Nick Price, Head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said:

“Following a review of evidence provided by the Metropolitan Police, we have authorised a charge against a man who demonstrated outside the gates of Downing Street last month.

At Winchester Crown Court, Malakai Wheeler was given an extended sentence of seven years - six years in custody with an extended licence of one year. He had previously been convicted of multiple terrorism offences. 

Nick Price, Head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said:

“Malakai Wheeler was a highly active member of an extreme right-wing online chat group, whose discussions were far from idle conversation. 

Nick Price, Head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said: “Following a review of evidence provided by the Metropolitan Police, we have authorised charges against two women who took part in a demonstration in central London last month.

“Heba Alhayey, 29, and Pauline Ankunda, 26, have been charged with single counts of carrying or displaying an article, namely an image displaying a paraglider, to arouse reasonable suspicion that they are supporters of a proscribed organisation, namely Hamas, on Saturday, 14 October 2023.

A man has been jailed for life for the attempted murder of a woman outside a leisure centre in Cheltenham in March this year. 

Joshua Bowles, 29, previously pleaded guilty to attempted murder on 30 August at the Central Criminal Court. 

The victim was a US national employed by the National Security Agency of the USA. At the time of the attack on 9 March 2023, she was working at GCHQ.

Bowles also previously admitted one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm after he assaulted a man who intervened during the attack. 

Nick Price, head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said: “The CPS has authorised a charge of conspiracy to conduct espionage against three men and two women suspected of spying for Russia.

“Orlin Roussev, 45, Bizer Dzhambazov, 41, Katrin Ivanova, 31, Ivan Stoyanov, 31, and Vanya Gaberova, 29, will be charged with conspiring to collect information intended to be directly or indirectly useful to an enemy for a purpose prejudicial to the safety and interest of the state between 30 August 2020 and 8 February 2023.