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Showing 21 - 30 of 38 results for crime type "Violent crime" & area "Mersey-Cheshire"
Sarah Hammond, Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS Mersey-Cheshire, said:“The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised Merseyside Police to charge a 17-year-old male, of Banks, Lancashire, with three counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder following the tragic incident that took place in…
Lucy Letby was sentenced on 5 July 2024 to a further whole life order for the attempted murder of Baby K in February 2016, following a retrial at Manchester Crown Court. The jury returned a guilty verdict on this count on Tuesday, 2 July 2024.She has now been sentenced to 15 whole life orders for…
Convicted child murderer Lucy Letby has been found guilty of trying to kill another baby in the neonatal unit where she worked.The Crown Prosecution Service prosecuted the former nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital for the attempted murder of the child known as Baby K after a jury failed to…
A mother and son have been sentenced after their Rottweiler dogs attacked a woman who’d tried to stroke them and later died.Rachel Walshe, 69, and her son Brian Walshe, 42, were walking their dogs on Park Lane West in Netherton in Liverpool on 18 August 2023, at about 5.45pm.Rachel was walking her…
A mother and son have been jailed after the XL Bully dog they kept at their home left an eight-year-old boy with life-changing injuries.Amanda Young, 49 , of Wadham Road in Bootle was looking after the dog Snoop on 10 February 2024 when the young boy came to call.The XL Bully dog, which is a banned…
A man has been jailed for shouting racist abuse near Liverpool Crown Court where a group of men were being sentenced for violent disorder.John Edward Cain, 41, of Shirdley Avenue in Kirkby, was arrested after making several aggressive and racist chants and threats around 2.20pm on 15 March 2024.At…
A nursery worker who shook a child and shoved toys in his chest because he wouldn't tidy up has been sentenced for assault.The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said that Aini Berrington, 54, of Sytchcroft, Neston, Wirral, assaulted the child on 3 February 2023 at a nursery in the Wirral.Staff had…
A violent and hostile gang of people who gathered outside the Suites hotel in Knowsley in February 2023 have been sentenced.Four people who were convicted following a trial at Liverpool Crown Court in January 2024 were part of a larger group who threw missiles and paving slabs at police and set…
A man has pleaded guilty to taunting Liverpool fans about the Heysel Stadium disaster and shouting racist abuse at a derby match against Everton in October 2023.The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said that Joel Barwise, 26, of Bentham Drive, in Childwall in Liverpool, made pushing gestures towards…
Two 16-year-olds, now named in open court as Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe, have been sentenced to a life term in prison today at Manchester Crown Court after having been convicted of murdering 16-year-old Brianna Ghey.Scarlett Jenkinson must serve a minimum of 22 years before she can be…
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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.
