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 ...

Ipswich Crown Court sentenced Thomas Kavanagh, 57, and Gary Vickery, 42, to 21 years’ imprisonment and 20 years’ imprisonment ...

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 ...

A university student who sold more than a thousand phishing kits which were used to defraud victims of millions of pounds, has today been jailed. Ollie Holman, 21, admitted to selling phishing kits, ...

A woman has been jailed for causing the death of her terminally ill partner of 37 years after attacking him on New Year’s Eve ...

A man who was under the influence of alcohol and driving at grossly excessive speeds when he killed his friend has been ...

A former Premier League football player has today been sentenced at Preston Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to harassment without violence. Necessary cookies enable core functionality. The ...

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, ...

Jakob Walpole, 33, of Bulkington was found guilty of the manslaughter of 84-year-old John Brown at Warwick Crown Court today (30 July 2025) after a trial lasting three weeks. He was also convicted of ...

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 ...