Violent crime | The Crown Prosecution Service

Man sentenced after stabbing three police officers in Central London

An attacker who stabbed three police officers in Westminster after attempting to steal a mobile phone has been jailed.

Man who brutally stabbed young father to death convicted of murder

A violent man has been convicted of murder after brutally stabbing another man to death just yards away from his father.

Carlisle man jailed for attempted murder.

39-year-old Carlisle man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to murder a woman in Carlisle in December last year.

Four men found guilty of killing 17-year-old Trust Gangata.

A group of four men have been convicted for killing 17-year-old Trust Gangata in a tragic case of mistaken identity.

Woman convicted of murdering her ex-partner’s fiancée

The actions of a murder victim have helped to convict her killer by managing to scratch her attacker's face before she died in a ferocious attack at her home.

Couple guilty of murdering 18-month-old boy

A mother and her boyfriend have been convicted of murdering of her 18-month-old son, who died after multiple injuries were deliberately inflicted on him.

Eighty-four-year old man jailed for life for murdering his neighbour

An 84-year-old man who attacked his neighbour with a spade and killed him has been jailed for life.

Father jailed for life for murdering baby son

A man who murdered his four-month-old son has been jailed for life

Gang who plotted to kill a man but murdered his innocent girlfriend jailed

On Wednesday 22 November at Liverpool Crown Court, four men were sentenced to a total of 173 years in prison for the murder of Ashley Dale at her home in Old Swan in August 2022, conspiracy to murder Ashley’s boyfriend Lee Harrison and conspiracy to possess a prohibited weapon, namely a Skorpion submachine gun, and ammunition with intent to endanger life.

James Witham, 41, Joseph Peers, 29, Niall Barry, 26, and Sean Zeisz, 28, were found guilty of murder by a jury at Liverpool Crown Court.

Derby teenager sentenced for one-punch manslaughter

A Derby teenager has been sentenced to youth custody for manslaughter after he punched an older man, causing his death.

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