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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In January 2024, the CPS West Midlands Magistrates’ and Crown Court units successfully prosecuted various hate crime cases. Below are some of the cases.A 41-year-old Northampton man, who directed racist and homophobic abuse at police officers, was sentenced in January 2024. The defendant admitted…
In December 2023, the CPS West Midlands Magistrates’ and Crown Court units successfully prosecuted various hate crime cases. Below are some of the cases.On 19 December 2023, a 61-year-old Worcester woman who racially abused a public house staff member pleaded guilty to a public order offence. On 21…
A West Midlands mother who caused serious harm to her child after overdosing them with paracetamol and codeine has been sentenced.The mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment today (12 January, 2024) after she was earlier found guilty of causing grievous…
Prosecutors in West Midlands are steadily increasing the number of rape cases that go to court as a result of working more closely with police forces.
New figures from CPS internal data show that the number of rape-flagged cases charged in the West Midlands Area, which covers West Midlands,…
In March 2021, CPS West Midlands Magistrates' Court Unit successfully prosecuted a range of hate crime cases. Below are just a handful of the cases we prosecuted.
On two occasions in August 2019 and March 2020, David Collins of Coventry posted threatening and transphobic messages on social media…
As part of a collective effort across the criminal justice system to tackle the discrepancy between rape and sexual offence cases being reported and taken to court, senior police officers and legal managers across the country are now working closer and communicating more regularly. In the West…
During May and June, CPS West Midlands Magistrates’ Court unit successfully prosecuted 124 hate crime cases. Among those targeted by the defendants were police officers, a bus driver, a taxi driver and a paramedic. Below are just a handful of the cases we prosecuted.
On 1 May 2020 at…
CPS West Midlands Magistrates’ Court unit successfully prosecuted domestic abuse cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are just a few cases prosecuted between March and June 2020.
On 27 April 2020 at Wolverhampton Magistrates' Court, Martyn Paul Jones, from Birmingham, was sentenced to a 12…
Our lawyers successfully prosecuted hate crime cases in the West Midlands in March and April 2020. Among those targeted by the defendants were police officers, security guards, a 15-year-old schoolboy, and a mother and her six-year-old child. Below are just a handful of the cases we prosecuted.
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CPS West Midlands Magistrates’ Court unit successfully prosecuted 78 COVID-19-related cases over the past three months including incidents of emergency workers and key workers being assaulted, threatened, coughed at and spat on by people claiming to have COVID-19.
Here are just a few of the…
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