Four Liverpool care workers - William Vasey, Valerie Marshall, Adele Mcllhatton, and Josh Ireland - were sentenced today for ill treating an 85-year-old woman with dementia.

A man who wreaked havoc across Leeds by committing thefts against several businesses and homes in a 48-hour crime spree has been jailed. Kyle Hirst committed various robbery, burglary and theft offences including stealing from an Amazon delivery van, two convenience stores, a Greggs, and a private residence – making off with numerous items, including a car.

A gang has been convicted today for their involvement in the abduction of a man from his home and his death.

This guidance specifies the cases which must be referred to CPS Headquarters (Private Office, Director of Legal Services, Press Office); Central Casework Divisions and CPS Proceeds of Crime; Chief Crown Prosecutors/Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutors or Area Complex Casework Units/Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) Units for information or for decision making.

A man has been sentenced for racially abusing an eleven-year-old boy in Crewe.

A 92-year-old man has been given a life sentence for the murder and rape of Louisa Dunne, in one of the oldest cold cases to ever be solved in the UK.