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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Four people who worked at a Merseyside care home for the elderly have been sentenced for ill-treating a resident with dementia.The staff, who worked at Wavertree Nursing Home, in Pigue Lane, Liverpool, were caught on CCTV, taunting the 85-year-old woman, poking her and throwing incontinence pads at…
A former Merseyside firefighter has been found guilty of grooming and engaging in sexual activity with a 13-year-old girl.Today, (10 October 2025) a jury at Liverpool Crown Court has found Scott Cameron, 40, from Liverpool, guilty of ten offences against the teenager between 2022 and 2024.Cameron,…
A jobless fraudster who claimed to be the “British Kardashian” has been jailed for swindling people out of thousands of pounds in a handbag sales hoax.At Chester Crown Court on 6 October 2025, Jack Watkin, 26, of Wilmslow Road in Alderley Edge in Cheshire, was sentenced to four years and six months…
Press ReleaseFraud and economic crimeMersey-Cheshire
A man who took part in two armed robberies in Crewe has been jailed for seven years.Karl Manley, 46, of no fixed abode, was one of two men who stole cigarettes and cash from two Morrisons stores in February last year.Two men wearing balaclavas and one wielding an axe went into the Morrisons store…
A man has been jailed for starting a fire that damaged the Liverpool Beatles Museum in the city’s famous Matthew Street area.Daniel Byrne, 38, of no fixed abode, made a concerted effort to set fire to rubbish outside the museum which is in the street where the original Cavern Club once stood.The…
"Today (15 August 2025) marks the day that William Woods, one of the most prolific paedophiles that the Crown Prosecution Service in Merseyside and Cheshire has ever dealt with, has been brought to justice for the horrific sexual and violent crimes he committed against eight children over a period…
A Merseyside man has been sentenced for sending racist death threats to the former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.Liam Shaw, 21, of Birkenhead, sent two threatening and offensive emails to the public email address of Mr Sunak, who is MP for Richmond and Northallerton in Yorkshire, on the evening of 15…
A man who was under the influence of alcohol and driving at grossly excessive speeds when he killed his friend has been jailed.Martin Green, 36, of Beech Avenue in Lowton near Wigan, was driving his car on Southworth Road in Newton-Le-Willows at around 10.30pm on 10 June 2024. Jonny Menell was a…
A woman has been jailed for causing the death of her terminally ill partner of 37 years after attacking him on New Year’s Eve.Gillian Shaw, 62, of Rothwell Street, Liverpool was originally charged with murder following the death of house-bound Steven Cox, 64 whom she cared for.He had significant…
A gang of seven men involved in a conspiracy to supply cocaine and amphetamine as well as producing and supplying cannabis have been jailed for a total of more than 55 years.The men, who were all from Warrington, were arrested as part of Operation Havoc, a Cheshire Police investigation to crack…
Press ReleaseDrug offencesMersey-Cheshire
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