CPS North East - Domestic Abuse Prosecutions - August 2023

Below are examples of Domestic Abuse cases successfully prosecuted by CPS North East in August:

Ex-boyfriend jailed after woman falls from top-floor flat

A man has been sentenced to 17 years for manslaughter after his ex-partner fell from a top floor flat.

Leonidas Georgalla, 51, has been sentenced to 17 years' imprisonment after his former partner fell from a top floor flat. He had previously admitted to breaching the restraining order on the day that Kathleen John fell three floors from a window.

Upon returning home in the early hours of Friday 29 June 2022, friends and family of the pair saw Georgalla standing in front of the flat claiming that Kathleen had fallen from a window.

CPS North East - Domestic Abuse Prosecutions - July 2023

Below are examples of Domestic Abuse cases successfully prosecuted by CPS North East in July:

Domestic Abuse prosecutions in 2022

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CPS data summary Quarter 4 2022-2023

This Q4 data release covers the 3-month period 1 January 2023 – 31 March 2022, with the previous three quarters provided to illustrate trends. The figures below compare Quarter 4 data with Quarter 3.

A man and members of his family jailed for controlling behaviour and servitude offences

A husband and four of his family members have been sentenced to a period of imprisonment after subjecting his wife to forced servitude, honour-based violence and coercive behaviour between October 2017 and April 2019 at their shared family home.

After entering an arranged marriage in Pakistan, Mohammed-Shuaib Arshid, 28, moved to the UK with his new wife in a house shared with his father, Arshid Sadiq, 54, his mother, Nabila Shaheen, 56, his brother, Aqeel Arshid, 32, and his sister Zaib Arshid, 27.

CPS North East - Domestic Abuse Prosecutions - June 2023

Below are some examples of Domestic Abuse cases successfully prosecuted by CPS North East in June 2023:

Life in prison for Kettering family murder

A Kettering man has been given a life sentence for murdering his wife and children in their home in December 2022.

CPS North East - Domestic Abuse Prosecutions - May 2023

Below are examples of Domestic Abuse cases successfully prosecuted by CPS North East in May

CPS North East - Domestic Abuse Prosecutions - April 2023

The following domestic abuse cases were prosecuted by CPS North East in April:

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Domestic Abuse prosecutions in 2022