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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A patient who is serving a life sentence for pushing a boy from a balcony at the Tate Modern has been jailed for 16 weeks for attacking two nurses at Broadmoor Hospital.Jonty Bravery, 24, assaulted the nurses at the secure hospital in Berkshire, leaving one with scratches to her face and the other…
A man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering two women and trying to kill two other people in a frenzied attack on Christmas Day.On the evening of 25 December 2024, Jazwell Brown was at home in Milton Keynes when he picked up a kitchen knife and began stabbing his partner, 38-year-old…
A man who brutally murdered two people and tried to kill two more on Christmas Day has been convicted.On the evening of 25 December 2024, without warning or provocation, Jazwell Brown murdered Joanne Pearson, 38, and Teohna Grant, 24, within their shared flat block at Santa Cruz Avenue in Milton…
A Luton teenager who killed his mother, brother and sister has been jailed for life.Nicholas Prosper, who had also planned to carry out a school shooting, will serve a minimum of 49 years in prison.The 19-year-old purchased a gun and ammunition illegally and shot his family in the early hours of 13…
Kyle Clifford, who murdered Carol, Louise, and Hannah Hunt at their home in Bushey on 9 July 2024, has been jailed for life.Lisa Kiff, a Senior Crown Prosecutor with the CPS, said: “Kyle Clifford is a murderer and rapist, who at every turn has attempted to escape the gravity of his actions.“From…
A man who brutally murdered a mother and her two daughters has now been found guilty of rape.Armed with a knife and crossbow, 26-year-old Kyle Clifford murdered Carol, Louise, and Hannah Hunt at their home in Bushey on 9 July 2024.He pleaded guilty to the murders on 22 January. He also pleaded…
Chris Derrick, a Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor at the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “Nicholas Prosper has been convicted of the murder of his mother, Juliana Falcon, and two younger siblings, Kyle and Giselle Prosper, on 13 September last year.“In a chilling act of violence, Prosper…
Lisa Ramsarran, Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS Thames and Chiltern, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised Hertfordshire Constabulary to charge Kyle Clifford with three counts of murder following the deaths of Carol, Louise and Hannah Hunt in Bushey on Tuesday 9 July.“Mr Clifford, 26,…
Updated to reflect that Allen Morgan was sentenced on 29 July to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 22 years for conspiring to murder his wife Carol Morgan in 1981.In response to the sentencing, Senior Crown Prosecutor Shan Saunders for the Crown Prosecution Service said:"Our thoughts today…
A Stevenage man who stabbed a student to death on his prom night has been jailed for life today.Patrick Sharp-Meade, 20, was given a life sentence for murdering 18-year-old Kajetan Migdal in a vicious attack after he and his friends left their school prom in Stevenage in May 2022.The school friends…
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