A public consultation on updated legal guidance regarding deception as to gender in rape and serious sexual assault cases has been launched by the Crown Prosecution Service today.

A former primary school teacher has been jailed for the sexual abuse of two young girls.

A 24-year-old former Ministry of Defence Police officer has been sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court for making indecent images of children in June 2021.

Deception as to gender may be relevant to the issue of whether consent to sexual activity was vitiated. Cases in which deception as to gender is a live issue may involve a suspect whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.

A 77-year-old man has been jailed for sexually abusing a young girl over three years. 

A religious leader of a Swansea Mosque has been sentenced at Swansea Crown Court for rape and sexual assault of a child nearly 20 years ago.

A convicted paedophile has pleaded guilty to further offences, that link him to a woman who has been jailed for life for child abuse.

A 74-year-old man has been jailed for 20 years for the sexual abuse of a young girl and a young boy over a period of years.

A 76-year-old ex-teacher has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for sexually abusing 19 young boys.