MPS: Statement after Rolf Harris conviction on 12 counts of indecent assault...
“Rolf Harris has habitually denied any wrong doing forcing his victims to recount their ordeal in public.He committed many offences in plain sight of people as he thought his celebrity status placed...
View ArticleMother who dumped newborn baby in carrier bag given suspended sentence...
A mother who left her new born baby girl in a carrier bag in a park has today been sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court to six months, suspended two years with two years supervision, after she had...
View ArticleWoman jailed for assaulting care home resident ukcri.me/49641
A care worker who assaulted and verbally abused a 90-year-old dementia resident at a Coventry care home has today been sentenced to two years and eight months imprisonment at Warwick Crown Court after...
View ArticleNew Chief Prosecutor appointed for the West Midlands ukcri.me/49777
Grace Ononiwu OBE has been appointed as the new Chief Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in the West Midlands following the retirement of Harry Ireland.She becomes the first...
View ArticleCPS statement: Surgery manager charged with NHS fraud after undercover sting...
Ben Reid, a prosecutor with the Specialist Fraud Division at the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “I have authorised Asif Butt to be charged with one count of fraud by abuse of position, contrary to...
View ArticleMan guilty of attempting to hire a ‘hit man’ to kill his common law wife...
Graham Burgess has today been jailed for six years following a guilty plea yesterday for trying to hire a ‘hit man’ to kill his wife.When Staffordshire Police became aware of the 45-year-old...
View ArticlePC Christopher Thomas and PC Christopher Pitts to face charges of racially...
Two Bedfordshire police officers to face criminal charges The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in Wessex has authorised charges against two Bedfordshire police officers.Police Constable, Christopher...
View ArticleTwo in court over Paige Chivers murder ukcri.me/52856
Following consultation with The Crown Prosecution Service two men are due to appear in court this morning (Thursday, September 25th) in connection with the murder of Paige Chivers.Robert Ewing, 59, of...
View ArticleDPP publishes final standards for all prosecutors ukcri.me/52981
Alison Saunders, the Director of Public Prosecutions, has today published the final version of new standards for all CPS prosecutors.This follows a consultation with the public, which demonstrated that...
View ArticleDevon man charged with historic child sex offences ukcri.me/53318
West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have today authorised the charging of a 95-year-old man from Devon for historic child sex offences.The charges related to offences which were carried out...
View ArticleNo charges for officer who used taser on a man who douse himself in petrol...
Following the death of Andrew Pimlott in Plymouth in April 2013, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has determined that there is insufficient evidence to prosecute a police constable for gross...
View ArticleCPS statement: John Lowe, 82, convicted of murders of Christine and Lucy Lee...
An 82-year-old man who shot dead a mother and daughter at his home near Farnham, Surrey, has been convicted of their murders.John Lowe killed 40-year-old Lucy Lee and her mother Christine Lee, 66, on...
View ArticleMan guilty of cyber-attack on government and politician’s websites...
A 44-year-old man has today been found guilty of encouraging others to carry out a cyber-attack on the websites of the Home Office and a member of parliament. A jury at Birmingham Crown Court heard...
View ArticleCouncillor Spencer Flower charged with failure to inform Councils of...
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in Wessex has authorised Dorset Police to institute proceedings against Dorset County Council Leader, Spencer Flower, 72 and of Verwood, with three offences under...
View ArticleCPS statement: CANCER DOCTOR WHO SEXUALLY ASSAULTED YOUNG PATIENTS JAILED FOR...
The sexual abuse of young patients carried out by Cambridgeshire cancer treatment doctor Myles Bradbury was one of the worst cases of a breach of trust prosecuted by CPS East of England.Michelle Brown,...
View ArticleCPS statement: Action on cases involving Mazher Mahmood ukcri.me/56187
CPS Spokesperson said: “Following the halting of the trial of Ms Contostavlos and Mr Coombs we took steps to identify current and past cases involving Mr Mahmood as a prosecution witness. We made it...
View ArticleCPS statement: Statement from the Director of Public Prosecutions on Eleanor...
Having considered the detail and the issues raised by the family, I am satisfied that the decision making in this case was correct and that it was made in accordance with our policies and guidance.I...
View ArticleMedical staff to be charged following death of Jack Adcock, 6, at Leicester...
Three members of medical staff will be charged with gross negligence manslaughter following the death of Jack Adcock, 6, at the Leicester Royal Infirmary on 18 February 2011, the Crown Prosecution...
View ArticleSurgery manager convicted of NHS fraud ukcri.me/57389
Asif Butt, a former practice manager at an NHS surgery in Birmingham, was today [Friday, 19 December] handed a two-year prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, at Birmingham Crown Court for fraud,...
View ArticleAbdul Ghafoor receives life sentence for multiple offences including rape...
A 33 year old man from Bedford has today (December 19) received a life sentence with a minimum of 9 years to be served after being found guilty on 4 November of a raping a young woman as she made her...
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