A former teacher at Junior King’s School in Kent has been imprisoned for sexually abusing a school pupil more than 40 years ago. Dennis Fletcher was a resident boarding master between 1978 and 1997 ...

A convicted murderer who kidnapped a girl at knifepoint and sexually assaulted her has pleaded guilty. Paul Sharpe, 56, pleaded guilty at Minshull Street Crown Court today to six offences including ...

Two men have been jailed for life after being convicted of the murder of Rhamero West on 30 June 2026. Giovanni Lawrence, 24, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years and Shikeo Bell, 22, ...

A coordinated national law enforcement response has been announced today to tackle the evolving threat of organised sexual offending and domestic abuse perpetrated in person and shared online by ...

The Crown Prosecution Service has today announced that Paul Gadd, 82, has been charged with unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and three counts of indecent assault on a girl under 14.

His wife, Remilekun Olusesi, 40, was convicted of a money laundering related offence, as was Solomon Adeymi, 58, in relation to an offence of fraudulent trading, he having pleaded guilty earlier to ...

A teenager who threatened to kill classmates and had a stash of material capable of making explosives has been jailed for ...

The head of a UK based Gambian crime gang which received more than £1 million for doctoring passports so hundreds of people, mainly from Gambia, could come to the UK illegally will now serve longer in ...

A man who posed as a taxi driver, kidnapped a woman and forced her to remove clothing as he filmed her has been jailed.

In June 2026, the CPS West Midlands Magistrates’ and Crown Court units successfully prosecuted various hate crime cases. Some of the cases are featured below.

A man has been sentenced for an attack against police officers and a civilian at Manchester Airport. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 21, from Rochdale was previously convicted of one count of assault ...

A teenager from the Blaenau Gwent area has been charged with murder following the body of a female being found in the Dyffryn Park area of Blaina. Jenny Hopkins, of the CPS, said: “The Crown ...