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 ...

A man who murdered a ‘Good Samaritan’ who stepped in to help other victims following a violent brawl at the defendant’s ...

An Islamic convert who plotted to attack the Jewish community has been convicted of multiple terrorism offences. Jordan Richardson, 21, had written notes which detailed plans for an attack and ...

Former Premier League footballer Joey Barton has been found guilty of sending grossly offensive messages to football pundits, Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward and broadcaster Jeremy Vine. The former Manchester ...

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 ...

A man who used spray paint to deface a church in Leyland in April this year, has been sentenced. Over 20 gravestones at St James’s Church in Leyland were daubed with paint including lewd images and ...

A criminal network which procured and sold dozens of kilos of cocaine across South-West England between 2016-2020 have been jailed for over 112 years in total. The last of the network, Anton Merturi, ...

The CPS has today announced Anthony Williams, 32, has been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder, one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of possession of a bladed ...