… The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Andrew was being charged with seven further counts of rape, as well as charges relating to sex trafficking and indecent images of a child. …
… The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Andrew Tate was being charged with seven further counts of rape, as well as other charges relating to alleged crimes including sex trafficking and child pornography. …
… The Crown Prosecution Service said it would have been “obvious” to Yeboah, a UK national and British Airways employee, “that [the victim] was a very young child”. …
… The NCA told the BBC it had “conducted a long-running, in-depth and complex investigation” that was regularly reviewed by the Crown Prosecution Service, and said it “respected the decision of the jury.”
… An NCA spokesperson told the BBC the agency had “conducted a long-running, in depth and complex investigation which was regularly reviewed throughout its duration by CPS [Crown Prosecution Service] and the investigators”. …
… The Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed that Digwa was born British. Speaking in France, Hegseth said that in the years since D-Day some European capitals have grown too “comfortable” with their hard-fought freedoms, forgetting that “freedom is not free”. …
… Authorities have recovered 10% of the money found to have been made by convicted people smugglers since 2020, according to figures from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) obtained by the BBC. …
… Meanwhile, new guidance issued by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) pushes prosecutors to consider whether protest placards, banners and chants viewed on social media may amount to offences of stirring up hatred. …
Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in the US following 38 new charges issued by British authorities, bringing their total charges to 59 for alleged offences between July 2010 and August 2017. The charges include rape, sex trafficking, and related crimes; prosecutors will seek their extradition to the UK, and the case now involves seven alleged victims.
Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in the US following 38 new charges issued by British authorities, bringing their total charges to 59 for alleged offences between July 2010 and August 2017. The charges include rape, sex trafficking, and related crimes; prosecutors will seek their extradition to the UK, and the case now involves seven alleged victims.
Andrew Tate has been charged with seven further counts of rape and other charges relating to sex trafficking and child pornography, while his brother Tristan faces one count of sexual assault, two counts of rape, and three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation. The brothers were arrested in the US as British authorities seek their extradition.
Kwame Yeboah, 30, a British Airways First Officer, was jailed for eight years and four months after pleading guilty to rape and sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl he met on Instagram and later assaulted in an isolated location. The CPS said it would have been "obvious" to Yeboah that the victim was very young, despite her initial claim of being 17.
Former Nigerian Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has been found not guilty of bribery at a London court, ending a 13-year UK National Crime Agency investigation. Alison-Madueke, who served as petroleum minister from 2010 to 2015 and was the first female president of Opec, said the investigation cost her freedom of movement, her career, and her reputation.
Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Nigerian oil minister, was acquitted of five bribery charges at Southwark Crown Court after a 13-year investigation by the UK's National Crime Agency. She said the investigation and prosecution destroyed her reputation, restricted her freedom to travel and work, and were "painful and traumatic."
During a speech in Normandy marking the 82nd anniversary of D-Day, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth criticized European nations for what he called an "invasion" of migrants arriving on their beaches in Spain, Italy, Greece and Bulgaria, arguing that European capitals must act on the issue. His comments follow similar criticism from US Vice-President JD Vance regarding migration-related crime in Britain.
Kenneth Law, 60, pleaded guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicides after selling toxic chemicals online to people he met in suicide forums; he distributed about 1,200 packages to recipients in 41 countries, including over 100 in the UK, but will not face charges there due to legal complexities.
Leeds United said it will issue lengthy stadium bans to fans responsible for homophobic chanting during their 1-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday, with extra cameras deployed in the stands to identify supporters. The club was previously fined £150,000 for homophobic chants when Brighton visited Elland Road in 2023.
A BBC investigation found that people smugglers are directing migrants to pay for illegal Channel crossings through UK-registered businesses, including a mobile phone store in south-east London, a wholesale business in Newcastle, and a car wash in Cambridgeshire. Smugglers provided bank account details of these companies to facilitate electronic transfers for migrant crossings.
Two rival marches took place in London—a Unite the Kingdom rally and a pro-Palestinian demonstration marking Nakba Day—with more than 4,000 police officers deployed to manage the protests, described as one of the most significant policing operations in years.
Thousands of people gathered outside Downing Street on Sunday for a protest against antisemitism, led by main Jewish community organisations, in response to a string of recent attacks on synagogues and Jewish sites, including the stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green.