Criminal cases that the Crown Prosecution Service take to court are in the news every day. This section also covers many issues related to our work, including violence against women and girls, hate crime, support for victims and witnesses, statistics, and speeches by the Director of Public Prosecutions and other senior staff.
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You can find our latest news stories here and search for older stories. You can also find more information about high-profile cases and the work of the CPS.
A man has been found guilty of using a home-made bomb to destroy a newly installed Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) camera in southeast London. Kevin Rees, 63, placed the device next to the camera in Willersley Avenue, Sidcup, on 6 December 2023 before lighting the fuse and running away before…
A man caught attempting to print a 3D semi-automatic weapon at his home in east London has been jailed for a total of 15 years.Robert Adamski, 29, had printed part of a 9mm calibre semi-automatic rifle when police searched his home in Leyton in July 2024. Officers also found parts of another…
More rape victims across the country will have the chance to ask for a second review before their cases are stopped in court, as a landmark Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) pilot expands into three further Areas.The first‑of‑its‑kind expedited Victims’ Right to Review (VRR) scheme has been welcomed…
The Crown Prosecution Service has today announced that a 21-year-old man has been charged with encouraging suicide after the death of a man in the USA.Dylan Phelan, 21, from Morley, West Yorkshire, has been charged with encouraging suicide, contrary to Section 2 of the Suicide Act 1961, after…
The Crown Prosecution Service has today announced that three people have been charged with stirring up racial hatred during a protest in Westminster. Azza Zaki, 60, Haya Adam, 21, and Abdallah Alanzi, 24, have been charged in relation to an organised protest along Petty France on 17 December…
A man who brutally murdered a young woman at his home before going on a knife-wielding rampage has pleaded guilty to murder.Michael Doherty, 38 (also known as Michael Moore), murdered 21 year-old Courtney Angus at his home in Batley on 25th July 2025. Courtney had been staying at Doherty’s…
Press ReleaseViolent crimeCPSYorkshire and Humberside
A criminal defence solicitor who paid 13-year-old girls for explicit photographs and sexually abused them has been jailed for nine years and nine months at Leeds Crown Court today.Suleman Baig, 40 and of Grimsby, not only abused the young girls, but attempted to pervert the course of justice by…
Press ReleaseSexual offencesCPSYorkshire and Humberside
A man who made arrangements to travel abroad and pay to rape children as young as six, and helped others to do the same, has been jailed. The Crown Prosecution Service’s dedicated Organised Child Sexual Abuse Unit prosecuted Edward Gratwick, 68, following an investigation by the National Crime…
An Albanian national has been jailed for plotting to bring other Albanians to the UK illegally.Ibrahim Sollaku, 33, admitted conspiring with others to transport five migrants from Belgium to the UK last November after they arrived in Europe from Albania. Sollaku arranged for a taxi driver to…
Philip Young, 49, formerly of Swindon but now living in Enfield, appeared at Winchester Crown Court today (23 January 2026) and pleaded guilty to the following offences against his former wife, Joanne Young:• 11 counts of rape• 11 counts of…
Press ReleaseSexual offencesCPSWessex
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