In August 2025, the CPS West Midlands Magistrates’ and Crown Court units successfully prosecuted various hate crime cases.

This document sets out the arrangements relating to the 2020 refresh of the CPS Advocate Panel in respect of General Crime and the Rape and Serious Sexual Offences List (‘the 2020 Panel’).

Christopher Cooper, 39, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 16 years at Swansea Crown Court for killing a man with one punch outside a pub in Gorseinon.

Three men have been convicted of a series of sexual offences, including rape, on a 12-year-old girl over a three-day period.

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.

The Crown Prosecution Service has announced Tim Westwood has been charged with rape and sexual offences.