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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You can find our latest news stories here and search for older stories. You can also find more information about high-profile cases and the work of the CPS.
A man who posted a hateful antisemitic message on social media just hours after a deadly terrorist attack on a Manchester synagogue last October has been sentenced today at Manchester City Magistrates' Court.Within hours of the Heaton Park attack, Aiden Stanley, 20, posted a message on social media…
More rape victims across the country will have the chance to ask for a second review before their cases are stopped in court, as a landmark Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) pilot expands into three further Areas.The first‑of‑its‑kind expedited Victims’ Right to Review (VRR) scheme has been welcomed…
A man has been found guilty of intentional suffocation and inflicting grievous bodily harm after he restrained, choked and suffocated his date during a fatal encounter.Josh Baxter, 28, was convicted of inflicting grievous bodily harm and intentional suffocation, following at trial at Minshull…
A man who attempted to murder a probation officer in Preston has been jailed for life today at Liverpool Crown Court.Ryan Gee, 35, was jailed for life with a 16 year minimum term, after pleading guilty to a number of offences against probation colleagues including attempted murder.In a pre…
Two men have been convicted for plotting an Islamic State-inspired terrorist attack on Jewish communities in the north-west of England which aimed to kill hundreds of innocent people.Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, were convicted of making preparations to commit a large-scale terrorist…
A 14-year-old who boasted in a rap video ‘we just done a murder’ has been convicted of murdering Ibrahima Seck following a trial.He had previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter after hearing the strength of the prosecution case, but the Crown Prosecution Service were determined that he would face…
A loan shark and her enforcer have been found guilty of killing Martin Shaw in Oldham in 2023 – after prosecutors proved the victim had died as a result of injuries inflicted in a savage attack eight weeks earlier.Jemma Marshall and her enforcer, Jason Wadsworth, both, 37, were convicted of…
A man who used spray paint to deface a church in Leyland in April this year, has been sentenced.Over 20 gravestones at St James’s Church in Leyland were daubed with paint including lewd images and derogatory comments about God.A window at St Mary’s Church was also damaged and several cars in…
A man who groomed a 13-year-old girl using Snapchat so he could sexually abuse her and encourage her to self-harm has been jailed for 20 years at Manchester Crown Court with a five year extended licence – in one of the first cases to be prosecuted under a new offence created by the Online Safety…
A woman has been jailed today after pushing away a seven-month-old baby in a pram, parked by her mother outside a Blackpool shop.The baby’s mother chased Nicolette Goldrick, 51, and stopped her getting away.Goldrick was jailed for 12 months at Preston Crown Court today after admitting her guilt. A…
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