Criminal cases that the Crown Prosecution Service take to court are in the news every day. This section also covers many issues related to our work, including violence against women and girls, hate crime, support for victims and witnesses, statistics, and speeches by the Director of Public Prosecutions and other senior staff.
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You can find our latest news stories here and search for older stories. You can also find more information about high-profile cases and the work of the CPS.
Working with the media
To make criminal court reporting more open, the CPS, police, and media representatives created a joint protocol (agreement) for working together. We are currently working on an updated version of the protocol.
A romance fraudster who conned his victim into borrowing money and handing over her savings has been ordered to pay back over £32,000 of the stolen money.Kye Hughes, 35, met his victim on a dating app and flashed a seemingly lavish lifestyle which he claimed came from a background as an actor,…
Lisa Ramsarran, Chief Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service in Thames and Chiltern, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised Hertfordshire Constabulary to charge David Carrick with sexual offences against two women.“David Carrick has been charged with five counts of indecent…
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Rosemary Ainslie, Head of the CPS Special Crime Division, said: “Following a review of the evidence provided by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), we have authorised a charge of causing death by careless driving against Metropolitan Police officer Christopher Harrison, 67.“The charge…
Three men who defrauded two victims out of their pensions have today been jailed.Simon Hooper, 50, Martin Kelly, 61, and Ryan Allen, 46, were found guilty of fraud offences following a trial at Wood Green Crown Court. On 4 October 2024, they were sentenced to six years, five years and four and a…
Rosemary Ainslie, Head of the CPS Special Crime Division, said: “We have authorised Dyfed Powys Police to charge Nerys Lloyd, 39, with four counts of gross negligence manslaughter and one health and safety offence following the deaths of four paddleboarders in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, in 2021…
Members of a gang who trafficked 12 people from eastern Europe and forced them to work long hours while stealing their wages have been jailed.Zdenek Drevenak, 47, his partner Monika Daducova, 44, Jiri Cernohous, 49, and Martin Slovjak, 46, all from the Czech Republic, acted together to lure 10 men…
A former PhD student has been jailed for conspiring to commit female genital mutilation (FGM) against a young girl in the first conviction of its kind in England and Wales.Emad Kaky, 47, from Swansea, arranged for the child to travel from the UK to Iraq where he had organised for her to be…
Three men have been imprisoned for raping four young girls in Plymouth in 2017.The Crown Prosecution Service prosecuted Anthony Anantharajah, 34, Abalzaq Salih, 30, and Saif Kahya, 32, following an investigation by Devon and Cornwall Police and were sentenced to 13 years, 19 years, and 12 years…
Two 13-year-olds have been sentenced for the murder of Shawn Seesahai who they randomly attacked with a machete and stabbed to death in Wolverhampton last year.The boys, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were both sentenced to detention in a youth detention accommodation at his Majesty’s…
A Rotherham man who groomed and subjected a young girl to a campaign of sexual abuse and violence during the 2000s has been convicted.The CPS prosecuted David Fish, 48, as part of Operation Stovewood, a major investigation into non-familial child sexual abuse and exploitation which took place in…
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Media protocol
To ensure greater openness in the reporting of criminal proceedings, the CPS, the police and media representatives developed a joint protocol for working together. We are currently in the process of updating the protocol.
