Women's groups have heavily criticised a BBC article which described a new report into false rape allegations as "showing how common the problem is" w...

Rape victims are being punished because of "damaging myths" about false rape and domestic violence allegations - which are much less common than previ...

The DPP's plan to re-assess the reliability and credibility tests for young and vulnerable victims is much needed and will help to address the issue of taking child victims seriously. There will be less focus on the victims' credibility and more on the suspect and their pattern of behaviour.

Swiftly deleting abusive tweets may save offenders from being brought before court, the country's leading prosecutor has said. Keir Starmer, direct...

Those who post offensive messages on Twitter or Facebook are less likely to face criminal charges, under new guidelines set out by Director of Public ...

Emergency service drivers responding to 999 calls should not be prosecuted for injuries and even deaths that arise from accidents they are involved in...

People who post one-off offensive messages on social media could escape charges, the most senior prosecutor in England and Wales has suggested. "Th...

Eleven suspects have been referred to prosecutors by Scotland Yard's phone-hacking squad. The cases of four journalists, one police officer and six...

South Wales Police (SWP) have found missing documents which caused the collapse of a multi-million pound police corruption trial - despite claims they...

Britain's top prosecutor has expressed extreme concern after the collapse of a police corruption trial over the wrongful conviction of three men for t...

Three senior judges have ruled that the undercover police officer Mark Kennedy unlawfully spied on protesters and arguably acted as an "agent provocat...