Criminal cases that the Crown Prosecution Service take to court are in the news every day. This section also covers many issues related to our work, including violence against women and girls, hate crime, support for victims and witnesses, statistics, and speeches by the Director of Public Prosecutions and other senior staff.
Latest news
You can find our latest news stories here and search for older stories. You can also find more information about high-profile cases and the work of the CPS.
Working with the media
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.
A drug dealing nephew has been found guilty of murdering and kidnapping his uncle over stolen money as well as for drug trafficking offences.Tahir Syed, 42, has been convicted (9 June 2025) for murder, and conspiracy to kidnap at Leeds Crown Court and connected drug supply offences. Syed had…
Lawyers seeking to return to criminal practice following a career break will be given the opportunity to ease back into the workforce under a new Crown Prosecution Service scheme.The second phase of Go Prosecute has launched today – an initiative by the Crown Prosecution Service to provide support…
A plastic surgeon has been jailed for life for the attempted murder of a senior colleague, despite his attempts to to frustrate the legal process.!n the middle of the night of 14 January 2021, Peter Brooks, 61, cycled from his house in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, to the home of Graeme Perks,…
An art dealer who failed to report a series of high-value sales to a man suspected of financing the proscribed group Hizballah has been jailed. Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, sold artwork worth almost £140,000 to suspected Hizballah financier Nazem Ahmad, who is based in Beirut and was sanctioned by…
Victims of rape and serious sexual assaults who face their cases being dropped by prosecutors will, for the first time, be given the right to have their case reviewed by a different prosecutor before any final decisions are made.Criminal cases can be stopped at any point if a prosecutor decides…
A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to seven years' detention and a 13 year old girl given a three-year youth rehabilitation order for the manslaughter of an 80-year-old as he walked his dog in a park in Leicester.Bhim Kohli was attacked in Franklin Park on 1 September last year by a 14-year-old…
A bogus doctor who was responsible for forging her medical qualifications and fraudulently securing positions as a hospital psychiatrist has been ordered to pay back £406,624 or spend two and half more years in prison.Zholia Alemi, 63, of Burnley, was found guilty of 13 counts of fraud, two counts…
Alexander Surin, who has been dubbed ‘Don Car-Leone’ for his fleet of high-end luxury cars, has handed over more that £3.6m after being served with a Civil Recovery Order for illicit Bitcoin.The convicted drug trafficker, fraudster and money launderer had claimed that the cryptocurrency was derived…
A convicted money launderer responsible for transporting illegal money to Dubai has been ordered to pay £2,543,047.47 through a Confiscation Order after an appeal judgement made by the court on 27 May 2025. Abdulla Mohammad Ali Bin Beyat Alfalasi, 48, arranged the transport of an…
(click images above to see the videos)New resources that will help victims of crime to better understand their entitlements within criminal justice system and to receive a more joined up service from criminal justice agencies have been announced by the Crown Prosecution Service.A package of three…
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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.
