Criminal cases that the Crown Prosecution Service take to court are in the news every day. This section also covers many issues related to our work, including violence against women and girls, hate crime, support for victims and witnesses, statistics, and speeches by the Director of Public Prosecutions and other senior staff.
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A police officer who assaulted a vulnerable young girl while on duty and superimposed his face onto child abuse images has been jailed for nine years.Dean Dempster, 35, who was a response officer for Greater Manchester Police (GMP) based in Oldham at the time, sexually touched the child while…
A former director of music at a private school who indecently assaulted 10 pupils has been jailed today for 12 years for a number of sexual offences.David Pickthall, 66, carried out the abuse between 1979 and 2003 whilst employed as a teacher at Brentwood school in Essex and in his capacity as…
A man who used a computer programme and AI technology to alter photographs of real children to create sexual abuse images, and encouraged the rape of children via the internet, has been jailed.Hugh Nelson, 27, has been sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment with an additional six years on extended…
A former Olympic swimmer and trainee police officer, who represented Great Britain at the 2012 London Games, has been convicted of raping two teenage girls (Wednesday 16 October).Antony James, 34, was convicted by a jury at Plymouth Crown Court of eight charges, including three counts of rape,…
A paedophile who paid and instructed an adult in the Philippines to sexually abuse children as young as two years old has been jailed.Cesar Cordero Conejo, 39, appeared in Snaresbrook Crown Court today where he was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment with an additional two years on extended licence…
A man who used fake online profiles to talk to children and request indecent images from them has been jailed today.Daniel Lee, 29, appeared at Newcastle Upon Tyne Crown Court on 14 October 2024 where he was sentenced to four years and five months imprisonment. He also received a Sexual Harm…
Lisa Ramsarran, Chief Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service in Thames and Chiltern, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised Hertfordshire Constabulary to charge David Carrick with sexual offences against two women.“David Carrick has been charged with five counts of indecent…
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Three men have been imprisoned for raping four young girls in Plymouth in 2017.The Crown Prosecution Service prosecuted Anthony Anantharajah, 34, Abalzaq Salih, 30, and Saif Kahya, 32, following an investigation by Devon and Cornwall Police and were sentenced to 13 years, 19 years, and 12 years…
A Rotherham man who groomed and subjected a young girl to a campaign of sexual abuse and violence during the 2000s has been convicted.The CPS prosecuted David Fish, 48, as part of Operation Stovewood, a major investigation into non-familial child sexual abuse and exploitation which took place in…
A man who fled the UK after being charged with indecently assaulting a 14-year-old girl has been jailed following his extradition from Bulgaria.The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecuted Shahid Hussain, 48, as part of Operation Stovewood, a major investigation into non-familial child sexual…
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