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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.
Showing 1 - 8 of 8 results for crime type "Cyber / online crime" & area "CPS"
A Merseyside man has been sentenced for sending racist death threats to the former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.Liam Shaw, 21, of Birkenhead, sent two threatening and offensive emails to the public email address of Mr Sunak, who is MP for Richmond and Northallerton in Yorkshire, on the evening of 15…
Warning from the Crown Prosecution Service: offenders of stalking or harassment who commit further offences against victims whilst breaching a restraining order will face prosecution.Stalking is a pattern of fixated, obsessive, unwanted and repeated behaviour, which is persistent, intrusive and…
A woman who admitted inciting racial hatred after using social media to post about setting fire to hotels housing asylum seekers following the Southport stabbings has been jailed for two years and seven months. Lucy Connolly, 41, posted on X, formerly Twitter, just hours after the killings,…
A social media user who encouraged an online community to start a riot has become the first person from Wales to be convicted in relation to recent unrest.Richard David Williams, 34, of Flintshire, Wales, enthusiastically posted about participating in a riot and also shared a derogatory meme about…
A man who used computer technology and real photographs of children to create sexual abuse images and encouraged the rape of children via the internet has been convicted.Hugh Nelson, 27, has pleaded guilty to a total of 16 charges relating to child sexual abuse offences.The CPS authorised five…
A British video gamer who faked a hostage situation in a telephone call to U.S authorities that resulted in a man being left with life-changing injuries has been sentenced.Robert Walker-McDaid, 28, of Coventry, claimed he had plastic explosives and hostages when he called a Maryland terrorism…
More defendants than ever before are being prosecuted and convicted for sexual offences across England and Wales, new figures reveal today.
The Crown Prosecution Service's 10th Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) report outlines the huge increases in convictions for rape (48%) and other…
A disgruntled employee who compromised computer systems owned by his former company when he was sacked has been sentenced after he admitted hacking offences.
Kane Baker, 23, pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court to a number of offences after targeting his former employer and more than 50…
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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.
