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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You can find our latest news stories here and search for older stories. You can also find more information about high-profile cases and the work of the CPS.
Working with the media
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.
A company owner has pleaded guilty to the gross negligence manslaughter of four paddleboarders who died during an organised tour in Pembrokeshire.Nerys Lloyd, 39, who was the owner and sole director of Salty Dog Co Ltd, today pleaded guilty to the gross negligence manslaughter of Paul O’Dwyer, 42,…
A PhD student at the University College London has been convicted of the rape of 10 women.Zhenhao Zou, 28, was charged with 35 offences which included 11 counts of rape as well as three counts of voyeurism, 12 counts of possession of extreme pornographic images, one of false imprisonment and eight…
Four defendants have been convicted today (Tuesday 4 March 2025) in relation to a £200 million-plus money laundering operation.Gregory Frankel, 47, Daniel Rawson, 47 , Haroon Rashid, 54, and Arjun Babber, 32, were found guilty of money laundering at Leeds Cloth Hall Nightingale Crown Court.Police…
Three men who committed child sex abuse offences against two young girls in Rotherham more than a decade ago have been convicted. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecuted Romauld Houphouet, 37, Absolom Sigiyo, 41, and Jacek Brzozowski, 35, following an investigation by the National Crime…
Four men who worked for a notorious organised crime family in Liverpool have been told that they must pay back £190,000 or face more time in prison.The Proceeds of Crime Division in the Crown Prosecution Service secured Confiscation Orders against Richard Caswell, 42, Michael Nevin, 37, Jack…
An entrepreneur was sentenced today (3 March 2025) after having been convicted of fraudulently obtaining two COVID-19 Bounce Bank Loans to a value of over £95,000.Craig Gibson, 45, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment suspended for two years at Liverpool Crown Court after being convicted of…
A police officer has been sentenced for causing the death of a moped rider by careless driving following a fatal collision.PC Ian Brotherton, 32, of the Metropolitan Police, was driving a marked police van on Southbury Road, Enfield, around 3pm on 12 October 2023, while responding to an emergency…
A politician has been sentenced for punching a man several times at a taxi rank in Cheshire.Mike Amesbury, 55, MP for Runcorn and Helsby, had been drinking when he attacked the man around 2am on 26 October 2024 at a taxi rank in Frodsham town centre.The victim approached Amesbury to remonstrate…
A former Olympic swimmer and trainee police officer, who represented Great Britain at the 2012 London Games, has been jailed at Plymouth Crown Court for raping two teenage girls. He has also been placed on the sex offenders’ register for the rest of his life.Antony James, 35, was today sentenced to…
Six people who exploited Vietnamese workers who had been smuggled into the UK for forced labour on cannabis farms have been convicted (Monday 24 February).Mai Van Nguyen, 35, Duong Dinh, 38, Nghĩa Dinh Tran, 30, Shamraiz Akhtar, 54, Tasawar Hussain, 54, and Amjad Nawaz, 43, were found guilty…
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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.
