Prosecutors, police officers and other domestic abuse practitioners came together for the Area's inaugural domestic abuse conference to share best practice, increase

Grime artist Dizzee Rascal's appeal against his domestic violence conviction has been rejected following a hearing at Inner London Crown Court.  

The musician, 38, whose real name is Dylan Mills, was found guilty at a trial in April last year of assaulting his ex-fiancée in June 2021.

Anita Arora, District Crown Prosecutor for London South, said: “We welcome the decision of the court that the conviction and sentence was upheld. The CPS is committed to securing justice for victims of domestic abuse wherever our legal test is met.

Today the CPS has published the Q2 performance data which covers the three-month period from 1 July to 30 September 2022. 

Notable changes in the data from Q1 2022-23 to Q2 2022-23 include: 

• Introduction
• Overall pre-charge and prosecutions
• Rape
• Domestic Abuse
• Hate crime
• Impact of COVID-19
• About CPS data
• Understanding CPS data definitions and caveats
• Data spreadsheets

Introduction

This Q2 data release covers the 3-month period 1 July 2022 – 30 September 2022, with the previous three quar