Crown Prosecution Service

Here’s a summary of the cases we took to court this week and how we worked to deliver justice for victims and communities across England and Wales. Read more ➡️ orlo.uk/daM57

⚖️ The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised the Norfolk Constabulary to charge seven men with alleged offences of rape and child sexual abuse between August 2023 and May 2025 in Norfolk orlo.uk/FKaAw

Tavius Jean Charles has been sentenced to five years imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court today for making a series of antisemitic threats. Read how the CPS worked closely with the @metpoliceuk to secure swift justice by securing early guilty pleas. orlo.uk/PS2sb

Three teenage boys have today been sentenced after they were convicted of a knife-point rape and other serious sexual offences against two teenage girls in Hampshire. Read more here orlo.uk/pPP8s

Daniel Morgan, 35, took a bulldozer and drove it into a pub in Cefn Rhigos near Aberdare. Read more on how we worked with @swpolice to bring him to justice ➡️ orlo.uk/chtuE

Justice secured for victims, the public and our communities. Our weekly round-up of cases is now live. Read more ➡️ orlo.uk/ToOf9

The CPS is ready to respond ahead of planned protests in London this weekend. We will be working closely with the Met Police to provide charging advice and make sure those who engage in criminal activity face swift charging decisions.

A father has been jailed for nine years for the manslaughter of his three-month-old son Leon. Gareth Stark, 38, violently shook Leon while he had sole care of him on 12 October 2023. Leon died in hospital eight days later. Read more: orlo.uk/4MvxR

A couple have been sentenced for taking two boys under 18 to Pakistan to arrange marriages for them. The law protects children in England and Wales, even when offending takes place overseas. Read more on our website ➡️orlo.uk/JgkGs

Prosecutors have been issued new legal guidance on the use of offensive banners, slogans, chants or symbols to recognise the changing context and increase in increase in hate crime attacks ahead of significant planned protests in London this weekend. orlo.uk/z2Tcn

Mathew Gilkes, 47, has been jailed today for 42 offences after an upskirting incident in a leisure centre uncovered his secret online grooming personas, which included him posing as a teenage boy to manipulate teenage girls. Read more: orlo.uk/he91m

Abdul Halim Khan, 54, has been sentenced to life imprisonment after abusing women and girls by exploiting their faith and his position of trust as a religious leader. He will serve a minimum of 20 years before he can be considered for release. Read more: orlo.uk/l5cJ8

⚖️ The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised a charge against a 31-year-old man following an arson attack at a former synagogue in east London. Dominic Charles Turner will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court this morning. Read more 👉 orlo.uk/AbUfR

A child abuser who tried to deceive the court into thinking he was profoundly disabled has been jailed. Find out how prosecutors and police exposed the lies of John Siddell and brought him to justice for abusing three young boys:orlo.uk/FH1lD

⚖️ Arrested, charged, and convicted within 72 hours. We will continue to robustly prosecute those who seek to intimidate and threaten communities in this way. 📰 orlo.uk/IV6vS

Siah Singh Riley groomed young social media users into sending him explicit pictures, then blackmailed them for more. Find out how he was brought to justice: orlo.uk/nAYvg

⚖️ A man has been charged after allegedly making antisemitic gestures in a predominately Jewish area of London. Zakos Michael, 31, will appear at Highbury Magistrates’ Court at 10am today. Read more 👉 orlo.uk/CAUuJ

⚖️ The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised charges in connection to an incident of alleged religiously aggravated harassment against members of the Jewish community on a bus in North London.  Read more 👉 orlo.uk/gsWgq

Wayne Kelly, 65, directed antisemitic abuse at a group of Jewish men in Salford, before threatening to cut their throats. He pleaded guilty to committing multiple hate crimes today. Read more here: orlo.uk/lymAx

⚖️ Zoe Coutts, 35, and Scott O’Connor, 36, have been sentenced for their roles in the death of a four-year-old boy who died two years after being fatally hit. 📰 Read more here: orlo.uk/KSH9j