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.
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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.
An Iraqi man who had been extradited to Italy and convicted of terrorist offences there, has been jailed for two years and three months today for returning to the UK illegally in a small boat.Rebwar Hamad, 48, arrived with others on 19 September this year and eventually pleaded guilty to coming to…
Press ReleaseInternational and organised crimeCPSSouth East
A director of a care home agency based in East Sussex who repeatedly employed immigrants with no right to work in the UK has been jailed today. Between 2017 and 2018, Benoy Thomas, 50, recruited Indian nationals to work as care assistants through Bexhill-on-Sea based A Class Care Recruitment…
Press ReleaseFraud and economic crimeInternational and organised crimeCPSSouth East
A former CPS paralegal who accessed a criminal’s case file without authorisation has today been sentenced to six months' imprisonment, which was suspended for 18 months.Kiera Greenslade, 27, used the CPS internal database to find and send a picture of her then-boyfriend’s Police National Computer…
The Crown Prosecution Service has today announced charges against a former doctor for alleged sexual assaults carried out against 38 victims who were patients in his care.Nathaniel Spencer, 38, of Quinton, Birmingham has been charged today (5 December 2025) with 15 counts of sexual assault, 17…
A man who repeatedly sent abusive messages which included references to ‘killing Jews’ to a prominent Jewish MP’s constituency office has been sentenced at Leeds Magistrates’ Court today.Kevin Smith, 61 and of Leeds, sent around 300 text messages and three voicemails of an abusive nature to Alex…
Press ReleaseHate crimeCPSYorkshire and Humberside
Adam (not his real name) was in a 16-year-long relationship with his wife and abuser before she was convicted of controlling or coercive behaviour in summer 2025.He is one of thousands of male victims of crime last year who has survived not only domestic abuse but also overcome the societal stigma…
The Crown Prosecution Service has today announced Mohammad Bashir, 31, has been charged with four terrorism offences – following allegations that he assisted the Manchester Synagogue attacker Jihad Al-Shamie, who went on to attack the Manchester Synagogue, with the earlier hostile reconnaissance of…
A 45-year-old man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting four young girls he was looking after at a nursery in London. All the victims were aged three or four. Three of the four girls assaulted by Vincent Chan have been identified, and effort is being made to identify the fourth child. The…
A former teacher who abused his position of trust to target and groom a girl 20 years ago has been convicted of sexual offences.Edward Waller, 66, was prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service’s dedicated Organised Child Sexual Abuse Unit following an investigation by Hampshire Police.Portsmouth…
A former detective who abused his position by stealing cocaine from the evidence store at work and supplying it on the streets of Manchester has been ordered to pay back over £75,000 or face more time in jail.Andrew Talbot, 55, who was previously a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) detective working…
Press ReleaseProceeds of crimeCPS
Press Office contact details
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If you are a national or international journalist with a media enquiry, you can contact the CPS Press Office on 020 3357 0906 or email [email protected] (9am-5pm weekdays only).
For out-of-hours media enquiries please call 020 3357 0906 to reach the duty press officer.
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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.
