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CPS Wessex: Successful Hate Crime Cases

… This means that the case didn’t have to go to trial and victims and witnesses did not need to attend court to give … This means that the case didn’t have to go to trial and victims and witnesses did not need to attend court to give …

Man convicted of raping complete stranger in Hastings

CPS response to the HMCPSI 2019 Rape Inspection

… is a devastating crime which can have a lasting impact on victims. It is one of the most serious criminal offences that … recommendations for actions that can be taken to support victims and bring more offenders to justice. Questions have … the needs of an investigation with the right to privacy. Victims' groups and other interested parties will provide …

Nurse jailed for sexually assaulting 85-year-old woman

Community Impact Statements and their use in Hate Crime cases

… identity. The fear and lack of safety felt by the victims of hate crime can have a ripple effect on the wider … community rather than on a particular identified victim or victims e.g. desecration of a place of worship or cemetery; … identity. The fear and lack of safety felt by the victims of hate crime can have a ripple effect on the wider …

Guidance on file submissions for Full Code Test charging decisions in rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO) cases

… a statement or which relates to contact with suspects, victims or witnesses; an account of an incident or … within that timeframe or at all. f) Information covering victims and witnesses The victim’s age. Note this is … supporting and/or protective measures proposed for any victims or witnesses who are not eligible for special …

Neil Gunn – District Crown Prosecutor/Legal Manager For CPS Mersey-Cheshire

… It’s also about recognising the pressures and difficulties victims and witnesses may be facing and doing everything you … it’s important that you and your team are there to support victims and witnesses through what may be a challenging and … It’s also about recognising the pressures and difficulties victims and witnesses may be facing and doing everything you …

Six people convicted of modern slavery

… Service discovered that the defendants arranged for victims, people who had been smuggled illegally into the UK, … farms.  The defendants conspired together to move the victims, equipment, and cannabis around the UK.  The victims were held in conditions of modern slavery where their …

Man sentenced for racially abusing an 11-year-old boy

Prolific sex offender jailed for 88 child abuse offences

… images of children. The counts related to 45 named child victims - 39 from the UK and 6 from the USA. The youngest of his victims being just six years old. At the time of his … to do. “Thankfully, Harmes pleaded guilty which meant the victims of his horrific crimes did not have to go through the …