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Short Update: West Midlands prosecutors release data on COVID-19 prosecutions

FT Admin - June 3, 2020 - COVID-19 Updates, New criminal offences

On 1 June 2020, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced that CPS West Midlands Magistrates' Court unit successfully prosecuted 78 COVID-19 related cases from March to May.  

The CPS gave examples of defendants who were convicted of COVID-19 related offences, which comprised of police and emergency workers and key workers being assaulted, threatened, or coughed at by people claiming to have coronavirus. 

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