Andrew Baxter, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has reviewed a file of evidence from Leicestershire Police and has authorised a charge of murder against a 14-year-old boy in relation to the death of Bhim Sen Kohli.

The new Attorney General (AG) Richard Hermer KC has thanked the staff of CPS Mersey-Cheshire on behalf of the Government for their crucial work on the recent riots.

A 17-year-old boy who stabbed schoolgirl Holly Newton to death outside of a pizza shop has been convicted of her murder.

A man has been sentenced after violent disorder outside a hotel which houses asylum seekers in Aldershot, Hampshire.

Stephen Parkinson, Director of Public Prosecutions, wrote in a piece for The Times about the need for swift justice in all criminal cases. He explained the process by which we can charge cases of violent disorder quickly, and why the other case types take deeper, specialist work to build a case and ultimately prove.

A man has been jailed for more than two years after being involved in widespread unrest in Blackpool.

A teenager who took a knife to an area where a protest was due to take place has been jailed.

First riot charge authorised for adult involved in disorder

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.

Update: On 21 August 2024 at Liverpool Crown Court, Luke Moran was jailed for three years. A man has admitted battering a police vehicle, leaving officers trapped inside and fearing for their lives, as part of riots in Southport.