Section 76 Serious Crime Act 2015 (SCA 2015) created the offence of controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship (CCB). It can be tried summarily or on indictment and has a ...

Two teenagers who admitted torturing and killing kittens have both been detained in a youth detention centre and banned from ever owning pets again. The boy, 17, and girl, 17, who cannot be named due ...

The Crown Prosecution Service have authorised charges against two more men in relation to disorder in Epping, Essex. Rebecca Mundy, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS East of England, said: “The ...

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the main prosecuting authority in England and Wales. In our daily operations we work in partnership with all agencies in the criminal justice system. We work ...

Janine McKinney, Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS East Midlands, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised the prosecution of a 76-year-old man with child cruelty offences following a police ...

Holmes managed to get up and went back to his vehicle and drove away. Cowie began punching a male passenger in Holmes’ car. The victim in this case, an innocent bystander, approached Cowie and tried ...

Samantha Mickleburgh honoured plans to celebrate James Cartwright’s 60th birthday at Pennyhill Park Hotel and Spa in Surrey in April 2024, wanting to make sure he wasn’t lonely, despite having ended ...

A man who ran a teeth-whitening salon in Plymouth has been convicted of a series of rapes and sexual assaults against seven women, including customers of the salon. Ricky Stubberfield, aged 31, ...

A Merseyside Police officer has been convicted of assaulting his partner. The Crown Prosecution Service decided to prosecute Jack McGregor, 28, from the Sefton Area of Merseyside, even though the ...

In June 2025, the CPS West Midlands Magistrates’ and Crown court units successfully prosecuted various hate crime cases. Below are some of the cases.

A woman has been convicted of murdering her ex-partner after stabbing him through the heart with a kitchen knife at his family home on Christmas Day last year.