Toddler Noah Sibanda died at Fairytales Day Nursery on 9 December 2022 having been physically restrained face down on a cushion, with a blanket over his face and a leg placed over him.
The Crown Prosecution Service has been at the heart of the law enforcement response to the appalling outbreaks of violence and disorder across the country.
A serial conman who posed as a Swiss banker and a MI6 spy to defraud his victim, who was left penniless, has been ordered to pay back £125,000 to her or face more time in jail.
The CPS has launched its first Stalking Action Plan - designed to equip prosecutors to tackle the offence in the digital age. The number of stalking offences charged reached a record high last year, with 7,168 offences charged.
A lorry driver who ran into the back of a taxi on the M62 motorway near Liverpool, killing the two airline pilots who were passengers in the back, has been jailed for 10 years.