US singer Chris Brown and his vocal coach have pleaded guilty to affray following a violent attack at a London nightclub in the early hours of 19 February 2023. Brown, 37 and Omololu Akinlolu, 40, ...

Gerard Hutchings, 67, of Ashurst, carried out unlawful strip searches on 18 victims over an eight-year period, exploiting his status as a senior police officer to target young men who were under his ...

An associate of the Heaton Park Synagogue attacker has been jailed for life today, after planning his own attack on a UK ...

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has charged more rape-flagged suspects than at any point in the last two decades, with increases in cases referred by police, charged by prosecutors and completed ...

We recognise assaults committed against emergency workers are abhorrent crimes, both against the victim and against society as a whole.” The 20-year-old suspect was charged on 21 June 2026 with ...

Mohammed Baig, 47, has been found guilty at Bradford Crown Court today (July 22) of three counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault. Sohail Hussain, 40, was convicted of rape and indecent ...

This document summarises the position when you are faced with an intruder in your home, and provides a brief overview of how the police and CPS will deal with any such events.

This guidance applies to cases when a charging decision is being made in relation to a person who has made an allegation of rape or domestic abuse and one of the following situations apply: It is ...

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) or the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (DSFO) must give personal consent to a prosecution under the Act, as set out in section 10 of the Act. A personal ...