement in relation to Jackie Powell and letter supposedly written by Ian Brady
11/02/2013
Queen's Counsel convicted of £600,000 VAT fraud
07/02/2013
Woman convicted of murder for knife attacks in the street
07/02/2013
Operation Elveden: CPS statement on Alan Tierney
04/02/2013
'Industrial' money launderers sentenced
01/02/2013
CPS statement on conviction of Jason Richards and Ben Hope
01/02/2013
CPS decides no charges should be brought over hoax calls to King Edward VII Hospital
31/01/2013
Successes of the Month - January 2013
31/01/2013
CPS statement on Kevin Hutchinson-Foster
31/01/2013
Corporate manslaughter charge over death of 11 year old girl during banana boat ride
30/01/2013
Man convicted of murdering sister
29/01/2013
CPS decision from Operation Elveden
24/01/2013
Police sergeant to face common assault charge
22/01/2013
CPS statement on Paul Flattley and Virginia Wheeler
18/01/2013
Mine manager and company charged over tragic Gleision coal mine deaths
15/01/2013
CPS statement on Geoffrey Counsell
11/01/2013
Man who threw bottle during Olympic Games found guilty of a public order offence
11/01/2013
Seven sentenced for smash and grab raids
11/01/2013
DPP statement on Savile cases
11/01/2013
Two sentenced for hacking Sony Music servers
10/01/2013
DCI Casburn convicted
08/01/2013
Eight charged in £35m bank loan corruption case
19/12/2012
Gang of metal thieves sentenced to a total of 23 years
14/12/2012
Joint CPS/MPS statement on Gary McKinnon
13/12/2012
CPS announces new board members
12/12/2012
Royal Navy petty officer sentenced for misconduct and breach of Official Secrets Act
12/12/2012
Three men sentenced to a total of 53 years in prison for knifepoint robberies at London homes
07/12/2012
CPS statement on Cyril Smith records
06/12/2012
Two sentenced in first ever 'land banking' fraud trial
06/12/2012
Christopher Weatherhead convicted of conspiracy to hack computers
05/12/2012
Arms dealer jailed for illegal £6m shipment
05/12/2012
Stuart Hall charged with indecent assault
27/11/2012
CPS statement in relation to Cyril Smith
26/11/2012
CPS launches new tools for prosecutors to tackle violence against women and girls
23/11/2012
Female Genital Mutilation action plan launched
23/11/2012
Damien Red Saunders sentenced to life imprisonment
20/11/2012
CPS statement on conviction of Kweku Adoboli
20/11/2012
Charging announcement in relation to Operation Elveden
16/11/2012
Airline pilot sentenced for duty evasion on cigarettes and alcohol
05/11/2012
Michael Jackson sentenced for kidnap and child sex assault
05/11/2012
Four charged with forging £1.2m in counterfeit £10 notes
29/10/2012
Woman charged after fatal Prestatyn fire
29/10/2012
Former Met police detective jailed for misconduct
26/10/2012
Eleven sentenced for hate crimes at Winterbourne View
26/10/2012
Man charged with endangering railway passengers
25/10/2012
Consultation opens on Concurrent Jurisdiction guidelines
16/10/2012
Decision on file of evidence arising from Operation Elveden
12/10/2012
Woman jailed for £1.9 million fraudulent escort service adverts
12/10/2012
DPP decision in response to the Hillsborough report
11/10/2012
Nine charged over naming of rape victim
06/10/2012
Man charged with the murder of April Jones
05/10/2012
Builder jailed for manslaughter of 3 year old Meg Burgess
03/10/2012
Airline pilot to be prosecuted for duty evasion on cigarettes and alcohol
01/10/2012
DPP refuses consent to private prosecution of Babar Ahmad and Syed Ahsan for terrorism offences
27/09/2012
Prison officers sentenced following death in custody
24/09/2012
Op Elveden charge - DCI Casburn charged
21/09/2012
Three people jailed for stealing a hospital power cable
21/09/2012
Teenager sentenced for park fight murder
21/09/2012
Man convicted for Kirsty Treloar murder
20/09/2012
Men will not face charges over allegations of female genital mutilation
20/09/2012
DPP statement on Tom Daley case and social media prosecutions
20/09/2012
Dale Cregan charged with four murders and four attempted murders
18/09/2012
Umran Javed sentenced for possession of terrorist material
12/09/2012
Lee Sandell charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice
10/09/2012
Charging announcement in Oldham explosion case
07/09/2012
Man imprisoned for Bernie Ecclestone blackmail plot
07/09/2012
CPS statement on conviction of Irfan Patel
06/09/2012
CPS authorises prosecution of Kent police officers for misconduct in public office following death in custody
05/09/2012
CPS statement on Andy and Tracey Ferrie
15/08/2012
CPS announces decision on Solar Centre case
14/08/2012
Newstead Abbey metal thief sentenced to 18 months
08/08/2012
CPS statement on London disorder sentences
08/08/2012
Telford men found guilty of sexual offences against young girls
07/08/2012
Former head of Lloyds digital banking fraud pleads guilty to fraud
06/08/2012
Last of Winterbourne View Defendants Pleads Guilty
03/08/2012
Parents convicted for murder of Shafilea Ahmed
02/08/2012
Mark Royle found guilty of murdering Nellie Geraghty
01/08/2012
Hans Rausing admits preventing lawful burial
01/08/2012
Brothers sentenced for fundraising for acts of terrorism
26/07/2012
Two PCs to face charge of racially aggravated public order offence
26/07/2012
CPS statement on Kiaran Stapleton
26/07/2012
Queen's Counsel to face charge over £600,000 VAT fraud
24/07/2012
Operation Weeting - CPS charging decisions
23/07/2012
Speech by Keir Starmer QC, DPP: Prosecuting Violence against Women and Girls: improving culture, confidence and convictions
20/07/2012
Austin & McLean and Esso to be charged in relation to the death of Juan Antonio Quintanilla Romero
20/07/2012
Michael Ranger sentenced for organising arms deals between North Korea and Azerbaijan
17/07/2012
CPS decision on death of Jimmy Mubenga
13/07/2012
John Terry acquitted
04/07/2012
CPS celebrates June's 'Successes of the Month'
03/07/2012
Second ever conviction for corporate manslaughter
22/06/2012
Rochdale grooming defendant Shabir Ahmed guilty of 30 rapes
01/06/2012
Family of five sentenced for tax evasion and benefit fraud
31/05/2012
Two convicted at Norwich Crown Court for defrauding philanthropists out of millions of pounds
30/05/2012
Former Royal Academy of Music Director of Finance sentenced for fraud
29/05/2012
Those issued with Football Banning Orders should surrender their passports or face a prosecution, warns football lead top prosecutor
29/05/2012
Charging decision in relation to allegations that a police officer passed confidential information to a journalist about Operation Weeting
25/05/2012
Former Met police specialist detective faces 13 charges of misconduct over rape and sexual offences investigations
25/05/2012
Former Lloyds Banking Group head of digital banking fraud and security charged with defrauding her employer
23/05/2012
DPP welcomes guidance on metal theft as four convicted for stealing metal from railways
21/05/2012
Joint statement from Cressida Dick, Assistant Commissioner Metropolitan Police Service and Alison Saunders, Chief Crown Prosecutor of CPS London
15/05/2012
Charging announcement in relation to offences of perverting the course of justice against Rebekah Brooks and others
15/05/2012
Former Finance Director of major supplier of potatoes to Sainsbury's convicted of corruption
11/05/2012
Shane Jenkin sentenced to life
11/05/2012
Police officers fined for assaulting man in custody
09/05/2012
Charging announcement regarding The Spectator magazine
09/05/2012
CPS decision - PC Harrington faces ABH charge
08/05/2012
Guilty verdicts in Liverpool Crown Court child sexual exploitation trial
27/04/2012
Charging decision regarding suspected intimidation and harassment by former NoTW journalist
30/03/2012
CPS celebrates March's Successes of the Month
20/03/2012
DPP statement on new CPS Welfare, Rural and Health Prosecutions Division
13/03/2012
Statement in response to the HMCPSI Advocacy report
12/03/2012
CPS supports MumsNet rape awareness campaign
07/03/2012
CPS statement on death of PC Ian Terry
06/03/2012
DPP orders release of more information about tax-related prosecutions
02/03/2012
CPS statement on men convicted of prison mutiny following Ford Prison riot
28/02/2012
DPP responds to Criminal Justice Joint Inspection on rape
22/02/2012
CPS statement on Carl Whant conviction: "Important to mark death of unborn child with separate charge"
20/02/2012
February's Successes of the Month published
17/02/2012
CPS statement on Dragon's Den fraudster
17/02/2012
CPS statement on sentencing of Mervyn Westfield
13/02/2012
CPS statement following Ali Dizaei verdict
09/02/2012
CPS statement on sentencing of nine men for terrorist offences
03/02/2012
Statement by Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, on the case of Mr C Huhne and Ms V Pryce
26/01/2012
Statement from the DPP regarding the South Wales case collapse
20/01/2012
First UK citizen extradited from China jailed
17/01/2012
Statement from the DPP in response to the House of Commons Justice Committee report on Joint Enterprise
12/01/2012
Joint statement by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Metropolitan Police Service
03/01/2012
Statement on conviction of David Norris and Gary Dobson for the murder of Stephen Lawrence
01/01/2012
CPS authorises charge in Salford shooting case
21/12/2011
CPS advises John Terry charge
07/12/2011
CPS Advocate Panels update
01/12/2011
CPS statement on R v Mouncher and Others
18/11/2011
CPS Advocate Panel Scheme
15/11/2011
Man charged with kidnap and sexual assault of a 10 year-old child
10/11/2011
CPS statement on the case of Anne the Elephant
01/11/2011
CPS statement on cricket match fixing trial
31/10/2011
CPS statement on Shane Webber
28/10/2011
CPS statement on Vincent Tabak
26/10/2011
Statement on joint CPS and MPS submission to the Leveson Inquiry
24/10/2011
DPP meets family of Jane Clough
07/10/2011
Bramhall man will not be charged for death of intruder
06/10/2011
CPS statement in relation to Ms Livni's visit
30/09/2011
CPS statement following guilty verdict on Christine Hemming
20/09/2011
CPS statement on The Guardian and the Metropolitan Police Service
19/09/2011
CPS statement on Ryan Donovan
09/09/2011
CPS statement on R V Farooqi and others
26/08/2011
CPS statement on sentences at Birmingham Crown Court arising out of disorder
24/08/2011
CPS statement following sentences for disorder in London
16/08/2011
CPS statement following sentences for looting in Manchester
16/08/2011
CPS statement on conviction of two men over incitement on Facebook
15/08/2011
Guidance to prosecutors on reporting restrictions in cases involving convicted youths
15/08/2011
CPS authorises charge of murder over death of Richard Mannington Bowes
29/07/2011
CPS statement on Bilal Ahmad
29/07/2011
DPP celebrates the best of the CPS
22/07/2011
CPS decides not to charge Salford man over intruder's death
12/07/2011
DPP welcomes transfer of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) prosecutors to CPS
01/07/2011
CPS decision to charge Lion Steel Ltd in second corporate manslaughter case
27/06/2011
Statement from the DPP on Levi Bellfield trial
24/06/2011
Statement from Roger Coe-Salazar on Levi Bellfield trial process
24/06/2011
Statement from Nigel Pilkington on conviction of Levi Bellfield
09/06/2011
Statement from DPP Keir Starmer QC on Ratcliffe on Soar power station cases
01/06/2011
DPP statement on the death of Barbara Mills
24/05/2011
Ian Tomlinson: final decision
18/05/2011
Joint CPS and MPS statement on Stephen Lawrence case
03/05/2011
CPS statement following conclusion of inquest into death of Ian Tomlinson
12/04/2011
Joint statement from MPS Acting Deputy Commissioner John Yates and Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer QC
05/04/2011
Letter from the Director of Public Prosecutions to John Whittingdale MP, Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, April 1, 2011
22/03/2011
CPS statement on Kenneth Noye
11/03/2011
CPS statement on Karl Ness and Qhuram Awan - accomplices of Raoul Moat
11/03/2011
CPS statement on Giovanni di Stefano
09/03/2011
CPS statement following the conviction of Terence Brown
24/02/2011
PC John Forrester is charged with misconduct in a public office
18/02/2011
CPS Statement on William Hippsley
09/02/2011
CPS Statement on Howard Martin
24/01/2011
Statement on phone hacking from the DPP
05/01/2011
CPS statement on conclusion of the 16 'Operation Eaglewood' trials
15/12/2010
CPS response to follow-up review of Equality and Diversity in employment practice in the Crown Prosecution Service
10/12/2010
Phone hacking allegations - Statement from Director of Public Prosecutions
10/12/2010
Man sentenced to 12 years in first believed prosecution for supplying "legal high" GBL
03/11/2010
CPS statement on sentencing of Roshonara Choudhry
25/10/2010
CPS Statement on sentencing of Huntingdon Life Sciences blackmail plotters
22/10/2010
Baroness Vivien Stern CBE delivers the CPS Annual Lecture: 'The crime of rape and justice for victims'
14/10/2010
The death of Ian Tomlinson: letter from Keir Starmer QC to Jenny Jones
04/10/2010
DPP welcomes 'Prosecutors' Toolkit' from mental health charity
16/08/2010
No charges following death of Caroline Loder
11/08/2010
CPS statement on conviction of Martin Newman
29/07/2010
CPS statement on conviction of Brown, Buchak and Adelasoye
01/07/2010
CPS statement on sentencing of stockbroker Jonathan Bunn for false accounting
22/06/2010
CPS statement on Anthony Bamber
01/06/2010
Lee O'Donnell and twins Paul and Gregory Spicer convicted of £2 million fraud at Lewes Crown Court
27/05/2010
Stephen Griffiths charged with three counts of murder
24/05/2010
Statement from CPS London after two young boys are convicted of attempted rape
01/04/2010
DPP's statement regarding CPS decision on the death of Ian Tomlinson
30/03/2010
CPS announces charging decision in the Milly Dowler case
25/03/2010
CPS has mixed response to the joint thematic casework review of asset recovery
23/03/2010
CPS response to the HMCPSI report on Custody Time Limits
23/03/2010
Congratulatory statement to Nick Hardwick on his new appointment
19/03/2010
Statement by Keir Starmer QC regarding the deaths of Sir Edward and Lady Downes
08/02/2010
Statement on conviction of Commander Ali Dizaei for corruption
05/02/2010
Statement from Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, on parliamentary expenses charging decisions
29/01/2010
CPS statement on discontinuance of charges against 11 G20 protesters
26/01/2010
Questions about the decision to prosecute Kay Gilderdale
26/01/2010
CPS authorises racially aggravated charge against Sunderland fan
21/01/2010
CPS statement on Steven Barker judgement
21/12/2009
CPS statement on conviction of Robert Cusworth
16/12/2009
CPS statement on Fairfield Post Office shooting
16/12/2009
Crown Prosecution Service Statement on Martin and Nathan Winter and Alpha Fireworks Ltd.
23/11/2009
CPS receives parliamentary expenses files
13/11/2009
Crown Prosecution Statement on John McFarlane
11/11/2009
Crown Prosecution Service Statement on John and Anne Darwin
06/11/2009
Crown Prosecution Service statement on James Watts
22/10/2009
Crown Prosecution Service Statement: R v Andrew Blaine
20/10/2009
CPS statement on HMCPSI follow up audit on Direct Communications with Victims
01/10/2009
CPS: Joint statement on Vanessa George, Colin Blanchard and Angela Allen
30/09/2009
CPS Statement in response to the HMCPSI report into its Organised Crime Division
28/09/2009
CPS statement regarding Nicola Fisher
28/09/2009
CPS statement on Securitas robbery guilty pleas
16/09/2009
Crown Prosecution Service Statement on the case of Swift and McKnight
06/08/2009
CPS statement on House of Commons Justice Committee report
05/08/2009
CPS statement on Irish extraditions
31/07/2009
CPS statement regarding McKinnon judgment
30/07/2009
CPS statement on Debbie Purdy
09/07/2009
CPS Statement Regarding "Phone Hacking"
29/06/2009
CPS statement on Darryn Walker
29/06/2009
Extradition of Mohammed Saleh Ali from Iraq
26/06/2009
CPS statement on case of Demi Leigh Mahon
11/06/2009
Statement on conviction of three men for murder of Ben Kinsella.
01/05/2009
R v Wilson and Young. A statement regarding calling a very young victim as a witness
03/04/2009
Customs and Excise case
17/03/2009
Case of Nathan Draper
10/03/2009
Case of Hyrbyair Marri
02/03/2009
Case of Lars Gellner
25/02/2009
