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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To make criminal court reporting more open, the CPS, police, and media representatives created a joint protocol (agreement) for working together. We are currently working on an updated version of the protocol.
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An organised crime group who trafficked women from Eastern Europe to exploit as sex workers across the South West and beyond have been sentenced following a prosecution by the South West Complex Casework Unit.The group’s ringleader, Maciej Kozlowski, 52, of Gloucester, was also convicted of raping…
Victoria Cook, Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS South West, said: “Prosecutors from CPS South West’s Complex Casework Unit have today (1 February) authorised charges against four more suspects in connection with the stabbings of 16-year-old Max Dixon and 15-year-old Mason Rist.“Two youths, aged…
20/12/2023:Darren Osment has today been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 20 years at Bristol Crown Court.Ben Samples, Senior District Crown Prosecutor for CPS South West, said: "This has been a tragic case from start to finish. My immediate thoughts must go to Claire’s family for having to…
The ringleader of a gang who conspired to import millions of pounds worth of cocaine has been sentenced to 24 years in prison.
Helios Nanaj, 37, was earlier found guilty of conspiring to supply controlled Class A drugs and conspiring to import drugs following a trial at Gloucester Crown Court.
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Eight men involved in a cross-county conspiracy to transport and sell drugs with a street value of over £500,000 have been jailed.
Brett Anslow, 39, Richard Lawrence, 34, Alan Ballinger, 28, Shane Tyrell, 48, Michael Chand, 54, Jason Grindle, 36, Trevor Cook, 48, and Paul Johnson, 35, were each…
A gun-obsessed extremist who planned to replicate infamous mass shootings and built his own personal armoury of homemade weapons and explosives to carry out an attack has been convicted.
Reed Wischhusen, 32, of Wick St Lawrence, Weston-super-Mare, took inspiration from Raoul Moat, the Dunblane…
A youth has been sentenced after he brought a knife to a school and stabbed a teacher in the stomach.
The 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced at Bristol Magistrates Court today (28 September 2023) to a 14-month detention and training order after pleading guilty…
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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.
