A teenager from Ilkeston in Derbyshire has been convicted of the murder of 18-year-old Noah Smedley in the town. Charles Hartle, 18, who was 17 at the time, stabbed Mr Smedley in the heart with a ...

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 has been jailed for starting a fire that damaged the Liverpool Beatles Museum in the city’s famous Matthew Street area.

A former ordained Church of England priest has been found guilty of multiple counts of indecent assaults on nine women in Sheffield in the 1980s and 1990s. Chris Brain, 68, has been found guilty of 17 ...

Large organisations across England and Wales need to finalise preparations for a new fraud prevention law that comes into force on 1 September 2025. The reminder comes as the Crown Prosecution Service ...

An American citizen who attempted to murder a Birmingham clothing shop owner as part of an international assassination plot, before leaving the country and going on the run, has been convicted.

10 men have been sentenced this week after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecuted an organised crime gang, following an investigation by Greater Manchester Police, assisted by the National ...

A Merseyside man has been sentenced for sending racist death threats to the former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Liam Shaw, 21, of Birkenhead, sent two threatening and offensive emails to the public ...

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

A man who was previously jailed for grievous bodily harm in 2013 has pleaded guilty to murder after the man died as a result of the original injuries inflicted on him, over 10 years later – following ...