An HGV driver has been jailed for a fatal crash on the M58, after prosecutors proved he had been distracted by looking at pornography on his phone moments before the collision.
The criminal justice system treats children and young people differently from adults and significant weight must be attached to the age of the suspect if they are a child or young person under 18.
A former teacher has been jailed after taking covert photos of children in a leisure centre changing room led to his persistent grooming and abuse of children being uncovered.
A sexual predator has been sentenced to 10 years and six months imprisonment with an additional five years on extended licence for raping a woman in a hotel room after he drove her from London to Kent in a pre-planned assault.
The Crown Court deals with the most serious criminal cases. Each case is overseen by a judge who is responsible for setting out the timetable in the case, making a judgement on any legal questions (such as whether certain types of evidence can be used) and sentencing the defendant if they are convicted.
