The updated protocol and user guidance will be finalised and agreed by the CPS, NPCC and media representative bodies and published on the CPS website. We look forward to receiving your response.

A violent sexual predator who tried to murder a schoolgirl has been jailed for 38 years at Teesside Crown Court today.

Malcolm McHaffie, Head of the CPS Special Crime Division, said: “Following a review of the evidence provided by the Metropolitan Police Service, the Crown Prosecution Service has authorised criminal ...

A HMP Wandsworth prison officer who was filmed having sex with an inmate has been convicted of misconduct in a public office. Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, was on duty when she entered the prisoner’s cell ...

Why the Crown Prosecution Service? We protect the public by prosecuting the right person for the right offence. We’re independent and we make our decisions fairly and objectively by following our Code ...

We prosecute people for hundreds of different types of crime every year. This section gives an introduction to some of the categories of offending that we are asked about most often.

Debbie Breen, Head of the Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RaSSO) Unit at CPS North East, said: “Mark Dodds is a prolific sexual predator, who routinely manipulated young girls online for his own ...

A killer who murdered a man with one punch outside a pub has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 16 years. Christopher Cooper, 39, was sentenced at Swansea Crown Court today, ...

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the main prosecuting authority in England and Wales. In our daily operations we work in partnership with all agencies in the criminal justice system. We work ...

Cafodd Christopher Cooper, 39, ei ddedfrydu yn Llys y Goron Abertawe heddiw, am ladd dyn gydag un ergyd â dwrn y tu allan i dafarn yng Ngorseinon. Ym mis Mai 2024, roedd Kelvin Evans allan gyda’i ...

This guidance applies to cases when a charging decision is being made in relation to a person who has made an allegation of rape or domestic abuse and one of the following situations apply: It is ...

The nature of crime is changing, and the scale and complexity of organised crime groups is growing, driven by global movements of people and threats from new technologies. The criminal justice system ...