The Director’s Guidance on Charging (6th Edition) (DG6) prescribes the material and information required for a charging decision in all case types. DG6 also sets out the arrangements for charging decisions and the joint working framework for police officers and prosecutors during the investigation and prosecution of criminal cases including e.g. the escalation process and arrangements for Early Advice. Police officers and prosecutors must comply with DG6.
Michael Stewart, 57, and Anthony Stewart, 60, were convicted of murdering Anthony Littler on 1 May 1984 on his way home from East Finchley tube station.
A man who falsely claimed his luxury electric car was out of control and struck a police car 31 times on the motorway in Merseyside has been jailed for dangerous driving and fraud.
In November 2025, the CPS West Midlands Magistrates’ and Crown Court units successfully prosecuted various hate crime cases. Below are some of the cases.
A crime boss was jailed today for ten years at Stoke-On-Trent Crown Court after admitting being at the helm of two separate international organised crime operations - dealing in stolen sports cars and illegal medicines.
