CAA announces three new private prosecutions

We are pleased to be able to announce three new private prosecutions.

We have received permission from the Attorney General’s Office to pursue a private prosecution against a prominent individual for incitement to racial hatred contrary to section 19 of the Public Order Act 1986. Those inciting hatred during the past few months must be held to account. That is what we are here to ensure. There will be more details to come in due course on this significant case.

We have also been granted our application for summons by the court in a case relating to horrendous activity on social media which engages section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 and section 127 of the Communications Act 2003. We will ensure that posting online from the comfort of your home does not immunise trolls from the consequences of their actions.

Finally, we are particularly proud to let you know that we are among the very first to bring a case under the new Online Safety Act 2023. Specifically, the offence in this case engages section 181 of the Act: sending a message online conveying a threat of death or serious harm, with the intention that an individual encountering the threat would fear the threat would be carried out.

We continue to pioneer new legal strategies to ensure that those who pose a risk to the Jewish community do not do so with impunity.