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Two men charged in relation to Southampton disorder

Matt Styler, 50, has been charged with assaulting a police officer (assault of an emergency worker), and Daniel Frost, 44, has been charged with violent disorder and possession of an offensive weapon
Press Release Violent crime CPS Wessex

Prosecutors to proactively target illegal assets to ensure crime does not pay under new CPS strategies

Crown Prosecution Service launches blueprint for tackling serious organised and economic crimeEquipping prosecutors with more skills and tools to keep pace with ever evolving criminal activityStrengthening the CPS contribution to national security, border security and disruption, including where…
Press Release Cyber / online crime Fraud and economic crime International and organised crime CPS
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Three men imprisoned for non-recent child sexual abuse in West Yorkshire

Three men have been jailed for a series of serious sexual offences committed against a vulnerable girl in the 1990s in Dewsbury and Ossett, West Yorkshire.This sentencing follows a West Yorkshire Police investigation into non recent sexual abuse, after the victim disclosed that she had been…
Press Release Sexual offences CPS

Couple who defrauded elderly parents forced to return the money they stole

A couple who abused their position as power of attorney for his elderly parents have been forced to return the money to their victim.
Press Release Proceeds of crime CPS

Two people – including a former police superintendent - charged in connection with £720,000 investment fraud

Two people - Farah Ullah, 43, and Syed Hussain, 54, who is a former police superintendent - have been charged with fraud and money laundering offences.
Press Release Fraud and economic crime CPS

UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: UK Athletics fined £350,000 for corporate manslaughter following death of Paralympian

UK Athletics has been fined £350,000 for the corporate manslaughter of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei in London in 2017.
News Item CPS

Former private school teacher jailed for multiple non recent sexual assaults

David James Clarke, 82, previously found guilty at Lewes Crown Court of 45 counts of child sexual abuse and has now been sentenced to 26 years imprisonment.
Press Release Sexual offences CPS

Company director jailed for key role in a nearly £9 million investment fraud

A company director has been jailed for eight years and one month for being responsible and playing a key role in a nearly £9m investment fraud, which saw the deceptive gaining of money from members of the public.
Press Release Fraud and economic crime CPS Yorkshire and Humberside

CPS statement following Kenneth Law guilty pleas

Kenneth Law has today pleaded guilty to 14 counts of aiding and abetting suicide. Every victim in England and Wales who died as a result of using products supplied to them by Law has now been formally recognised as part of the Canadian proceedings today.
Press Release International and organised crime CPS

Man jailed for murdering his cousin in her own home

A man who murdered his cousin in her own home with an axe has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Rita Lambourne was on the phone to her partner on 12 February 2025 at her home in Bexhill-on-Sea, when he heard her telling someone to get out, before he heard banging and the line went dead…
Press Release Violent crime CPS South East

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Media protocol

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