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A man has been sentenced to ten months in jail at Leeds Crown Court after making a bomb hoax call to a synagogue the week after a fatal terrorist attack at a synagogue in Manchester.Markel Ible made the call to Sinai Synagogue in Roundhay on Monday 6th October 2025, just days after Jihad al-Shamie…
A youth has today (8 August 2025) been convicted of murdering 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose in the courtyard of a Sheffield school in February 2025The youth (who cannot be named for legal reasons) was also found guilty carrying a hunting knife into school premises at Sheffield Crown Court.He took…
Press ReleaseViolent crimeCPSYorkshire and Humberside
A man has been jailed for murdering his wife in front of their baby in a pram while out in the streets of Bradford.Habibur Rahman Masum, 26, of Burnley, Lancashire has been sentenced to life imprisonment to serve a minimum of 28 years at Bradford Crown Court today (22 July 2025) for murder, one…
Press ReleaseDomestic abuseCPSYorkshire and Humberside
A school technician apprentice has been sentenced to a 36-month community order for upskirting teenage girls and making indecent imagery of children in Bradford. The Crown Prosecution Service prosecuted Lewis Lawson-Brett, 22, for upskirting multiple teenage girls at a school where he was…
Press ReleaseSexual offencesYorkshire and Humberside
The Crown Prosecution Service has decided it will not bring criminal charges against a professional ice hockey player following the death of Adam Johnson during a match between The Sheffield Steelers and The Nottingham Panthers.Michael Quinn, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor, said: “This was a…
Chris Hartley, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service Yorkshire and Humberside, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has reviewed a file of evidence from South Yorkshire Police.“We have authorised South Yorkshire Police to charge a 15-year-old with murder in relation to the…
Press ReleaseViolent crimeCPSYorkshire and Humberside
Under the hate crime legislation, courts must treat offences more seriously where there is evidence that the offender demonstrated hostility on the basis of the victim’s actual or presumed race, religion, disability, transgender identity or sexual orientation, or the offence was motivated on the…
A rioter who took part in violent disorder at the Holiday Inn Express, Rotherham, in August 2024 has been sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court today.Levi Fishlock, 31, was part of a 400-strong crowd gathered outside the hotel, which was used to house asylum seekers.He received a total sentence…
Press ReleaseViolent crimeCPSYorkshire and Humberside
A man who inflicted multiple acute injuries on his victim, leaving him unconscious in a burning flat, has been sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to serve a minimum of 20 years.Neighbours and passers-by summoned the fire brigade after seeing smoke billowing from Tony Ibbitson’s home in Hull…
Press ReleaseViolent crimeYorkshire and Humberside
A disgraced former Calderdale councillor who secretly filmed 32 victims over 15 years has been jailed.Robert Holden, 51, who ran a computer repair business, was charged with multiple offences of voyeurism and computer misuse.Holden installed hidden cameras in the bathroom, bedroom and living areas…
Press ReleaseSexual offencesYorkshire and Humberside
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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.
