A man who brutally attacked a retired postmistress more than a decade ago before starting a series of fires inside her home has today been found guilty of her murder. David Newton, 70, was first ...

Four people (12 February 2025) have been found guilty of corruption within the demolition industry. At Southwark Crown Court, Arben Hysa was convicted of bribing three Keltbray managers, during the ...

A man has been found guilty of defrauding Leeds City Council out of more than £710,000 which was meant to support small ...

A father who murdered his daughter in what he had claimed to be a ‘play fight’ at their home has been jailed for life with a minimum of 15 years at Teesside Crown Court today. Simon Vickers, 50, of ...

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the main prosecuting authority in England and Wales. We work in partnership with all agencies in the criminal justice system, especially closely with the police, ...

A Darlington man who murdered his partner’s infant son has been jailed for life with a minimum of 25 years today at Teesside Crown Court.

The CPS and police have published the first ever joint honour-based violence and forced marriage protocol outlining their commitment to the successful investigation and prosecution of these crimes.

This data relates to the annual CPS Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) report, and covers the following strands of Violence against Women and Girls: domestic abuse; rape and sexual offences; ...

Why the Crown Prosecution Service? We protect the public by prosecuting the right person for the right offence. We’re independent and we make our decisions fairly and objectively by following our Code ...

A former scout leader who assaulted children as young as seven over almost three decades has been jailed. Ian Charles Silvester, 60, was found guilty of 79 offences following a trial at Lewes Crown ...

A Code of Practice to be applied regarding Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPA). DPAs involve companies reaching an agreement with a prosecutor, where the company is charged with a criminal offence ...

Each CPS Area has a crown prosecutor dedicated to act as a Wildlife, Rural and Heritage Crime Coordinator to ensure the specialist knowledge needed to prosecute such offending is readily available.