A man has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for grooming and raping a schoolgirl in Rotherham 20 years ago. The Crown Prosecution Service’s (CPS) dedicated Organised Child Sexual Abuse Unit ...

A former ordained Church of England priest has been found guilty of multiple counts of indecent assaults on nine women in Sheffield in the 1980s and 1990s. Chris Brain, 68, has been found guilty of 17 ...

A man has been jailed for starting a fire that damaged the Liverpool Beatles Museum in the city’s famous Matthew Street area.

Large organisations across England and Wales need to finalise preparations for a new fraud prevention law that comes into force on 1 September 2025. The reminder comes as the Crown Prosecution Service ...

An American citizen who attempted to murder a Birmingham clothing shop owner as part of an international assassination plot, before leaving the country and going on the run, has been convicted.

10 men have been sentenced this week after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecuted an organised crime gang, following an investigation by Greater Manchester Police, assisted by the National ...

The youth (who cannot be named for legal reasons) was also found guilty carrying a hunting knife into school premises at Sheffield Crown Court. He took the 13cm serrated edged blade into All Saints ...

In July 2025, the CPS West Midlands Magistrates’ and Crown Court units successfully prosecuted various hate crime cases. Below are some of the cases.

A Merseyside man has been sentenced for sending racist death threats to the former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Liam Shaw, 21, of Birkenhead, sent two threatening and offensive emails to the public ...

Three people have been charged with showing support for the proscribed terrorist group Palestine Action. Frank Ferguson, Head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said: “Following ...