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Updated 15 September 2025:Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were sentenced today at the Old Bailey (15 September 2025) for gross negligence manslaughter following the death of their newborn baby. Mark Gordon was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment, with an extended period on licence of four…
A man who brutally attacked a dog walker in a random act of violence has been found guilty of her murder – after prosecutors pieced together CCTV, DNA, and bad character evidence to put before the jury.56-year-old Roy Barclay murdered Anita Rose in Brantham on 24 July 2024 – she was walking her dog…
A man who was the first to be charged with encouraging serious self-harm online under Section 184 of the Online Safety Act 2023 has been sentenced to a nine years and four month prison term - partially to be served in hospital. Tyler Webb, 22, used the Telegram communications app to repeatedly…
A 92-year-old man has been given a life sentence and told to serve at least 20 years in prison after he was convicted of the murder and rape of Louisa Dunne - one of the oldest cold cases to ever be solved in the UK.Ryland Headley from Ipswich, who was living in Bristol at the time of the murder,…
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 drug dealing nephew has been found guilty of murdering and kidnapping his uncle over stolen money as well as for drug trafficking offences.Tahir Syed, 42, has been convicted (9 June 2025) for murder, and conspiracy to kidnap at Leeds Crown Court and connected drug supply offences. Syed had…
A plastic surgeon has been jailed for life for the attempted murder of a senior colleague, despite his attempts to to frustrate the legal process.!n the middle of the night of 14 January 2021, Peter Brooks, 61, cycled from his house in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, to the home of Graeme Perks,…
A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to seven years' detention and a 13 year old girl given a three-year youth rehabilitation order for the manslaughter of an 80-year-old as he walked his dog in a park in Leicester.Bhim Kohli was attacked in Franklin Park on 1 September last year by a 14-year-old…
Bethan David, Head of the Crown Prosecution Service Counter Terrorism Division, said:“Following a review of the evidence provided by the Metropolitan Police Service’s Counter Terrorism Command, we have authorised criminal charges against a 21-year-old man after three fires in north London.“Roman…
Adele Kelly, the Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London North, said:“We have authorised the Metropolitan Police to charge Chris Brown (dob 5/5/1989) with one count of grievous bodily harm, contrary to section 18 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861.“The alleged incident occurred in…
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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.
