I write further to my letter of 2 October 2022 to your predecessor, which related to the number of agreements made by the CPS under sections 71 to 74 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (SOCPA).
Edwin Morrison, 81, was jailed for seven years at Manchester Crown Court after he persuaded his 95-year-old victim to let him into her house, before strangling and tying her up in an attempted robbery.
Three men who were involved in the fatal shooting of a County Durham grandfather have been found guilty of murder at Teesside Crown Court today (31 October).