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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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.
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A lifelong Manchester United fan has been given a three-year football banning order today after admitting using a homophobic chant at a regulated football match.Carl Drury, 38, from Barnsley, was heading towards Old Trafford football stadium when officers, positioned outside the east stand, heard…
A former Greater Manchester police officer has been jailed after being found guilty of misconduct in a public office, unauthorised use of Greater Manchester Police (GMP) systems and perverting the course of justice.Shamraze Arshad, 38, abused his position and began an intimate relationship with a…
A man has been sentenced today after admitting harassing a man by posting numerous anti-Chinese messages on social media. He also accepted posting an offensive anti-Muslim message.Radeko Keleman, 44, was sentenced to 32 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months. This included a 10-week uplift to…
A childminder has been jailed after admitting causing the death of a nine-month-old baby in her care.Karen Foster, 62, gave various accounts of what happened to Harlow Collinge whilst he was in her care on 1 March 2022.It was not until Foster was due to stand trial for murder that she admitted she…
A man has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting posting threatening messages about an author and an MP in January last year.Glenn Mullen, 31, uploaded an audio clip to social media which contained a threat to kill a member of parliament. He also uploaded a second audio clip and…
A nursery worker has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a nine-month-old baby in her care.Kate Roughley, 37, from Stockport, denied being responsible for the death of Genevieve Meehan, who died after being left face down, tightly swaddled and strapped to a bean bag for more than 90 minutes at…
A teacher has today been found guilty of child sex offences against two pupils at the school where she worked.Rebecca Joynes, 30, who taught at a Manchester high school, claimed there was no sexual contact between her and the first schoolboy and claimed sexual contact did not take place with the…
A man from Bolton was jailed today at Manchester Crown Court after pleading guilty to murder on the first day of the trial.Obert Moyo, 46, stabbed his ex-partner in the chest with a kebab skewer on 10 November 2023.Police were called to Dukesgate Grove, Little Hulton, in the early hours of 10…
A man from Manchester who attempted to murder a police officer, attacked another and wounded two prison staff, has been sentenced to a hospital order today at Minshull Street Crown Court.Jacob Brown, 27, attacked two police sergeants from behind with a craft knife as they dealt with a traffic…
Two teenage boys have today been found guilty of murdering 14-year-old Nathaniel Shani in Manchester in September last year.On Friday 15 September 2023, the boys, then aged 14 and 13 years, met Nathaniel in an alleyway off Tavistock Square, Manchester, for a prearranged fight.They were armed with a…
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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.
