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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Prosecutors are working on the highest ever number of hate crime cases as referrals from police hit record levels.The Crown Prosecution Service’s latest performance data for July to September 2025 released today (January 15) shows it received 4,358 cases from police which have been flagged as…
A man who repeatedly sent abusive messages which included references to ‘killing Jews’ to a prominent Jewish MP’s constituency office has been sentenced at Leeds Magistrates’ Court today.Kevin Smith, 61 and of Leeds, sent around 300 text messages and three voicemails of an abusive nature to Alex…
Press ReleaseHate crimeCPSYorkshire and Humberside
A man has been sentenced to ten months in jail at Leeds Crown Court after making a bomb hoax call to a synagogue the week after a fatal terrorist attack at a synagogue in Manchester.Markel Ible made the call to Sinai Synagogue in Roundhay on Monday 6th October 2025, just days after Jihad al-Shamie…
Press ReleaseHate crimeCPSYorkshire and Humberside
A man whose vile abuse of a bus driver was widely shared on social media has been jailed.Michael Mongan, 39, unleashed a tirade of religiously-aggravated abuse and spat at the driver after being denied entry when his payment card was declined.The incident, which took place on August 7 in Hayes, saw…
Press ReleaseHate crimeViolent crimeCPSLondon North
Rosemary Ainslie, Acting Head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised Northamptonshire Police to charge Lucy Connolly, 41, with publishing material intending to stir up racial hatred, contrary to Section 19 of the Public Order Act…
A man has been jailed for encouraging violence online just two days after he posted on social media during the public disorder. Tyler Kay, 26, wrote an offensive anti-immigration post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, 7 August, calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set alight.He…
A man has become the first to be jailed for stirring up racial hatred online during the public disorder. Jordan Parlour, 28, posted comments on Facebook advocating an attack on a hotel in Leeds where asylum seekers were housed. The comments were reported to West Yorkshire Police and…
A man who encouraged violence online during the public disorder has been convicted just a day after he posted on social media.Tyler Kay, 26, wrote an offensive anti-immigration post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, 7 August, calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set alight.He…
A man who livestreamed himself to a large online audience making derogatory comments towards migrants outside a hotel housing asylum seekers has been convicted.Aaron Johnson, 32, livestreamed to around 2,000 people via YouTube while outside a hotel in Stockport on 5 August 2024.Johnson provided…
A woman from West Hallam in Derbyshire has been convicted of racially or religiously aggravated harassment, assaulting an emergency worker, and using threatening words or behaviour to stir up hatred following an incident at the far-right rally in Nottingham at the weekend.Victoria Jayne Gray, 42,…
Press ReleaseHate crimeCPSEast Midlands
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