Updated legal guidance to speed up charging decisions in hate crime cases has been published today as the Crown Prosecution Services steps up efforts to tackle the rise in antisemitic incidents.
Jamie Varley, 37, and John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, were both convicted of a range of horrific offences related to the death of 13-month-old Preston Davey.
A man who stabbed a police officer and attempted to set fire to a police station has been jailed for life with a minimum of 22 years after it was found the incident was connected to terrorism.
This document sets out the approach taken by the Crown Prosecution Service to paying Graduated Fee Scheme (GFS) F cases where a Crown Advocate (CA) returns a brief to an external advocate at the Bar or an external advocate at the Bar returns a brief to a CA.
His Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) has today published the first part of its inspection into the CPS’s activity to support ‘honour’-based abuse casework. The landscape review considers how the CPS has developed its approach to these cases.
