In February 2026, the CPS West Midlands Magistrates’ and Crown Court units successfully prosecuted various hate crime cases. Some of the cases are featured below. A Worcestershire man has received a ...

A 17-year-old boy from Merseyside has been sentenced for possessing terrorist material. The teenager, who cannot be named due to his age, called police on 6 August 2025 and explained that he was ...

A doctor who exploited patients by sexually assaulting them and secretly filming them during routine examinations has been ...

Three teenage boys have today been convicted of a knife-point rape and other serious sexual offences against two teenage girls in Hampshire. The defendants, who were aged 13, 14 and 14 at the time of ...

His Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) have today issued a report following their inspection of the CPS approach to Crimes Against Older People.

Two men from Greater Manchester have been jailed today for child sex offences against five children. Karl Sharples, 38, and Mark Whitworth, 57, have been jailed today at Manchester Crown Court, after ...

A 34-year-old man who took a teenager to a caravan and raped her has been sentenced at Swansea Crown Court. Leon Kidner walked with the 15-year-old girl to the caravan in Pendine, Carmarthenshire, ...

Devenport was arrested and charged with murder. He continued to deny the offence, and the case proceeded to trial at Chester ...

An abuser who suggested it was a ‘playfight’ that broke his partner’s neck, leaving her paralysed and in need of round the ...

A crime boss was jailed today for ten years at Stoke-On-Trent Crown Court after admitting being at the helm of two separate ...

A man who raped a woman after she left a Southampton nightclub has today been sentenced for his horrific crimes – after ...

Spiritual abuse and immigration abuse have been included in prosecution guidance for the first time to help prosecutors tackle emerging harmful practices. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has today ...