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CPS seeks public’s views on draft 'Deception as to Gender' legal guidance

A public consultation on updated legal guidance regarding deception as to gender in rape and serious sexual assault cases has been launched by the Crown Prosecution Service today.
Press Release Sexual offences National news

CPS sets out the law on street-based sexual harassment

Street harassment such as cyber-flashing, upskirting or the exposure of genitals in a public place are crimes which can and will be prosecuted the CPS has stressed, as new legal guidance is published today.
Sexual offences National news

CPS publishes latest statistics on all crime types showing steady increase in rape convictions

Today the CPS has published the Q4 Performance data which covers the three-month period from 1 January to 31 March 2022.
Press Release Sexual offences National news

CPS launches Defendants strategy with pledge to focus on mental health, youth justice and disproportionality

A commitment to fairness for all parties is at the heart of a new Defendants Strategy, launched today by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). 
Press Release National news

New strangulation and suffocation laws will help protect victims

From today, prosecutors will have new powers to charge violent abusers with specific offences of non-fatal strangulation and non-fatal suffocation, as key measures in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 come into force.
Press Release Domestic abuse Violent crime National news

Queen’s Birthday Honours: CPS staff recognised for services to law and order

Four current and former CPS employees have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to law and order.
Press Release National news

Rape victims should not delay seeking therapy, says updated CPS guidance

Victims of rape and other crimes should not delay receiving therapy for any reason connected with a police investigation or prosecution, the Crown Prosecution Service has said today.
National news

Targeted consultation to help finalise new immigration prosecution guidance

The Crown Prosecution Service is updating its legal guidance on immigration offences ahead of the commencement of the Nationality and Borders Act.
Press Release International and organised crime National news

CPS publishes latest statistics on all crime types showing steady increase in rape convictions

Today the CPS has published the Q3 Performance data which covers the three-month period from 1 October to 31 December 2021.
Press Release Sexual offences National news

‘There is no typical victim of domestic abuse’ CPS says, as it revises its legal guidance to challenge damaging myths and stereotypes

The notion there is a typical victim of domestic abuse is wrong, damaging and can prevent sufferers coming forward, the Crown Prosecution Service has said today.
Press Release Domestic abuse National news

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