The decisions on bail, in criminal proceedings, represent an important stage in the prosecution process. The results of these decisions can have far reaching consequences for victims of crime and the public in general.

An 81-year-old child abuser who escaped justice by fleeing to Thailand in 1997 ahead of his trial has today been jailed for 46 years for a catalogue of horrific sex offences against 24 boys in his care from the late 60s to the mid-90s.

The Crown Prosecution Service has today announced charges against a man in connection with a racially aggravated rape in Walsall.

Foreword Modern slavery is an abhorrent crime, where people are treated as commodities and exploited for criminal gain. It is estimated that across the globe there are in the region of 40 million people who are currently trapped in modern slavery, a harrowing figure.

Nathan Bennett, 30, was sentenced to 24 years imprisonment at Bristol Crown Court for multiple sexual assaults against children in his care, including two counts of rape.

A former Bridgend town Councillor was jailed at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court today for attempting to kill his wife.