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.
Latest news
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 Bolton man has been jailed for two months for causing damage to two police cars following widespread disorder in Bolton in recent days.James Nelson, 18, pleaded guilty at Manchester Magistrates' Court to criminal damage and was jailed for two months.Suzanne Llewellyn, Chief Crown Prosecutor of…
A defendant who hurled missiles at police officers has been convicted following widespread unrest in Hull.Andrew Stewart, 37, pleaded guilty to one count of violent disorder at Hull Magistrates’ Court today.During the weekend's disturbances, he was seen pushing a large, ignited waste bin towards…
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A man who posted messages on Facebook about attacking a hotel where asylum seekers were housed has been convicted of using threatening words or behaviour to stir up racial hatred.Jordan Parlour, 28, made the online comments advocating an attack on a hotel in Leeds, and the posts were reported to…
The Crown Prosecution Service has been at the heart of the law enforcement response to the appalling outbreaks of violence and disorder across the country.Over the weekend we deployed dozens of extra prosecutors to provide real-time advice to the police and authorise charges where we were given the…
A leader behind an organised crime group (OCG), which trafficked heroin and cocaine into England and Scotland, has been jailed following his extradition from Portugal.Stephen Earle, 52, was sentenced to 11 years and four months imprisonment at Liverpool Crown Court today (2 August 2024), after…
A former National Crime Agency (NCA) officer who used his work device to access, view and download indecent images of children, and child sexual abuse material, has today been jailed.Adam Taylor, 40, was prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) following an investigation by the NCA's Anti…
A man who operated two websites that spread far-right propaganda and encouraged terrorism has been jailed.Colin McNeil, 46, ran the online sites which featured racist documents, images and videos glorifying Hitler, the Nazis and prominent Neo-Nazis.The websites also honoured men who committed…
Following a six-week trial at Woolwich Crown Court, Anjem Choudary, 57, was found guilty of directing a terrorist organisation, membership of a proscribed organisation and encouraging support for a terrorist organisation on 23 July. Khaleed Hussein, 29, was also found guilty of membership of a…
Sarah Hammond, Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS Mersey-Cheshire, said:“The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised Merseyside Police to charge a 17-year-old male, of Banks, Lancashire, with three counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder following the tragic incident that took place in…
A leader of a criminal gang which tried to smuggle millions of pounds worth of illegal drugs into the UK in a shipment of bananas has today been convicted. Sajid Ali, 56, from Birmingham, directed four men - Robert Ball, Mirgent Shahu, Arman Kaviani and Florjan Ibra - in a drug smuggling…
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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.
