A man who gave orange juice to a woman that he spiked with an abortion-inducing drug has been found guilty of administering a poison to procure a miscarriage.

A security guard from Essex who kept thousands of images of Holly Willoughby has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 15-years for planning her kidnap, rape, and murder.

Prosecutors authorise charging Steve Wright with 1999 murder and attempted kidnapping

Luke D’Wit has been sentenced to 37 years for the murders of Carol and Stephen Baxter.

A drug dealer who was caught red-handed with party bags containing cannisters of laughing gas alongside balloons and candy canes has become the first person to be jailed for possession of the class C drug since it was outlawed by the Home Office.

A former Essex Police officer has been convicted of sexually assaulting a woman after a night out and filming it.

Nicholas Hawkes, 39, the first person to be convicted of cyber-flashing, has been sentenced to a total of 66 weeks in prison.

Today Elisha Robinson and Jodie Colvin were sentenced for their acts of horrific abuse directed at a young person in a bungalow in Mulbarton, Norwich. Another was also sentenced but they are a youth offender and so remain anonymous.

Kye Lewis, a 21-year-old man, was today sentenced to seven years for the rape of a sex worker in a cemetery in Southend in 2017.

The CPS has 14 Areas across England and Wales. CPS East of England consists of the counties of Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.