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Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) and Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) have today (8 December 2020) published a report on Pre-charge Bail and Release under Investigation. The report’s recommendations relate mainly to the police but there are also issues here for the CPS. Decisions as to bail are always for the police to make, but one third of the cases coming before the criminal courts involve a CPS charging decision and those cases are an opportunity for the CPS to provide advice and assistance as to bail pre-charge.

A former advisor to the US government who flew to the UK to rape whom he believed to be a nine-year-old child has been convicted and jailed.

A carer who stole money from a ninety year old woman and then returned to the house and murdered her has been jailed for life.

A man who used computer technology and real photographs of children to create sexual abuse images and encouraged the rape of children via the internet has been convicted.