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Youth sentenced for bringing knife to school and stabbing teacher

A youth has been sentenced after he brought a knife to a school and stabbed a teacher in the stomach.

The 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced at Bristol Magistrates Court today (28 September 2023) to a 14-month detention and training order after pleading guilty to one count of possessing a bladed article and one count of attempting to wound with intent.

On the morning of 10 July 2023, the defendant called the police from a toilet cubicle in Tewkesbury School and told them that someone was going to stab a teacher.

Hampshire man jailed for six and a half years for raping and sexually assaulting children

A man from East Boldre, near Brockenhurst, has been jailed for six and a half years for raping and sexually assaulting three children.

UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: Teenager found guilty of murdering a man with a 'Rambo'-style knife in Cheshire

A teenager has been found guilty of murdering a man with a 'Rambo'-style knife in Cheshire.

Teenagers guilty of causing death of Reece Tansey

A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty of murdering 15-year-old Reece Tansey in Bolton in May 2021. A 15-year-old boy was found guilty of manslaughter.

Student admitted step-grandmother’s murder in truth or dare game

A 21-year-old man was jailed for life today at Preston Crown Court for murdering his step-grandmother.

Life sentence for teenage murderer

A fifteen-year-old boy has been detained at Her Majesty’s pleasure for the murder of another schoolboy in Boston, Lincolnshire.

Four convicted of David Gomoh murder

Four Newham gang members who killed a NHS worker while on a ‘ride out’ to a rival gang’s area have today been convicted of murder.

Incorrect story in The Times on age of criminal responsibility

Today the Times is running an incorrect story which falsely claims that in a recent podcast interview, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Max Hill QC, called for the age of criminal responsibility to be raised.

CPS Response to the HMCPSI Inspection Report in Relation to Serious Youth Crime

HMCPSI have today [5 March 2020] published a report into the work of the CPS in relation to Serious Youth Crime.

Emerging Areas of Child Abuse and Exploitation

Speech by Max Hill QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, to the Heads of Prosecuting Agencies Conference in Uganda, 15-17 April 2019

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