The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has charged more rape-flagged suspects than at any point in the last two decades, with increases in cases referred by police, charged by prosecutors and completed in the courts, new data shows.
During February to April 2025, the CPS West Midlands Magistrates’ and Crown court units successfully prosecuted various hate crime cases. Below are some of the cases.
A man who caused damage to two mosques, a café and the Palestine Mission to the UK with red paint on eleven separate occasions has been sentenced to an increased penalty today after the CPS successfully applied for a hate crime uplift.
