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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You can find our latest news stories here and search for older stories. You can also find more information about high-profile cases and the work of the CPS.
Working with the media
To make criminal court reporting more open, the CPS, police, and media representatives created a joint protocol (agreement) for working together. We are currently working on an updated version of the protocol.
Simon Clark, from the Crown Prosecution Service said: “Our thoughts and condolences remain with Mikey’s family during this incredibly difficult time.“This case shows the perils of people carrying knives. The Crown Prosecution Service treats knife crime with the utmost seriousness and is committed…
A man who strangled and assaulted a woman in her home has today been jailed for more than two years.Steven Waters, 32, of Fareham, Portsmouth, attended the woman’s home address and had been drinking. Initially, everything was okay between the pair until Waters demeanour quickly changed.Waters…
A woman suffering from a severe mental health condition has today been sentenced to four years' imprisonment for killing her two-year old daughter in September 2023.Alice Mackey, 42, of Kingsley, Hampshire, drowned her daughter, Annabel Mackey.On Sunday 10 September 2023, Mackey called the police…
A man who attacked a member of a group of worshippers who were praying outside a mosque has been jailed.Callum Mcinally, 29, of Waverley Road in Southsea, Portsmouth has today been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment after previously admitting the racially motivated crimes at his first hearing on 2…
A former Wiltshire Police officer who misused police equipment to stalk a woman, has today been sentenced.Andrew Edwards, 31, from Chippenham, had used the police systems of intelligence records, Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), Police National Computer (PNC), and an address finder, to…
A man who had previously been convicted of a brutal sex attack has today been found guilty of further attacks on three more women.Bruno Sala, 39, previously of Havant, Portsmouth, formed relationships with each of the women between 2019 to 2020, before setting them up to be raped and abused by…
A 16-year-old has been jailed today for the rape and sexual assaults of teenage girls.The youth defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was convicted on 28 January 2025 at Southampton Youth Court to five counts of rape and sexual assault of four girls between 13 to 15-years-old.The court…
A football fan has been banned from attending matches for three years after racially abusing a Tamworth FC player.Harry Dunbar, 20, from Fareham, admitted to sending Christopher Wreh a racist direct message via an anonymous Instagram account after the fixture on Sunday 12 January 2025.Despite…
Last week was National Stalking Awareness Week, and through the week we raised awareness of stalking behaviours and the work we are doing to ensure offenders are brought to justice.Louise Holmes, a Senior District Crown Prosecutor and Domestic Abuse Lead with CPS Wessex, said, “Stalking can have a…
A man who stabbed a nine-year-old girl in an attempt to kill her has been jailed today.Jordan Wilkes, 29, was convicted after trial of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article.The victim and her friend were playing in a communal stairwell on 20 August 2024 when Wilkes left his flat and…
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Media protocol
To ensure greater openness in the reporting of criminal proceedings, the CPS, the police and media representatives developed a joint protocol for working together. We are currently in the process of updating the protocol.
