Marie Watton, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “Joshua Powell mercilessly strangled his 96-year-old grandmother to gain inheritance money and pay off his debts. “We built a strong and ...

Thomas Waller, 18, started work at the nursery in Surrey in July 2024, having just completed qualifications. Within weeks, he had raped one boy and persuaded another three-year-old boy to engage in ...

A serial rapist has been sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court today after he drugged and raped women in Greenwich. Chao Xu, 33, pleaded guilty to multiple serious sexual offences including rape, assault ...

She then went on to convert around £20.2 million of the illegally obtained money into Bitcoin. Qian then fled China and came to the UK where she met Jian Wen (convicted and imprisoned for money ...

Mark Andrews, Senior Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service in the North West, said: “Marshall and Wadsworth carried out a violent assault on Martin Shaw, causing serious injuries, that ...

Under the Directors Guidance on Charging, police can raise an appeal if they disagree with a CPS decision. This is then escalated to a CPS legal manager. A legal manager reviewed the case and the ...

Our duty is to make sure that the right person is prosecuted for the right offence, and to bring offenders to justice wherever possible. CPS 2030 sets out what we want to achieve over the next five ...