A man who was under the influence of alcohol and driving at grossly excessive speeds when he killed his friend has been ...

Jakob Walpole, 33, of Bulkington was found guilty of the manslaughter of 84-year-old John Brown at Warwick Crown Court today (30 July 2025) after a trial lasting three weeks. He was also convicted of ...

A woman has been convicted of murdering her ex-partner after stabbing him through the heart with a kitchen knife at his family home on Christmas Day last year.

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

A former Premier League football player has today been sentenced at Preston Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to harassment without violence. Colin Hendry, 59, pleaded guilty to harassing a ...

The ringleader of a people-smuggling operation which led to the tragic deaths of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children in Essex, has had his sentence extended for failing to pay back his Confiscation ...

Two more men have been charged in relation to disorder in Epping, Essex. Rebecca Mundy, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS East of England said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised Essex ...

A woman has been jailed for causing the death of her terminally ill partner of 37 years after attacking him on New Year’s Eve ...

A former National Crime Agency officer has been jailed for stealing and hiding 50 Bitcoin - now worth £4.4m - which had been ...

Ipswich Crown Court sentenced Thomas Kavanagh, 57, and Gary Vickery, 42, to 21 years’ imprisonment and 20 years’ imprisonment ...

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the main prosecuting authority in England and Wales. In our daily operations we work in partnership with all agencies in the criminal justice system. We work ...

Criminal cases prosecuted by the CPS are in the news every day, along with a range of issues relating to our work – from violence against women and girls and hate crime, to support for victims and ...