Our Senior Team

Martin Goldman, Chief Crown Prosecutor for Yorkshire and Humberside

Martin Goldman studied for his law degree at Dundee University before going on to complete his Solicitors finals at the Chester College of Law in 1987.

He completed his articles in his native Liverpool, qualifying as a solicitor in 1989. Martin then joined CPS West Yorkshire as a trainee Crown Prosecutor, becoming a Crown Prosecutor in 1991. Following a promotion in 1998, Martin became the Head of the Leeds and Wakefield Criminal Justice Units in 2000. He became Chief Crown Prosecutor for Cleveland in 2004 before, in 2007, becoming head of CPS Direct, our national out of hours service which provides telephone advice to police on charging. CPSD staff handle over 3,000 out of hours calls a week. In 2010, the CPSD model was rolled out across the CPS to provide daytime charging advice on the telephone.

In April 2011, Martin was appointed Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS Yorkshire and Humberside.

Barbara Petchey, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for West and North Yorkshire

Barbara graduated in law from Cambridge University in 1985 and joined the County Prosecuting Solicitors Department in West Yorkshire.  When the CPS was set up in 1986, Barbara transferred into the Service as a Crown Prosecutor. 

Two years later, Barbara left to work as a defence lawyer in a solicitors' practice, returning to the CPS after three years.  A number of promotions followed with Barbara leading teams of prosecutors and caseworkers.  In her last post in Leeds, she was responsible for a team of 163 staff and had overall responsibility for 40,000 cases a year.

 In 2007 Barbara left West Yorkshire, moving to Humberside on promotion to Chief Crown Prosecutor. Barbara led the Humberside Area which is responsible for all criminal prosecutions throughout East Yorkshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and Hull. In April 2011 Barbara became Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for Yorkshire and Humberside.

 Barbara has two grown up children and enjoys a busy family life.

Gerry Wareham, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for South Yorkshire and Humberside

Gerry Wareham joined the CPS in London as a caseworker in 1986 and was called to the Bar in 1988. He worked as Branch Crown Prosecutor in 1996.

In November 2000 Gerry became head of one of the northern branches of the Casework Directorate in York, and as such managed a team of lawyers and caseworkers responsible for the review of some of the most complex and sensitive cases within the CPS. Gerry was the lead CPS lawyer for the prosecution following the Selby train crash.

Gerry was appointed Chief Crown Prosecutor for Cleveland in October 2007 where he led the area until taking up the role of Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for Yorkshire and Humberside. Gerry now leads South Yorkshire and Humberside and is responsible for the CPS handling of Violence against Women, Hate Crime, Victims and Witnesses and the digitalisation of CPS systems within the Area. At a national level Gerry also takes the lead on CPS liaison with British Transport Police.