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Cyberhackers who targeted TfL jailed for more than five years each

Two members of a cyberhacking group have been sentenced following a successful CPS prosecution.Owen Flowers, 18, and Thalha Jubair, 19, previously pleaded guilty to hacking TfL whilst recklessly causing a significant risk of serious damage to human welfare in September 2024.Flowers also admitted…
Press Release Violent crime National news

Eight men charged over rape and child sexual abuse offences in South Wales

The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised Gwent Police to charge eight men in connection with the sexual exploitation of children.Shafaq Mohammed, 58, Syed Mohammed Ashan Taqvi, 65, Mohammed Sheikh Abdul Hannan, 54, Kevin Lawrence, 54, Sheikh Mohammed Tahir Ullah, 73, Aminur Rahman…
Press Release Sexual offences National news Cymru/Wales

UPDATED: Two sentenced over targeted knife attack on Iran International journalist

George Stana, 25, and Nandito Badea, 21, were sentenced after a trial in which jurors heard how a journalist was attacked as he walked from his home to his car in Wimbledon on 29 March 2024.
Press Release Terrorism National news

Operation Stovewood: Three brothers jailed for child sexual abuse

Three brothers have been imprisoned today (Monday 22 June 2026) for sexually abusing a child around twenty years ago in Sheffield.The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecuted Kamar Ilyas, 39, Kamran Ilyas, 38, and Amar Ilyas, 41, as part of Operation Stovewood, a major investigation and…
Press Release Sexual offences National news

Prosecutors charge alleged illegal migrants with fake marriage scam

Five Albanian men have been charged by prosecutors for allegedly faking marriages to EU nationals so they could enter and live in the UK.
Press Release International and organised crime National news Yorkshire and Humberside

Man who supplied lethal weapons to Birmingham crime boss jailed

A man who supplied dangerous weapons to the drug-dealing head of a Birmingham-based crime group has today been jailed for more than 10 years.Rizwan Malik, 43 of Small Heath, supplied crime boss Danyal Aziz with three Walther Creed 9mm self-loading, semi-automatic pistols, via one of his associates…
Press Release International and organised crime National news

Jail for man who made £185k smuggling people from UK to France

A man who earned around £185,000 smuggling people from the UK to France in the back of lorries has today been jailed more than five years at Canterbury Crown Court.
Press Release International and organised crime National news South East

Teenager associated with online sextortion network jailed under Online Safety Act for encouraging victim to self-harm

A teenager who encouraged a young victim to self-harm and produce sexually-explicit images of herself as part of a sustained campaign of online abuse has been jailed today at Sheffield Crown Court.
Press Release Cyber / online crime Sexual offences Youth crime National news Yorkshire and Humberside

Cyclist convicted of raping teenager in Tunbridge Wells

A man has been found guilty of raping a teenage girl who was walking home in Tunbridge Wells.Rocco Minafra, 46, had been cycling around Tunbridge Wells for around 25 minutes before approaching the victim on the evening of 18 October 2025. He called her over and she thought she knew him from the…
Press Release Sexual offences National news South East

Two men convicted of arson attacks on north London properties

Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Stanislas Carpiuc have been found guilty of three separate arson attacks on properties and a car linked to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer.
Press Release Terrorism Violent crime National news

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