CPS delays take police off frontline, says report – Daily Telegraph
‘Official study by watchdog finds series of failings with the way police and prosecutors deal with charging criminals.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th May 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: prosecutions
Prosecutors examining claims that police spied on sister after death of her brother – The Guardian
‘Prosecutors are examining allegations that police improperly monitored the sister of a former paratrooper who died on the floor of a police station.’
The Guardian, 26th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Child sex abuse live streams loophole to be closed – BBC News
‘The UK’s government aims to tackle the spread of child sexual abuse imagery online by closing a legal loophole.’
BBC News, 27th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Syrian asylum seekers successfully appeal UK convictions – BBC News
‘Two Syrian asylum seekers who were jailed for arriving in the UK without passports, have successfully appealed against their convictions.’
BBC News, 7th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Parents of autistic man criticise decision to prosecute him – Daily Telegraph
‘George Ostle’s parents say if Lord Janner was not fit to stand trial then neither was their autistic son who has the mental age of a ten-year-old.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th May 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Child abuse inquiry judge to investigate Lord Janner allegations – The Guardian
‘A high court judge is to investigate whether child sexual abuse allegations against Lord Janner were the subject of an establishment cover-up.’
The Guardian, 29th April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lord Janner’s alleged victims seek formal review of DPP decision – The Guardian
‘A group of people who say they were abused by Lord Janner are seeking a formal review of the decision not to prosecute the former Labour MP following child sex abuse claims.’
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The Guardian, 28th April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Assisted suicide review granted by High Court judges – BBC News
‘Disability rights campaigners who say assisted suicide policy in England and Wales is too “liberal” have won permission to bring a legal challenge.’
BBC News, 28th April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Alison Saunders: I was right not to charge Lord Janner with child sex abuse – Daily Telegraph
‘Director of Public Prosecutions claims she made correct decision not to bring case against Labour peer as she urges critics to challenge her in court ‘
Daily Telegraph, 23rd April 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Joshua Titcombe death: No prosecutions after police probe – BBC News
‘A police investigation into the death of a baby born at a Cumbrian hospital will not result in any prosecutions.’
BBC News, 24th April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Critics of Lord Janner decision misunderstand justice system – The Guardian
‘The creation of the Crown Prosecution Service nearly 30 years ago was pretty traumatic for the police. I remember it well and wrote a book about it at the time. Overnight, detectives lost the power to decide what charges should be brought against people they had arrested. Instead, the director of public prosecutions — whose remit had been confined to cases of “importance or difficulty” for the previous 100 years — took responsibility in 1986 for most public prosecutions across England and Wales.’
The Guardian, 22nd April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
RSPCA prosecutions ease despite rise in animal cruelty – Daily Telegraph
‘Charity insists no change in prosecution policy after controversial chief quits but convictions down sharply.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd April 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
News focus: law and justice pledges – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The general election manifestos are in – here’s our quick-fire summary of their headline pledges on law and justice.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th April 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Operation Elveden: Journalists cleared in payment trial – BBC News
‘Three journalists have been found not guilty of illegally paying public officials by a jury at the Old Bailey.’
BBC News, 17th April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Journalists should not always be prosecuted for paying public officials, says former CPS head – The Indpendent
‘The former head of the Crown Prosecution Service has said it can be “appropriate” for journalists to pay officials for information and that Operation Elveden had overlooked the public interest.’
The Independent, 18th April 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Crown Prosecution Service re-review of Operation Elveden – CPS News Brief
‘Operation Elveden is a Metropolitan Police Service investigation that revealed the payments made to corrupt public officials by journalists for information. It followed two parliamentary committees and the Leveson Inquiry which revealed serious questions over the techniques used by some which may have amounted to systematic and flagrant breaches of the law. The range and circumstance of this activity was of a scale not previously encountered by police or CPS.’
CPS News Brief, 17th April 2015
Source: http://blog.cps.gov.uk
Three years, £20 million, one conviction: Operation Elveden on brink of collapse – Daily Telegraph
‘Operation Elveden, the long running investigation into allegations of corruption by tabloid journalists, lies in tatters after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) was forced to scrap most of the outstanding cases. ‘
Daily Telegraph, 17th April 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lord Janner sex abuse charge decision fails ‘victims’ – BBC News
‘Alleged victims of child sex abuse by Lord Janner have been failed by the decision not to charge him, a police and crime commissioner (PCC) has said.’
BBC News, 17th April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lord Janner will not face trial over abuse claims – The Guardian
‘Labour peer Lord Janner of Braunstone will escape charges for the second time over alleged historical child sex crimes, prosecution sources have confirmed.’
The Guardian, 16th April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
