CPS apologizes for failures in rapist-murderer case; Flock Safety overhauls police surveillance rules amid abuse scandals

The director of the Crown Prosecution Service has apologized and pledged to increase staff numbers after conceding that the court deciding whether to release serial sex offender Simon Levy on bail should have been informed that he was being investigated for rape and murder. Levy, 40, received a rare whole-life sentence for the murders of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins, and the rape of another woman. The CPS failure meant the court was not given crucial information about the severity of the ongoing investigation, potentially affecting the bail decision.