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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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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. 

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Victims get clearer guidance on telling courts about impact of crime
Clearer guidance to ensure victims of crime have the chance to speak in court about the impact offending has had on their lives has been published today. Revised joint guidelines on Victim Personal Statements (VPS) is being made available to the police, prosecutors and others across the…
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CPS Statement - Salisbury
Sue Hemming, CPS Director of Legal Services, said: “During the weekend of 4 March 2018 in Salisbury the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia, part of a group of nerve agents known as ‘Novichok’. …
Terrorism CPS
Hillsborough prosecutions - update
The Crown Prosecution Service has today confirmed that criminal charges against Norman Bettison in respect of the Hillsborough disaster have been discontinued. The decision was taken following a review of the evidence and was confirmed at a hearing at Preston Crown Court this morning. Norman…
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Statement following the publication of the Justice Select Committee report on Disclosure
The Crown Prosecution Service and the National Police Chiefs Council have today (20 July) issued a joint response into the Justice Select Committee Report over Disclosure of evidence in criminal cases. Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders said: “Getting disclosure right is a…
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CPS publishes outcome of sexual offences review
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has today (5 June) published the outcome of its review of rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO) cases. In January the CPS announced its senior prosecutors were assessing all cases in England and Wales in which someone had been charged with rape or serious…
Press Release Sexual offences CPS
Action on Stalking and Harassment
A package of measures to improve the way that the criminal justice system deals with stalking and harassment has been unveiled today. The measures - introduced by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) - are a significant shift in the way such cases are…
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Crown Prosecution Service signs the Charter for Families Bereaved through Public Tragedy
The Crown Prosecution Service has today (21 March) become the first national public body to sign up to a new charter committing to treat families bereaved by major disasters in a sensitive and transparent manner. The ‘Charter for Families Bereaved through Public Tragedy’ was proposed by…
Terrorism CPS
Hillsborough charging decisions
Families of the victims of the Hillsborough disaster have this week been informed of CPS charging decisions relating to two outstanding suspects. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigated the actions of two retired senior police officers in relation to the criminal…
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Letter to the BBC re: File on Four, 21 February 2018
To: Gail Champion, Editor, File on 4 21 February 2018 Dear Ms Champion, We are taking the unusual step of jointly writing to express our genuine concerns about the ‘BBC Justice Survey of practitioners about disclosure concerns’ currently being run in conjunction with the Criminal Law…
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DPP speech to the International Summit on Modern Slavery
Wilton Park, 21 February 2018 Welcome Many thanks, Julia, and thanks to Wilton Park for hosting us. Thank you all very much for coming. I know that some of you have travelled a very long way to join us today and I am delighted to see you all. We are all here because of our shared interest…
Speech International and organised crime CPS

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Media protocol

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