This guidance is to assist prosecutors who will sometimes have to decide whether to charge an offence, or continue with a prosecution, where a nominal penalty is likely.

N.B. this list does not specify the Act and must therefore be cross-referenced with Graduated Fee Scheme F Annex 2 - Table of Offences - Class Order

A man who brutally murdered a young woman at his home before going on a knife-wielding rampage has pleaded guilty to murder.

A former surgeon has been jailed for a combined total of more than five and-a-half years (67 months) today (Wednesday 15 January) at Inner London Crown Court having admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm, child cruelty and administering a prescription only medicine to several young and vulnerable patients whilst ignoring basic hygiene rules and performing non-therapeutic male circumcision whilst ignoring basic hygiene rules and performing non-therapeutic male circumcisions.

Three burglars who stole almost £1 million worth of the weight-loss drug Mounjaro from a pharmaceutical distribution site in St Albans have been jailed.

This interim guidance is for use by prosecutors during the Coronavirus pandemic.