CPS News Centre

LGBT+ bullying and hate crime schools pack launched

“Hate incidents and hate crimes can have a devastating effect on the individuals and communities who are targeted for simply being who they are. Everybody has the right to live free of persecution, but hate crime tramples upon this right.”

Hoaxer jailed after causing bomb scare on his own flight

An airline passenger who caused a bomb scare on his own flight because he was running late and feared he would miss it has been jailed.  

Two property developers jailed for failing to pay almost £1million tax

Two property developers who failed to pay the tax due on the profits they’d made from successful house sales, have been jailed.

Madhu Bhajanehatti, 45, and Himat Chana, 60, were property developers, buying and selling houses across London between 2002 and 2009.

Couple who lived as man and wife with their three children jailed for housing benefit fraud

A man and woman who lived together and had three children together but claimed they weren’t a couple have been jailed for £108,754 of benefit fraud.

CPS statement on the sentencing of Farirai Shereni

Farirai Shereni, 26, was given a sentence of 13 years' imprisonment today (Friday 17 January) after being convicted of raping a woman while she was on her way to work in Birmingham city centre.

Community order for hacker who stole over 10,000 files from Royal Stoke Hospital

A former Royal Stoke Hospital employee, who used malicious software to crack the passwords of his co-workers and access over 10,000 confidential hospital files, has been given a 12-month community order.

A killer who stabbed a 22-year-old to death over a rucksack has been jailed for life

A killer who stabbed a 22-year-old to death over a rucksack has been jailed for life.

Religious leaders convicted of multiple counts of rape and child sexual abuse

A church pastor has been convicted today (14 January 2020) of multiple (24) counts of child sexual abuse and rapes. Michael Oluronbi, age 60, was the faith leader of a religious group - Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Birmingham - when he committed these vile crimes.

CPS to hire hundreds of new criminal lawyers across England and Wales

The body that prosecutes the majority of crimes in England and Wales has today launched a recruitment campaign to hire almost 400 new lawyers by the end of June.

Gang members jailed over mistaken identity shooting murder

Three gang members who murdered an innocent man in a case of mistaken identity have been jailed.