February 24, 2022
Managers at a recycling firm where a scrap metal worker was killed after suffering head injuries have admitted health and safety failures. Read More
April 20, 2020
A number of people who have spat or coughed at emergency workers, or exploited coronavirus for their own gain, have been charged and prosecuted. The CPS have provided a sample of some of the cases which the CPS has charged and prosecuted recently. Read More
April 7, 2020
Anyone using coronavirus to threaten emergency and essential workers faces serious criminal charges, the Director of Public Prosecutions has warned. Read More
January 13, 2020
In the first year of legislation making attacks on emergency workers a specific offence, The Crown Prosecution Service says it has prosecuted more than 50 assaults a day. Read More
May 13, 2019
The CPS has announced that Graham Mackrell, former Sheffield Wednesday Club Secretary, has been sentenced to a fine of £6,500 and ordered to pay costs of £5,000 for his role in the Hillsborough disaster 30 years ago. Read More
May 10, 2018
Two fairground workers have been found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence after a bouncy castle blew away in high winds with a seven-year-old girl still inside. Read More
September 7, 2017
The men sat in a glass-walled dock at Preston Crown Court in Lancashire. Read More
December 24, 2016
Two men have been convicted of manslaughter after four people were killed by a tipper truck, after its brakes failed Read More
November 1, 2016
A lorry driver who caused the deaths of four family members on the A34 in Berkshire, while scrolling through music Read More
April 12, 2016
One man has been jailed for six years and another for eight months after two incidents on the same day Read More