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Husband and wife jailed for operating brothel network

A husband and wife who ran a network of brothels and advertised sex workers online, have today been jailed for a combined total of nearly five years.Yafeng Dong, 53, and Wei-Gong Li, 46, both of Aldershot, controlled three addresses used for prostitution, arranging bookings through online adverts…
Press Release Fraud and economic crime CPS Wessex

Ukrainian pair jailed for running “illegal migrant taxi service” across Channel

Two Ukrainian men have been jailed for smuggling four Albanian men and a teenage girl from Vietnam aboard a private yacht in July this year.
Press Release International and organised crime CPS

Gloucestershire woman who imprisoned victim for over 20 years is jailed

A woman from Tewkesbury who kept another woman captive for over 20 years and forced her to carry out labour in her home has been sentenced to 13 years imprisonment.
Press Release Violent crime CPS South West

'Therapist' jailed for sexual assaults on a patient

A man who claimed that sexual assaults he carried out on a patient were part of therapy has been sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment.
Press Release Sexual offences CPS South East

Man admits encouraging the suicide of vulnerable 21-year-old in USA

Dylan Phelan, 21, has pleaded guilty to encouraging the suicide of a vulnerable man in the USA via video call.
Press Release CPS

First time an e-bike rider has been sentenced for manslaughter after crashing into an elderly man

An e-bike cyclist who killed an elderly man while riding on the pavement has been sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment suspended for two years for his manslaughter in what is thought to be the first case of its kind in the country.
Press Release Violent crime CPS South East

Steroid dealers ordered to pay back over £500k

Two men who dealt illegal steroids and laundered their criminal gains have been ordered to hand over their ill-gotten gains.
Press Release Drug offences Proceeds of crime CPS

CPS announces man charged with the murder of Ian Huntley at HMP Frankland

The Crown Prosecution Service has today announced Anthony Russell, 43, has been charged with the murder of Ian Huntley at HMP Frankland.
Press Release Violent crime CPS North East

Operation Stovewood: Two brothers found guilty of sexually abusing a young girl

Two brothers have been found guilty today (Monday 9 March 2026) of sexually abusing a child around twenty years ago in Sheffield.
Press Release Sexual offences CPS

UPDATE: Syrian colonel charged with crimes against humanity and torture of Damascus demonstrators in 2011

Former Syrian colonel Salem Al-Salem has been charged with international crimes allegedly committed in Damascus in 2011 as part of widespread attacks on civilians, the Crown Prosecution Service has announced.
Press Release Terrorism CPS

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Media protocol

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