A Washington man has been convicted of multiple rapes and causing grievous bodily harm after deliberately infecting men with HIV.

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 ...

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 ...

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 sentenced to six years in prison. Dr Timothy Girling, 55, of West Molesey, ...

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.

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

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, ...

The Very High Cost Case (VHCC) fee scheme was developed by the CPS, working with the Legal Services Commission (now LAA) and the Bar Council, to ensure that the work undertaken by counsel in the ...

In October 2021, a woman reported she had been raped by serving Metropolitan Police Officer David Carrick. News of him being charged sparked a significant investigation which revealed Carrick's ...

demonstrated hostility towards one of the five characteristics protected by the hate crime legislation, or was motivated by hostility towards one of these characteristics Offenders can receive longer ...