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.
Vincent Chan, 45, a former nursery worker from Finchley, North London, pleaded guilty to thirty sexual offences when he appeared before Highbury Magistrates’ Court today. The charges were authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service and include twelve counts of taking indecent images of…
More rape victims across the country will have the chance to ask for a second review before their cases are stopped in court, as a landmark Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) pilot expands into three further Areas.The first‑of‑its‑kind expedited Victims’ Right to Review (VRR) scheme has been welcomed…
A criminal defence solicitor who paid 13-year-old girls for explicit photographs and sexually abused them has been jailed for nine years and nine months at Leeds Crown Court today.Suleman Baig, 40 and of Grimsby, not only abused the young girls, but attempted to pervert the course of justice by…
Press ReleaseSexual offencesCPSYorkshire and Humberside
A man who made arrangements to travel abroad and pay to rape children as young as six, and helped others to do the same, has been jailed. The Crown Prosecution Service’s dedicated Organised Child Sexual Abuse Unit prosecuted Edward Gratwick, 68, following an investigation by the National Crime…
Philip Young, 49, formerly of Swindon but now living in Enfield, appeared at Winchester Crown Court today (23 January 2026) and pleaded guilty to the following offences against his former wife, Joanne Young:• 11 counts of rape• 11 counts of…
A former actor who was found guilty of sexual offences against two teenage girls has been jailed for eight and a half years.John Shannon – also known as John Alford – engaged in unlawful sexual activity with the girls, aged 14 and 15, one evening in April 2022 when they were staying at a friend’s…
Press ReleaseSexual offencesCPSThames and Chiltern
This is a joint Wiltshire Police/CPS press release Six men have been charged with more than 60 sexual offences against one woman over a 13-year period.Philip Young, 49, formerly from Swindon but now living in Enfield, has been charged with 56 sexual offences, including multiple counts of…
Two men have been jailed today for raping teenage girls in Rotherham more than two decades ago.The Crown Prosecution Service’s dedicated Organised Child Sexual Abuse Unit prosecuted Kessur Ajaib, 44, and Mohammed Makhmood, 43, following an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA) as part of…
A former teacher at a school in Surrey, previously convicted of sexually abusing two pupils, has been found guilty of a series of further sexual assaults on a third pupil. Jonathan Marshall, 75, who worked at St. Dunstan’s Middle Catholic School in Woking, targeted the boy in the late 1980s,…
Two men who committed unspeakable acts of violence against vulnerable children have been jailed as the CPS continues to crack down on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG).Charlie Johnson, 24, and Prince Singh, 23, encouraged their victims to self-harm before illegally sharing …
Press ReleaseCyber / online crimeSexual offencesCPSLondon South
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