Crown Prosecution Service

• Woman Charged with Murder in Bicester

  24 Mar 2016, 16:07pm

  A woman has today, Thursday, 24 March 2016, appeared in court charged with murder. Angela Whitworth, aged 43, formerly of Herald Way, Bicester, appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court today charged with murder. Whitworth was arrested in Uganda on 9 March 2016, and returned to the United Kingdom today following deportation from Uganda. The charge...

   

• CPS Statament: After judge throws out case against Dominic Noonan

  12 May 2015, 16:43pm

  “Although the defendant was initially arrested for aggravated trespass the decision to bring the more serious charge of public nuisance was taken after full consideration of all the facts and evidence in the case.  The view of the CPS at the time of charging was that the defendants actions went beyond aggravated trespass, which carries a maximum...

   

• Former soldier found guilty of sexually assaulting eleven women

  6 May 2015, 18:30pm

  A former soldier has been convicted of a string of sexual offences against a number of girls and women he recruited into the army. Edwin Robert Mee, 46 (10.4.69), formally of Croydon was convicted Wednesday, 6 May at Southwark Crown Court of one count of rape, two counts of oral rape and 13 counts of sexual assault against 11 victims. Mee will be sentenced...

   
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  CPS statement: Andrew Hutchinson jailed after pleading guilty to 27 sexual offences

  27 Apr 2015, 17:46pm

  On Monday 27th April Andrew Hutchinson, aged 29, was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment at Oxford Crown Court. The sentence was to be extended to allow for a further seven years on licence, which means that he will not be released until he has served...

   
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  13-year-old boy jailed for life for the murder of Glynis Bensley

  17 Apr 2015, 16:35pm

  At Wolverhampton Crown Court today, a 13-year-old youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been jailed for life, with a minimum tariff of 12 years, after he had been found guilty of the murder of 47-year-old Glynis Bensley by a jury following...

   
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  CPS underfire by PCC over handling case of Daniel Atkinson Killed 9 years ago @CPS @atkinsonlinda3

  16 Feb 2015, 23:12pm

  The Crown Prosecution Service and the Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire Police Mark Burns Williams are locked in a debate over the handling of the case of Daniel Atkinson and Jade Rice who, whilst in the care of KirkLees Social Service,...

   

• Three men jailed for the rape of a woman in 20-hour ordeal

  13 Feb 2015, 15:46pm

  Three men jailed for the rape of a woman in 20-hour ordeal – case demonstrates need for context when considering issue of consent   Three men have today [Friday, 13 February] been jailed for a combined total of 18 years for the rape and sexual assault of a 23-year-old woman.   In a protracted attack in a Lincoln flat, Michael Armitage,...

   

• 91-year-old man found guilty of historic sexual assaults

  10 Feb 2015, 16:56pm

  A 91-year-old man has today been found guilty of historic sexual assaults which he committed over 60 years ago while he was a physical education teacher in the city.   A jury at Birmingham Crown Court heard how Marcus Marcussen from Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire was a teacher at a local secondary school in Birmingham during the 1950s, 60s and 70s....

   

• CPS and police focus on consent at first joint National Rape Conference

  28 Jan 2015, 14:34pm

  Police and prosecutors have today [Wednesday, 28 January 2015] been given the clearest instructions yet on assessing the vital issue of consent in rape cases. For the first time, toolkits will spell out situations where a potential victim may have been unable to consent due to incapacity through drink or drugs, for example, or where consent could not...

   

• Benefit Assessor convicted of fraud

  9 Jan 2015, 15:56pm

  A council worker who defrauded his employers out of £32,000 of housing benefits has today been sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court to 20 months imprisonment, suspended for two years and to complete 300 hours of unpaid work.   Anthony McHale, aged 55 and from Willenhall was employed by Wolverhampton City Council as benefit assessor and was responsible...