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.
Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS Special Crime Division, said: “We welcome the decision of the High Court today which reaffirms that the CPS was right to bring a prosecution in this case. “The messages exchanged between these officers concerned their policing duties and perspectives on those…
Two businessmen from Yorkshire have been sentenced for tax evasion of over £3.2 million, after they set up offshore companies to hide large profits from a land sale.Brothers Michael Hirst, 54, from Wakefield, and Stephen Hirst, 61, from Bridlington, both pleaded guilty to cheating the public…
A woman who gave false information and lied about her qualifications when applying and interviewing for a job as a senior nurse at a Welsh neonatal unit has been found guilty today of fraud. Following a trial at Cardiff Crown Court, Tanya Nasir, 45, from Hertfordshire, was found guilty of nine…
Victims of crime can watch the rest of a trial after they have given evidence without fearing they will negatively affect the outcome, the Crown Prosecution Service has reaffirmed.Updated guidance issued by the Crown Prosecution Service aims to challenge the misconception that victims or witnesses…
A terrorist who used social media platforms such as TikTok to encourage terrorism has been jailed for four years. Hamza Alam, 22, disguised himself before posting videos on TikTok.A number of his posts included hostile references to Jewish people alongside a video that encouraged viewers to…
A security guard from Essex who kept thousands of images of Holly Willoughby has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 15-years for planning her kidnap, rape, and murder.Gavin Plumb, 37, spent two-and-a-half years researching the TV presenter’s personal life and assembling a ‘kidnap kit’ which…
Today (11 July 2024) at Margate Magistrates’ Court, Gheorghe Nica, 46, was ordered to serve a further eleven and half months imprisonment after failing to payback £65,157.65 which he was ordered to pay in a proceeds of crime confiscation hearing. All of the Confiscation Order monies recovered from…
A British man convicted of selling a deadly substance that was falsely marketed as a ‘weight loss’ drug has been forced to hand over £23,000 that he made from his crime. The amount that Jack Finney, 28, was forced to pay back included a quantity of Monero cryptocurrency that was sold off by…
A former limousine driver who systematically groomed and abused young girls in the Rotherham area over a decade, has today been convicted of child sex abuse offences.The CPS prosecuted David Saynor, as part of Operation Stovewood, a major investigation into non-familial child sexual abuse and…
A man from Exmouth has been convicted of the murder of Lorna England, who was stabbed to death as she walked home through Ludwell Valley Park in Exeter.Following the attack on 18 February 2023, Cameron Davis, went shopping and visited two pubs. He was arrested around six hours later on Exeter High…
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If you are a national or international journalist with a media enquiry, you can contact the CPS Press Office on 020 3357 0906 or email [email protected] (9am-5pm weekdays only).
For out-of-hours media enquiries please call 020 3357 0906 to reach the duty press officer.
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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.
