A woman who gave false information on a police form following a car crash has been sentenced for doing an act intending to pervert the course of justice. Danuta Czajk, 45, was the passenger in a VW ...

A man who sexually assaulted and harassed a 14-year-old girl in Epping has been convicted. Hadush Kebatu, 41, also sexually assaulted an adult woman – with his actions taking place over a two-day ...

Two men have been jailed for conspiring to facilitate the illegal immigration of migrants – including eight children - into the UK who were hidden in the back of a lorry. Daniel Loughran, 34, and Eoin ...

PC Marie Thompson, 29, of South Yorkshire Police, was the officer in charge of an investigation into a man suspected of possessing indecent images of children, and she arrested and interviewed the man ...

In August 2025, the CPS West Midlands Magistrates’ and Crown Court units successfully prosecuted various hate crime cases. Below are some of the cases.

Timothy Crosland, 55, from Southwark in London has been charged with three counts of addressing a meeting with the purpose being to encourage support for a proscribed organisation, and three counts of ...

Chris Atkinson, Senior District Crown Prosecutor for CPS North East, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised Durham Constabulary to charge eight people in relation to an alleged incident ...

Richard Las, Director of HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service, said: “This has been a complex and international investigation. These are serious charges that relate to conspiracy to defraud, bribery, ...

Clothing manufacturer Arif Patel, of Preston, and his criminal gang stole £33.4 million from the UK government through fake ...

A transgender woman who failed to disclose her gender status to a male sexual partner has been found guilty of sexual assault today at Teesside Crown Court.

A man who pretended to be an Uber driver so he could carry out sex attacks on young women has been jailed for 18 years, extended for a further five years.

A man has been found guilty of murdering a former prison officer in a revenge killing outside a gym in Skelmersdale after the victim reported an illicit phone found in prison that exposed the killers’ ...