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At Winchester Crown Court, Malakai Wheeler was given an extended sentence of seven years - six years in custody with an extended licence of one year. He had previously been convicted of multiple terrorism offences.
Nick Price, Head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division,…
A man has been jailed for life for the attempted murder of a woman outside a leisure centre in Cheltenham in March this year.
Joshua Bowles, 29, previously pleaded guilty to attempted murder on 30 August at the Central Criminal Court.
The victim was a US national employed by the…
Nick Price, head of the CPS Counter Terrorism and Special Crime Division, said: “The CPS has authorised 13 charges against a 19-year-old man accused of intending to commit an act of terrorism.
“Alfie Coleman will be charged with single counts of preparation of terrorism, possession of a…
A man who trespassed within the grounds of Windsor Castle armed with a loaded crossbow - after making threats to kill Queen Elizabeth II - has pleaded guilty to all three charges against him.
Jaswant Chail, 21, was arrested in the grounds of the royal residence on Christmas Day 2021. He told an…
Nick Price, head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said: “The CPS has authorised a charge of conspiracy to conduct espionage against three men and two women suspected of spying for Russia.
“Orlin Roussev, 45, Bizer Dzhambazov, 41, Katrin Ivanova, 31, Ivan Stoyanov, 31, and…
Counter-terrorism legislation should not hinder legitimate humanitarian, development and peace building organisations from operating overseas, the CPS has said today.
Specialists from the Crown Prosecution Service have produced a framework of some of the public interest considerations which…
A story in the Sunday Telegraph - 'Prosecutors allow dozens of charges brought against terrorists to 'lie on file' - has incorrectly claimed the CPS is allowing charges to lie on file for defendants accused of terror offences as part of “sweetheart deals”.
We refute this in the strongest terms…
Sue Hemming, CPS Director of Legal Services, said:
“During the weekend of 4 March 2018 in Salisbury the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia, part of a group of nerve agents known as ‘Novichok’.
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The Crown Prosecution Service has today (21 March) become the first national public body to sign up to a new charter committing to treat families bereaved by major disasters in a sensitive and transparent manner.
The ‘Charter for Families Bereaved through Public Tragedy’ was proposed by…
Four members of the banned group National Action have been jailed for posting racist stickers on a university campus.
Chad Mark Williams-Allen (26), Garry Jack (21) and two other men placed stickers in five places around the Aston University campus in Birmingham, including on a prominent…
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