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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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 101 - 110 of 113 results for crime type "Violent crime" & area "CPS"
A group of four men have been convicted for killing 17-year-old Trust Gangata in a tragic case of mistaken identity.
At a house party in Leeds on 19 March 2023, Karl Belinga, 20, Karlson Ogie, 19, Paul Mbwasse, 19, and Brandon Takakunda Paradzai, 20, fatally stabbed Trust Gangata whilst seeking…
Press ReleaseViolent crimeCPSYorkshire and Humberside
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has published its updated prosecution guidance on homicide following a 12-week public consultation.
The guidance has been refined to assist prosecutors considering the public interest when dealing with suspects in deaths arising out of ‘mercy killings’ and…
Speech by Max Hill KC, Director of Public Prosecutions to the Oxford University Law Faculty, 24 February 2023
Opening
We invited you here today by telling you Mark had harmed Paul and asking you whether he should be prosecuted. Those who can recall the details of the synopsis will remember…
From today, prosecutors will have new powers to charge violent abusers with specific offences of non-fatal strangulation and non-fatal suffocation, as key measures in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 come into force.
The CPS has published new legal guidance to assist lawyers considering criminal…
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is seeking views on a proposed update to legal guidance on homicide, to assist prosecutors considering the public interest when dealing with suspects in deaths arising out of failed suicide pacts and so called ‘mercy killings’.
Launching a public consultation…
More than 300 prosecutions for assaults on emergency workers were completed in the first month of lockdown, CPS data reveals.
The 313 attacks followed a typical pattern of police officers and other emergency workers being coughed at and spat on by members of the public claiming to have the virus…
Anyone using coronavirus to threaten emergency and essential workers faces serious criminal charges, the Director of Public Prosecutions warns today.
The CPS intervention comes after reports in recent days of police, shop workers and vulnerable groups being deliberately coughed at by people…
Suspects accused of allowing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) to be carried out can face prosecution in the UK, regardless of where in the world the procedure took place, the CPS confirmed today.
Following on from the first-ever UK conviction for FGM in February this year, which saw a woman…
Speech by Max Hill QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, to the Heads of Prosecuting Agencies Conference in Uganda, 15-17 April 2019
Good morning. It is my pleasure to join you, at my first HOPAC Conference since becoming Director last November. I look forward to productive and friendly…
SpeechSexual offencesYouth crimeInternational and organised crimeViolent crimeCPS
The Babes in the Wood Murders: The Prosecutors
How the CPS and the police brought a killer to justice in a landmark case is the subject of a compelling documentary broadcast on 7 January and now available on the BBC iPlayer.
Russell Bishop was convicted on 10 December of killing two young…
Press ReleaseViolent crimeCPS
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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.
