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.
Latest news
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.
A man who brutally murdered a woman on Bournemouth beach and tried to kill her friend in a randomly targeted yet carefully planned attack has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 39 years. Armed with a knife, 20-year-old Nasen Saadi approached Amie Gray, 34, and her friend…
Football fans who were involved in a mass brawl following Southampton’s Premier League game against Tottenham in 2023 have been jailed for 28 years.They have also been banned from attending matches for a total of 142 years.Twenty-four men and boys pleaded guilty to violent disorder which took place…
A 45-year-old man who raped a 17-year-old after prowling outside nightclubs has been convicted today.Runakl Shawn Delecia, of Southampton, appeared in front of a jury at Southampton Crown Court for a four-day trial where he was ultimately found guilty of rape.The assault took place in the early…
A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his mother.Bronwyn Jones, who now goes by the name Anarlyn, of Borden, Hampshire, brutally stabbed Anna Jones, 44, before confessing to her murder.The court heard how Jones was anxious to get to his mother’s address in…
A priest who was formerly employed as a PE teacher has been jailed for six years having been found guilty of non-recent sexual abuse against boys as young as eleven.Timothy Biles, 89, was convicted of five offences of indecent assault from his time working at the former St Francis School for boys…
A man from Basingstoke who stabbed two brothers, one of whom fatally, has been jailed for life.Kenneth Walker, 56, stabbed Craig Laurie and Scott Laurie in the evening of 12 May 2024 on his front doorstep at Tasmania Close, Popley.His girlfriend, Jane Byrne, 52, mopped the blood left on the…
Tim Cole, Acting Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor with CPS Wessex, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised Hampshire Constabulary to charge Richard Elkin and Hayley Bell, of Gosport, Hampshire, with offences including those of fraud, causing a public nuisance, and prevention of a lawful…
Sophie Stevens, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS Wessex said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised Wiltshire Police to charge Naidu Rajan and Niamh Lynch with offences related to damage caused to the protected monument Stonehenge on 19 June 2024.“They will appear at Salisbury…
A TikTok user who continually posted antisemitic content to her thousands of followers has today been sentenced.Fiona Ryan, 40, regularly shared her antisemitic views to both TikTok and X (formerly known as Twitter), which includes comparing Israeli citizens to Nazis and made jokes about the…
A man who killed another man by stabbing him in the leg has today been jailed.Justin Green, 48, was murdered by Samuel Dewulf, 43, on Monday 29 April 2024 at his home address of Braddock Court in Basingstoke.The two had been in a dispute about money before Dewulf, also of Basingstoke, stabbed Mr…
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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.
