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Showing 21 - 30 of 94 results for crime type "Sexual offences" & area "CPS"

Junior doctor jailed for running a dark web site which shared indecent images of children

A NHS junior doctor who worked with elderly patients has today been jailed for his role in a dark web chat site dedicated to sharing indecent images of children.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , CPS News

CPS authorises sexual offence charges against Michael Lockwood

Rosemary Ainslie, Head of the Special Crime Division at the CPS, said: “After carefully considering all of the evidence provided to us by Humberside Police, we have authorised charges against Michael Lockwood, 64, for nine offences under the Sexual Offences Act 1956.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , CPS News

Final four defendants jailed for their part in the largest child sexual abuse prosecution in the West Midlands

Today (2 June 2023) four people have been jailed for their part in the the largest child sexual abuse investigation and prosecution in the West Midlands. Nineteen people have now been convicted of serious sexual offending against children in the Walsall area.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , CPS News

Former police officer pleads guilty to sexually abusing girls as young as 12 online

A former South Wales police officer has pleaded guilty to more than 100 charges of inciting children to engage in sexual activity and forcing victims as young as 12 to make indecent images online.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , CPS News

Former government minister jailed for making and distributing indecent images of children

An ex-Government minister and former MP has been jailed for making and distributing indecent images of children.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , CPS News

Update: Barrow woman jailed for making false rape allegations

A woman has been jailed for perverting the course of justice after maliciously making multiple false allegations of sexual abuse, violence and rape against men over a period of many years.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , CPS, North West News

Victims Summit 2023 - speech by Max Hill KC, Director of Public Prosecutions

Victims deserve, and rightly expect, to be supported, informed and treated fairly. Being a victim of crime can be deeply traumatic and we do not underestimate the courage of victims.

| Speech , Sexual offences , CPS News

Wayne Couzens sentenced for sexual offences

Wayne Couzens has been sentenced to 19 months' imprisonment after pleading guilty to three offences of exposure.  

| Press Release , Sexual offences , CPS News

Reality TV star Stephen Bear jailed for posting 'revenge porn'

Reality TV star Stephen Bear has been sentenced today for voyeurism and two counts of "revenge porn".

| Press Release , Sexual offences , CPS, East of England News

CPS statement following the sentencing of David Carrick

Speaking after the sentencing of David Carrick today, Peter Burt, Head of the Complex Casework Unit, said: 

| Press Release , Sexual offences , CPS News

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