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Seven men charged over rape and child sexual abuse offences in Norfolk

The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised the charging of seven men who are allegedly part of a grooming gang in connection with rape and child sexual abuse offences in Norfolk.Jamil Khalil, 20, Ahmadin Ahmadzai, 21, Qais Kaker, 20, Fazal Auryakhel, 20, Mohammed Farooq Sinwary, 23, Ali Ahamad,…
Press Release Sexual offences CPS

Three teenage boys sentenced after two girls raped in separate attacks

Three teenage boys have today been sentenced after they were convicted of a knife-point rape and other serious sexual offences against two teenage girls in Hampshire.The boys, who were aged 13, 14 and 14 at the time of the offences, cannot be named for legal reasons.During a five-week trial at…
Press Release Sexual offences Violent crime Youth crime CPS Wessex
East Midlands

Overseas child marriage leads to Nottingham conviction

A husband and wife from Nottingham have been given a suspended sentence after arranging for taking two boys under 18 to Pakistan to be married.
Press Release CPS East Midlands

CPS sets out prosecutorial approach to large-scale protests this weekend

PROSECUTORS have been issued new legal guidance on the use of offensive banners, slogans, chants or symbols to recognise the changing national and international context and increase in hate crime ahead of significant planned protests in London this weekend.
Press Release Hate crime CPS

Former imam jailed for sexually abusing seven women and girls

A former imam who carried out a sustained campaign of sexual abuse against women and girls over more than a decade has been jailed.
Press Release Sexual offences CPS

Man charged in connection with arson at former synagogue in east London

Dominic Charles Turner has been charged in connection with an arson attack at a former synagogue in east London.
Press Release Hate crime CPS
East Midlands

Child abuser jailed after fake disability unmasked

A child abuser who attempted to evade justice by faking severe illness has been sentenced after the Crown Prosecution Service and police combined to prove he was lying about his condition.John Siddell, 41, from Ashington in Northumberland, abused three young boys under the age of 14 between 2018…
Press Release Sexual offences CPS East Midlands

CPS announces two men charged with human trafficking for sexual exploitation and sexual offences

The Crown Prosecution Service has today announced Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 57, and Scott Drewitt-Barlow, 32, both from Danbury, Essex, have been charged with arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation, as well as sexual offences including rape.Christian Meikle of…
Press Release Sexual offences CPS East of England

CPS secures convictions in Hong Kong unlawful surveillance case

Two men have been convicted of assisting a foreign intelligence service by conducting unauthorised information‑gathering and unlawful surveillance in the UK to benefit China. Chung Biu Yuen, 65, a former Hong Kong police officer now employed at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in…
Press Release Terrorism CPS
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UPDATED: Superdry co-founder jailed for rape

The co-founder of clothing company Superdry has been jailed for eight years today for raping a woman after a night out.
Press Release Sexual offences CPS South West

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