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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
A man has been convicted of manslaughter after the discovery of a woman’s body near an ASDA superstore in Harehills, Leeds on 23 June 2022.When 32-year-old victim Theresa Jordan, who was known as Terri, was found, forensic experts concluded she had died approximately 12 days earlier.The victim was…
Press ReleaseViolent crimeYorkshire 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 man has been jailed for physically threatening to kill Ed Miliband MP on a street in Doncaster. On 22 March 2024, Michael Donaldson, 56, accosted Mr Miliband in the street and started shouting death threats at him and his two members of staff.The MP and his staff members were left shaken by…
Amanda McInnes, a Senior Crown Prosecutor for CPS Yorkshire & Humberside, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised West Yorkshire Police to charge Mohammed Amjid Shabir, 44, and Calum Sunderland, 25, with murder after a house fire which killed Bryonie Gawith and her three children…
Press ReleaseDomestic abuseCPSYorkshire and Humberside
A man who shouted at police officers and chanted to a mob at the Holiday Inn Rotherham has been sentenced after pleading guilty to violent disorder.Michael Whitehead (27) shouted ‘You’re not fit to wear the badge’ at police officers and chanted to the mob ‘Let’s go fxxxxxx mental, Let’s go…
Press ReleaseViolent crimeCPSYorkshire and Humberside
Three men who attacked police officers during widespread unrest in Hull have been jailed today.Andrew Stewart, 37, was sentenced to two years and six months at Hull Crown Court. He pled guilty to violent disorder at an earlier hearing in the Magistrates’ Court. During the disturbances, he was…
Press ReleaseViolent crimeCPSYorkshire 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.
