Gemma Watts (DOB 22/07/1975) was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 30 years. Both defendants pleaded guilty to murder and perverting the course of justice - they were both ...

As part of the review the CPS engaged with the National Police Chiefs Council, the Police Federation of England and Wales, the Police Superintendents’ Association, the Association of Police and Crime ...

A man who caused the death of a woman in a high-speed crash has been jailed. Jack Cracknell, 22, was driving with four other passengers in his car in the early hours of the morning on 3 December 2022.

Robert Emmerson, 40, was sentenced today at Manchester Crown Court to four years and six months in prison. He was also made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order for life. The facts of the ...

A woman who worked for the Department of Work and Pensions has been sentenced for stealing from the agency’s sports and social club. Emily Spencer, 28, of Devizes Drive in Irby, Merseyside, was ...

Criminal cases prosecuted by the CPS are in the news every day, along with a range of issues relating to our work – from violence against women and girls and hate crime, to support for victims and ...

A former advisor to the US government who flew to the UK to rape whom he believed to be a nine-year-old child has been convicted and jailed for 11-and-a-half years. International investment banker ...

In December 2024, the CPS West Midlands Magistrates’ and Crown court units successfully prosecuted various hate crime cases. Below are some of the cases. On 5 July 2024, the 21-year-old defendant from ...

Criminal cases prosecuted by the CPS are in the news every day, along with a range of issues relating to our work – from violence against women and girls and hate crime, to support for victims and ...