Sexual offences that were re-commenced after a successful Victims' Right to Review appeal

Request

1) At the following link, it shows in 2022/23 there were 64 cases of sexual offences that were re-commenced after a successful Victims' Right to Review appeal.

A)    Please tell me how many of these 64 cases resulted in a conviction.

B)    Please break down those cases that resulted in a conviction by the type of sexual offence.

2) Finally, regarding the 3 homicide cases that were re-started in 2022/23 after a VRR appeal, please tell me:

A)    How many resulted in convictions

B)    The names of the convicted and the courts where the cases were held.

Response

1A.    Of the 64 cases of sexual offences that were re-commenced in 2022/23 after a successful Victims' Right to Review appeal there were seven successful convictions.

1B.    Of the seven cases referred to in 1A above, there were two convictions for Sexual Assault, one conviction for Sexual Activity with a Child Family Member and Rape of a Child under 13, and one conviction for Act of Outraging Public Decency. Three of the cases have been destroyed in line with CPS Retention and Disposal Policy and therefore this information is not held for these three cases.

2A.    Of the three homicide cases that were re-started in 2022/23 after a VRR appeal two resulted in convictions.

2B.    The information you have requested in relation to the two convictions referred to in 2A above is provided below:

i)    Offender name redacted prior to publishing, convicted at Lincoln Crown Court
ii)   Offender name redacted prior to publishing, convicted at Bournemouth Crown Court

Both of these cases are publicly reported.

The conviction numbers reported above are for recorded outcomes only and do not include cases still under review or where the results are not yet available.

Data Caveats

1.  CPS data are available through its Case Management System (CMS) and associated Management Information System (MIS).  The CPS collects data to assist in the effective management of its prosecution functions.  The CPS does not collect data that constitutes official statistics as defined in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.  

2.  Some or all of the information you requested under the FOI Act has been collated by undertaking a manual search of the CPS’ Case Management System using unique reference numbers supplied from the department’s Management Information System.  As with any large-scale recording system, both the CMS and MIS systems are subject to possible errors with data entry, processing and the manual searches undertaken.

3.  The official statistics relating to crime and policing are maintained by the Home Office (HO) and the official statistics relating to sentencing, criminal court proceedings, offenders brought to justice, the courts and the judiciary are maintained by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ).