A police super complaint has been launched over forces’ ‘systemic failures’ to police image-based sex crimes.The challenge draws on testimony from over 100 survivors, police data from across England and Wales, and input from frontline organisations working with survivors of
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‘How do you fix 28 years of somebody’s life wrongly taken away?’
A man who spent 28 years in prison after being wrongly convicted twice features in a new series on miscarriages of justice. Justin Plummer, whose case first featured on the Justice Gap, has done his first television interview with actor
Government drops controversial plan to scrap jury trials
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has abandoned Starmer’s controversial plans to remove the right to jury trials for thousands of Crown Court cases after backlash from lawyers, campaigners, and MPs.The reversal, announced on 4 October, scraps proposals for judge-only trials in
Hundreds of prisoners released early under new rules
Just 24 hours after new release rules came into effect, hundreds of prisoners have begun leaving jails across England and Wales earlier than previously expected, amid concerns about accommodation and probation capacity.The Ministry of Justice estimated that 700 prisoners would
‘Kafkaesque’: Colin Norris’s legal team on Court of Appeal
Colin Norris’s legal team have hit out at a ‘Kafkaesque’ Court of Appeal for ignoring new evidence and ‘blocking’ access to the Supreme Court. A new BBC podcast series presented by journalist Louise Shorter re-examines the case of the former
CPS to consider manslaughter charges against 54 people
The Crown Prosecution Service has been asked to consider manslaughter and other criminal charges against 54 people and 20 companies and organisations over the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people.The Metropolitan police said yesterday that it had submitted all
Too convenient to be true: Lucy Letby and other killer nurses
The seed of Lucy Letby’s nightmare was planted in June 2015 when three premature babies died in quick succession at the Countess of Chester hospital. The neonatal unit was understaffed, under-resourced, harboured a potentially deadly toxin and was leaking sewage
Scottish CCRC takes another look at controversial 1994 Orkneys murder conviction
Scottish CCRC takes another look at controversial 1994 Orkneys murder conviction
Michael Ross has said the new review of his murder
25 IPPs referred to Court of Appeal this year as a result of CCRC review
- 25 September 2026 | 3:28 pm
- 25 September 2026 | 3:28 pm
25 IPPs referred to Court of Appeal this year as a result of CCRC review
The miscarriage
One in five joint enterprise defendants last year was a child, new CPS data reveals
The second annual monitoring scheme for joint enterprise has revealed that almost one in five defendants last year was a child including three under the age of thirteen. According to data released today by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) more