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To make criminal court reporting more open, the CPS, police, and media representatives created a joint protocol (agreement) for working together. We are currently working on an updated version of the protocol.
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A man who killed a wife and her husband at their home in Newhaven has been found guilty of their murder. Derek Martin, 67 and from Brighton, had admitted killing both Josh and Chloe Bashford at their home in Newhaven in June 2023 but had denied murder on the grounds of diminished…
A man who forced his way into a stranger’s home in Hastings and raped her has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, extended for a further seven years.Jason Wren, 32, was seen by witnesses acting suspiciously outside the property in November 2024, while the woman was home alone.He knocked at the…
A man has been jailed today following a heist that saw 159 luxury watches worth £1.4 million stolen from a shopping centre watch shop. David Buisson, 56, has been sentenced to six years and one month imprisonment at Maidstone Crown Court after admitting his role in the carefully planned…
Two men have been found guilty of the murder of two e-bike riders after they were driven into deliberately following a pursuit by a pick-up truck on a motorway slip road in Surrey.Alex Rose, 30, was driving the Ford Raptor which hit them and he was convicted, along with Charles Pardoe, 25, who was…
A man who pretended to be an Uber driver so he could carry out sex attacks on young women has been jailed for 18 years, extended for a further five years.Graham Head sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman in a Brighton park, who managed to message a friend saying she was being raped. When her…
A man who claimed that his partner died after rolling out of bed and hitting her nose has been convicted of her murder. Samantha Mickleburgh honoured plans to celebrate James Cartwright’s 60th birthday at Pennyhill Park Hotel and Spa in Surrey in April 2024, wanting to make sure he wasn’t…
A DNA sample given by a man who applied to join the police has led to him being jailed for sexually assaulting two girls in 2017.Reinaldo Goncalo Bertoni Filho (42) applied to work as a Police Community Support Officer in British Transport Police in 2024 and provided a DNA sample as part of the…
A man has pleaded guilty to murdering a woman in her sleep and committing a sexual offence against her afterwards. Ernesta Juska, 21, entered the pleas at a hearing today (Friday 18 July) at Maidstone Crown Court, following the death of Nina Denisova in August 2024 at an address in Dartford…
Press ReleaseViolent crimeSexual offencesSouth East
A man who raped and controlled five women over a four-year period has been sentenced to 17 years imprisonment, extended by a further five years. George De Bathe, 25, cut the victims off from their family and friends, controlling them in different ways, including taking over their phones and…
A doctor has been found guilty of a series of sexual offences committed over a number of years against male patients at the surgery he worked at in Canterbury.Gregory Manson was a GP practising at Cossington House Surgery from 1999 to 2017 who carried out unnecessary examinations of men’s genitals,…
Press ReleaseSexual offencesSouth East
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Media protocol
To ensure greater openness in the reporting of criminal proceedings, the CPS, the police and media representatives developed a joint protocol for working together. We are currently in the process of updating the protocol.
