A former schoolteacher from Rushden in Northamptonshire has been jailed for 26 years for abusing a series of young boys in a 16-year campaign of child abuse.

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.

In December 2024, the CPS West Midlands Magistrates’ and Crown court units successfully prosecuted various hate crime cases.

Simon Vickers, 50, claimed to have fatally stabbed his daughter during a ‘play-fight’ in their home and was convicted of her murder at Teesside Crown Court.

A mother whose four young boys died in a house fire after she left them unattended at home to go shopping has been jailed.

A man who deliberately drove over another man following a fight has been convicted of his murder.

A 24-year-old man who stabbed his housemate to death in Cardiff the day before Christmas has been sentenced to life imprisonment at Cardiff Crown Court.

Two men who continued to punch an unconscious man have been sentenced to life imprisonment at Swansea Crown Court for his murder.

A 70-year-old motorist who lost control of her car, colliding with a group of pedestrians including a child in a pram, has been sentenced at Swansea Crown Court.

A teenager who killed three young girls and attempted to kill ten others, including eight children at a Southport dance class has been jailed for life and must serve a minimum of 52 years before he can be considered for release.