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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Three men who were part of a plot to bring millions of pounds worth of cannabis, hidden in mattresses, into Britain have been jailed.Weiji Chen, 29, of Birchfield Road in Liverpool and John Kinsella, 34, of St Julien Drive in Liverpool, had earlier…
A lorry driver who took a tight turn into a petrol station forecourt and ran over and killed a homeless woman asleep on the pavement has been jailed.Alec Keiran, 52, from Bamber Bridge, was driving his HGV into a petrol station on Scotland Road in Liverpool around 8.05am on 10 August 2023.He had a…
A man has been jailed for 20 months for posting videos of baby monkeys being tortured.Peter Stanley, 42, of Dovecot Avenue, Dovecot, Liverpool pleaded guilty to three counts of publishing an obscene article at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on 20 August 2024.The videos, showing the torture of baby…
A man who repeatedly punched a man outside a Warrington night club, leaving him blind in one eye, has been jailed.Joshua Saxton, 21, of Marron Avenue in Orford, Warrington, threw a volley of punches at the forty-year-old victim in the incident, which happened around 2am on 19 November 2023.The…
An 82-year-old former children’s nurse has been jailed for 25 years for the sexual abuse of four boys during the 1960s and 1970s.Graham Goodchild, who now lives in Southampton, was found guilty of four counts of buggery, one count of attempted buggery and 11 counts of indecent assault at Liverpool…
The first youths, including a 12-year-old boy, have been sentenced for their part in the violent disorder that broke out across the country in July and August. Compelling CCTV footage was played to a District Judge at Liverpool Youth Court today (17 September 2024) before the three boys were…
The new Attorney General (AG) Richard Hermer KC has thanked the staff of CPS Mersey-Cheshire on behalf of the Government for their crucial work on the recent riots.The AG visited the CPS area HQ in Walker House in Liverpool on 23 August 2024 in what he described as a “really important trip” – one…
Two Merseyside men involved in a Liverpool FC ticket scam have been sentenced.John Stuart, 42, of Jarrett Road in Kirkby was jailed for 8 months and Greg O’Neill, 41, of Beaconsfield, in Prescot, was given a two-year community order at Liverpool Crown Court today (27 August 2024).Mr Stuart was the…
Press ReleaseFraud and economic crimeMersey-Cheshire
Updated on 22 August 2024: On 21 August 2024 at Liverpool Crown Court, Luke Moran was jailed for three years. This release was originally published on 15 August 2024.A man has admitted battering a police vehicle, leaving officers trapped inside and fearing for their lives, as part of riots in…
A teenager who took a knife to an area where a protest was due to take place has been jailed.Thomas Connelly, 18, of Regency Square in Warrington, was arrested while acting suspiciously on Orford Lane on 7 August 2024 around 5.40pm.Police had been alerted to a possible protest in the area later…
Press ReleaseViolent crimeMersey-Cheshire
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