In July 2025, the CPS West Midlands Magistrates’ and Crown Court units successfully prosecuted various hate crime cases. Below are some of the cases.

A man who was previously jailed for grievous bodily harm in 2013 has pleaded guilty to murder after the man died as a result of the original injuries inflicted on him, over 10 years later – following ...

A Merseyside man has been sentenced for sending racist death threats to the former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Liam Shaw, 21, of Birkenhead, sent two threatening and offensive emails to the public ...

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Two teenagers who admitted torturing and killing kittens have been detained in a young offender institution and banned from ever owning pets again. Necessary cookies enable core functionality. The ...

With no defence of sexsomnia available, the evidence focused on Final’s violent and abusive conduct across the two relationships. He had no option but to plead guilty. During the sentencing hearing, ...

Three people have been charged with showing support for the proscribed terrorist group Palestine Action.

The youth (who cannot be named for legal reasons) was also found guilty carrying a hunting knife into school premises at Sheffield Crown Court. He took the 13cm serrated edged blade into All Saints ...

Janine McKinney, Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS East Midlands, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised the prosecution of a 76-year-old man with child cruelty offences following a police ...

Hugh Holmes, 36, of Tudhoe Moor, Spennymoor, Durham drove a Renault Megane at the victim and James Cowie, 28, of Kilburn Street, Shildon, Durham, in Faraday Street in Ferryhill on 19 December last ...

A man who had previously been convicted of a brutal sex attack has today been found guilty of further attacks on three more women. Bruno Sala, 39, previously of Havant, Portsmouth, formed ...

The Crown Prosecution Service have authorised charges against two more men in relation to disorder in Epping, Essex. Rebecca Mundy, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS East of England, said: “The ...