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Criminal cases prosecuted by the CPS are in the news every day, along with a range of issues relating to our work – from violence against women and girls and hate crime, to support for victims and witnesses, statistics and speeches.

To ensure greater openness in the reporting of criminal proceedings, the CPS, the police and media representatives developed a joint protocol for working together.

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Showing 11 - 20 of 28 results for area "South East"

Football ban and increased sentence over racially abusive tweets

A so-called football fan has been banned from football matches and been given an increased sentence for publishing racially abusive tweets aimed at a freelance journalist and Chelsea fan.

| Press Release , Hate crime , South East News

Police sergeant sentenced to two years in prison over sexual assault in the sea

A Metropolitan Police sergeant has been sentenced to two years in prison after sexually assaulting a woman in the sea off Brighton seafront on his stag night.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , South East News

Peruvian murder conviction in British court

A Peruvian man has been convicted of murdering his partner in Peru in a British court in a highly unusual case. 

| Press Release , South East News

Wife and carer jailed after enslaving disabled victim in his own home

The wife and carer of a man who requires 24-hour care and assistance with most tasks, have been jailed for 11 years each, after being convicted of modern slavery charges.

| Press Release , South East News

New approach to prosecuting adult rape cases in South East leads to more cases being charged

New figures from CPS internal data shows that the number of rape referrals made by Kent, Surrey and Sussex Police has almost trebled in the last three years.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , South East News

Teenager jailed for over 30 sexual offences

A 17-year-old youth has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to 30 sexual offences, including two rapes, and nine counts of blackmail, against nine girls, all of whom were 16 or under.

| Press Release , Sexual offences, Cyber / online crime , South East News

Retired teacher convicted of sexual assaults

A retired teacher has been convicted of a series of sexual assaults on boys at two schools, one in Sussex and one in Wiltshire, over a 20-year period.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , South East News

Two men who raped 17-year-old girl jailed

Two men who raped a teenage girl after meeting for the first time earlier that day have been jailed.

| Press Release , Sexual offences, Violent crime , South East News

UPDATED with sentence: Hospital electrician pleads guilty to further necrophilia offences

UPDATED: 7 December 2022 Fuller was sentenced to four years in prison for these offences to run concurrently to his existing life sentence for two murders. 
 

| Press Release , Sexual offences , South East News

“Psychopath with a conscience” convicted of double murder

A man who claimed in a text to a friend that he was a “psychopath with a conscience” has been convicted of the murder of two women.

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