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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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.
Two individuals have been sentenced today (11 April 2025) for breaches of Russian linked financial sanctions for the first time ever in the United Kingdom.Dmitrii Ovsyannikov, 48, and Alexei Ovsyannikov (AO), 47, have been found guilty of eight counts of breaching financial sanctions and two counts…
A Muslim convert has been sentenced for life plotting to attack an Islamic cleric and other people.Jason Savage, 35, was sentenced today to life imprisonment with a minimum if 16 years to serve before he can be considered for release after being found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism following…
Malcolm McHaffie, Head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s Special Division, said: “Following a review of the evidence provided by West Midlands Police, we have authorised criminal charges in relation to the death of a 14-month-old child at a nursery in Dudley. “Noah Sibanda died…
A woman who profited from controlling sex workers has had property taken from her.Prosecutors showed that Qingxiang Zhao, from Manchester, purchased her property using money made through money laundering and the controlling of sex workers in York and Manchester.Today, (10 April) she was handed a…
Update: 16 May 2025Shakeil Thibou has been sentenced at the Old Bailey today (16 May 2025) to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 29 years.Shaeim Thibou was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, and is prohibited from attending the Notting Hill Carnival for 10 years…
A former prison governor has been found guilty of having a relationship with a prisoner and accepting a Mercedes from him as a gift.Kerri Pegg, 42 from Up Holland in Lancashire, was convicted of misconduct in public office and possession of criminal property in a trial at Preston Crown Court.Pegg…
Two men have been jailed for committing sexual offences against two girls more than 25 years ago.The two victims in this case were aged just 14 and 15 when the offending began, and both were living in the care system.During the offending period, between September 1996 and December 1997, Paul Doyle,…
The Crown Prosecution Service has decided it will not bring criminal charges against a South Wales Police officer following the deaths of Harvey Evans, 15, and Kyrees Sullivan, 16, in an electric bicycle crash in Ely, Cardiff, on 22 May 2023.Malcolm McHaffie, Head of the Crown Prosecution Service…
Five money launderers have been convicted for exploiting victims through romance fraud for a loss of £3.25 million.Fawaz Ali, 27, Ebenezer Tackie, 42, Michael Quartey, 28, were found guilty of money laundering related offences today at Guildford Crown Court after a trial.Earlier Kwabena Edusei, 36,…
A former Devon and Cornwall police officer has today been given a 20-month prison sentence suspended for two years for leaking sensitive information on multiple cases to her friends and family.Samantha Hill, 33, from Plymouth pleaded guilty to 18 offences of misconduct in public office at Bristol…
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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.
