Two men who cut down the famous ‘Sycamore Gap’ tree and damaged a section of Hadrian’s Wall, have today been found guilty of criminal damage at Newcastle Crown Court.

A professional boxer has today been found guilty of the manslaughter of a man in Blackpool in October last year, plus numerous drug offences.

A man who made arrangements to travel abroad and pay to rape children as young as six, and helped others to do the same, has been convicted.

This document sets out the principles the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will follow when selecting an advocate to prosecute a case. They apply equally to in-house and external prosecution advocates and relate to all advocacy undertaken by the CPS.

Introduction Entry to the CPS Extradition Specialist Panel at Level 2 is through this application process and is open to appropriately qualified barristers and solicitors who have a Higher Courts Advocacy qualification.

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CPS honour-based violence comparison of key victim issues 2010-2016