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Criminal cases prosecuted by the CPS are in the news every day, along with a range of issues relating to our work – from violence against women and girls and hate crime, to support for victims and witnesses, statistics and speeches.

To ensure greater openness in the reporting of criminal proceedings, the CPS, the police and media representatives developed a joint protocol for working together.

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Showing 1 - 10 of 58 results for area "Yorkshire and Humberside"

Calderdale ex councillor jailed for secretly filming 32 victims

A disgraced former Calderdale councillor who secretly filmed 32 victims over 15 years has been jailed (amend if suspended) .

| Press Release , Sexual offences , Yorkshire and Humberside News

Leeds man found guilty of killing Terri Jordan and dumping her body

A man has been convicted of manslaughter after the discovery of a woman’s body near an ASDA superstore in Harehills, Leeds on 23 June 2022.

| Press Release , Violent crime , Yorkshire and Humberside News

Man jailed for threatening to kill Ed Miliband MP.

A man has been jailed for physically threatening to kill Ed Miliband MP on a street in Doncaster.

| Press Release , Hate crime , Yorkshire and Humberside News

CPS Yorkshire and Humberside: Hate crime sentence uplift examples - Cases finalised April 2024

Under the hate crime legislation, courts must treat offences more seriously where there is evidence that the offender demonstrated hostility on the basis of the victim’s actual or presumed race, religion, disability, transgender identity or sexual orientation, or the offence was motivated on the basis of hostility towards one of these characteristics. Below are some examples of hate crime cases prosecuted by CPS Yorkshire and Humberside in April 2024 which resulted in a conviction and an uplifted sentence.

| Press Release , Hate crime , Yorkshire and Humberside News

CPS authorises murder charges following the death of Bryonie Gawith and her three children in Bradford house fire

Amanda McInnes, a Senior Crown Prosecutor for CPS Yorkshire & Humberside, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised West Yorkshire Police to charge Mohammed Amjid Shabir, 44, and Calum Sunderland, 25, with murder after a house fire which killed Bryonie Gawith and her three children.

| Press Release , Domestic abuse , CPS, Yorkshire and Humberside News

Man who chanted to Rotherham mob jailed

A man who shouted at police officers and chanted to a mob at the Holiday Inn Rotherham has been sentenced after pleading guilty to violent disorder.

| Press Release , Violent crime , CPS, Yorkshire and Humberside News

Thugs jailed for violent disorder in Hull

Three men who attacked police officers during widespread unrest in Hull have been jailed today.

| Press Release , Violent crime , CPS, Yorkshire and Humberside News

Thug who hurled missiles at police officers convicted of violent disorder

A thug has pleaded guilty to violent disorder following widespread unrest in Hull in recent days.

| Press Release , Violent crime , CPS, Yorkshire and Humberside News

Defendant convicted after assaulting an emergency worker

A man has pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency worker following widespread disorder in Rotherham in recent days.

| Press Release , Violent crime , Yorkshire and Humberside News

Goole axe attacker sentenced to 25 years

A truck driver from Goole who attacked a woman with an axe, inflicting life-changing physical and psychological injuries, has been sentenced today at Hull Crown Court.

| Press Release , Violent crime , Yorkshire and Humberside News

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