A priest who was formerly employed as a PE teacher has been jailed for six years having been found guilty of non-recent sexual abuse against boys as young as eleven.

Former police officer Lewis Edwards and his mother Rebekah Edwards have been sentenced after attempting to conceal crucial evidence following an online child abuse and blackmail case.

A convicted paedophile who sexually abused three boys at his home has been jailed for 20 years today.

A man described in court as a “Jekyll and Hyde” character who left victims feeling “helpless and trapped” has been jailed.

Updated with sentence 13 December 2024: Mohamed Iidow has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 10 years and 8 months today at the Old Bailey after he was found guilty of raping and killing Natalie Shotter in Southall Park, London.

UPDATED prosecution guidance which clarifies the law on when deceiving someone or failing to disclose birth sex could affect consent in rape cases, has been published today by the Crown Prosecution Service.

A Penarth man who thought he was meeting a 12-year-old girl for sexual contact after chatting with her online has been sentenced at Swansea Crown Court.

A man who paid people in the Philippines to organise live strip shows involving children aged between 9 and 16 years old has been jailed.

A 22-year-old man has been jailed for four years for the sexual assault and attempted rape of a woman in Cheltenham.

This is a summary of responses to the public consultation undertaken by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on revisions to the guidance on Deception as to gender (now titled “Deception as to sex”), which is contained in chapter 6 (Consent) of the CPS guidance on Rape and Sexual Offences (RASSO).