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Police and prosecutors invite victim groups to discuss concerns about new consent form

The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and College of Policing have invited concerned organisations and individuals to help shape new processes to bring consistency to the way investigators search for relevant information on the digital devices of complainants and witnesses.
Press Release Sexual offences CPS

Emerging Areas of Child Abuse and Exploitation

Speech by Max Hill QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, to the Heads of Prosecuting Agencies Conference in Uganda, 15-17 April 2019
Speech Sexual offences Youth crime International and organised crime Violent crime CPS

CPS strengthens guidance on child abusers caught in undercover stings

Paedophiles who think they are grooming a child for sex, but are actually communicating with an adult, will now face tougher charges.
Press Release Sexual offences CPS

CPS publishes outcome of sexual offences review

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has today (5 June) published the outcome of its review of rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO) cases.
Press Release Sexual offences CPS

Metropolitan Police Service and Crown Prosecution publish review into R v Allan

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are today, Tuesday, 30 January, publishing the findings of the joint review carried out into the disclosure failures in the case of R vs Allan, which was dropped at trial in December 2017.
Sexual offences CPS

CPS report shows more offenders are being successfully prosecuted for sexual crimes than ever before

More defendants than ever before are being prosecuted and convicted for sexual offences across England and Wales, new figures reveal today.
News Item Sexual offences Cyber / online crime Domestic abuse CPS

CPS makes commitment to male victims of sexual and domestic abuse

The Crown Prosecution Service has published its first ever public statement recognising the needs and experiences of male victims of offences including rape, domestic abuse, harassment, stalking and child sexual abuse.
News Item Domestic abuse Sexual offences CPS

Sexual consent is simple. We should all be clear on what constitutes rape, by Alison Saunders, DPP

Consent Is... beautiful, it is enthusiasm, it is free choice, it is mutual. It is NOT assumed, NOT a right of marriage, NOT in the clothes you wear. These views, shared on Twitter this week in response to our new awareness campaign, show that the vast majority of people fully understand consent…
Speech Sexual offences CPS

Cemetery rapist sentenced

Kye Lewis, a 21-year-old man, was today sentenced to seven years for the rape of a sex worker in a cemetery in Southend in 2017.
Press Release Sexual offences CPS East of England

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