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.
More still needs to be done to tackle common false beliefs about rape and understanding of consent, especially among young people, according to the largest survey of its kind in five years.The CPS commissioned charity Equally Ours to carry out analysis of the public understanding of rape and…
An engineering graduate suffering from paranoid schizophrenia has been sentenced to a hospital order with restrictions (Thursday 25 January 2024) for the unlawful killings of three people and attempts to kill three others in June 2023.Valdo Calocane, 32, also known as Adam Mendes, fatally stabbed…
A man who blackmailed women and children into engaging in degrading sexual acts has today been jailed.Anthony Burns (AKA Danny Burns), 39, has been sentenced to 24 years imprisonment plus a five-year extended licence for 41 offences including blackmail, causing a child to engage in sexual activity,…
Press ReleaseSexual offencesInternational and organised crimeCPS
Between July and September last year, there was a 11.5% increase in the number of suspects charged in adult rape-flagged cases from 599 in Q1 23/24 to 668 in Q2 23/24. According to the Q2 data released today there has been an increase in adult rape flagged charges of 163% since January…
An illegal money service bureau owner who operated as a banker for criminals smuggling migrants into the UK has today been convicted. Asghar Gheshlaghian, 48, was found guilty of money laundering and immigration-related offences following a trial at Southwark Crown Court on 18 January…
Press ReleaseFraud and economic crimeInternational and organised crimeCPS
Nick Price, head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said: “Following a review of evidence provided by the Metropolitan Police, we have authorised a charge against a man after a demonstration in central London in November 2023. “Khaled Hajsaad, 24, been charged with…
A man has been sentenced to 10 weeks’ imprisonment for shouting antisemitic and other racist slurs in public before making violent threats toward a police officer.Police were called to Seven Kings station in Ilford, London, on 11 November 2023, to reports of a man threatening members of the public…
A man who planned to kill a Christian preacher at Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park has been jailed for a minimum of 24 years.Edward Little, 22, conducted research into firearms, the location of the planned attack, and his intended target.He also made arrangements to purchase a firearm before being…
A man who sent a vile and abusive email to MP Angela Rayner following the publication of a national newspaper article about the politician has been fined. In October, David Perry, 66, pleaded guilty to a charge of sending grossly offensive communication to the MP in May last year.In the email,…
Seven people have been jailed after an organised fraud which saw public donations worth hundreds of thousands of pounds stolen from life-saving charities.Led by David Levi, 47 from Lytham St Annes, the criminal group collected money from the public under the guise that it would all be handed over…
Press ReleaseFraud and economic crimeCPS
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