A Code of Practice to be applied regarding Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPA). DPAs involve companies reaching an agreement with a prosecutor, where the company is charged with a criminal offence ...

A one-year secondment at the Crown Prosecution Service if you're a solicitor or barrister who has left criminal law for a career break and wants to return. Application window has closed. Stephen ...

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.

Videos explaining what hate crime is and how the CPS prosecutes it Our online hate crime guide: what it is and what we're doing about it Our new Easy Read guides for victims Our joint statement on ...

Crime doesn’t stop when office hours stop. That’s why, at the CPS, we work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to respond to cases referred to us by the police. This is where CPS Direct, our out of hours ...

Emma Davies, Chief Crown Prosecutor from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised three charges of murder against Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma following the ...

Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) involve companies reaching an agreement with a prosecutor, where the company is charged with a criminal offence but proceedings are automatically suspended. The ...

Two men have been sentenced at Newport Crown Court for exploiting a vulnerable 14-year-old girl in care. One of the men was also sentenced for rape. On 6 September 2021 Azad Ahmed, 50, and Wasee ...

A former police officer has been sentenced after being convicted of rape, following a prosecution that used evidence from a previous trial to demonstrate his repeated predatory behaviour. Rupert ...

His Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) has today issued a report following its inspection of our Victim Communication and Liaison (VCL) letters. We acknowledge that there has ...

Three people have been jailed today for selling unauthorised medicines and drugs through a website. A fourth man was handed a suspended sentence. Everton Reynolds, 59, Paul Billingham, 57, and Junior ...