She then went on to convert around £20.2 million of the illegally obtained money into Bitcoin. Qian then fled China and came to the UK where she met Jian Wen (convicted and imprisoned for money ...

Under the Directors Guidance on Charging, police can raise an appeal if they disagree with a CPS decision. This is then escalated to a CPS legal manager. A legal manager reviewed the case and the ...

Former Premier League footballer Joey Barton has been found guilty of sending grossly offensive messages to football pundits, Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward and broadcaster Jeremy Vine. The former Manchester ...

A criminal network which procured and sold dozens of kilos of cocaine across South-West England between 2016-2020 have been jailed for over 112 years in total. The last of the network, Anton Merturi, ...

UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: On Friday, 7 November 2025 Howard Phillips was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court to seven years' imprisonment for engaging in conduct to assist a foreign intelligence service.

A man who murdered a ‘Good Samaritan’ who stepped in to help other victims following a violent brawl at the defendant’s ...

A man who used spray paint to deface a church in Leyland in April this year, has been sentenced. Over 20 gravestones at St James’s Church in Leyland were daubed with paint including lewd images and ...

An Islamic convert who plotted to attack the Jewish community has been convicted of multiple terrorism offences. Jordan Richardson, 21, had written notes which detailed plans for an attack and ...

The CPS has today announced Anthony Williams, 32, has been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder, one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of possession of a bladed ...

Three men who were involved in the fatal shooting of a County Durham grandfather have been found guilty of murder at Teesside Crown Court today (31 October). The group were convicted of the murder of ...

A creator of a private online group which was set up exclusively for the sexual exploitation of children has been jailed today (31 October).