Tag: Crown Prosecution Service

Prosecutions in England and Wales have fallen to a new low even as recorded crime reaches new heights, according to reports.

More than 300 rape convictions will be reviewed after concerns about politically correct police being “hostile” to men and “deliberately” withholding evidence to send them to jail.

The counter-terror watchdog chief who has previously said returning jihadist terrorists should not be arrested is to become the UK’s new Director of Public Prosecutions.

Police are regularly withholding critical evidence in criminal cases where it might undermine their case, and some officers are ‘trained’ in the technique, which could be leading to miscarriages of justice.

England’s top prosecutor is to leave her role after her contract expires, following the collapse of several high profile rape trials.

Thousands of suspected paedophiles and violent criminals could be allowed to walk free and not face justice as London police consider ignoring un-served warrants.

One of the UK’s first Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) cases to make it to court has been dismissed, with the judge claiming the child had denied harm and medical evidence was inconclusive.

According to recently revealed emails, the UK Crown Prosecution Service allegedly dissuaded Swedish prosecutors from dropping extradition orders against Julian Assange in 2013.

An Islamist activist who claimed the 71 victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster “were murdered” by Zionists who fund the Conservative party will not face prosecution for hate speech.

A man in London has been charged with female genital mutilation (FGM) in what is only the second case of its kind in the UK, despite the practice having been illegal for 31 years, and dozens of new cases being discovered by health authorities every day.

Between 2016 and 2017 there was the largest ever rise in reported “hate crimes,” yet the number of prosecutions actually fell.

Just one in 30 cases of alleged forced marriages are leading to a prosecution, sparking claims current laws are failing and conviction rates are too low.

Hate crime targeting Jews in the UK has escalated for the third year running, reaching the worst level on record according to a new report. The shock result has prompted a warning from Jewish people that they are enduring “intolerable” levels of hate crime.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has confirmed it will not mount prosecutions against Tory MPs for breaching electoral spending rules during the 2015 General Election.

A fund has been set up to help an 83-year-old farmer forced to spend £30,000 to fund his own defence after he was prosecuted for shooting a convicted burglar in the foot when he intruded on his isolated Yorkshire farm.

Happy International Women’s Day, Girls. As a member of the only sex on earth that loves you and cares about you and isn’t secretly plotting to undermine you at every turn, I’d like to offer you some pro tips on how to get the most of this very special day

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has held a “public consultation” and issued “revised” guidelines on “hate crimes” and “transphobia”, which are likely to result in ever increasing numbers of people being dragged through court for speech crimes.

The Crown Prosecution Service has been dubbed the ‘Can’t Prosecute Service’ after it emerged that three suspected rioters had the charges against them dropped having refused to give their names in court. Critics said the decision risks sending a message to

In Marty McFly’s 2015 hover boards had just one, fairly avoidable weakness – they couldn’t fly over water. But in real world 2015, Britain has found a much more effective method of stopping them in their tracks: government policy. Inspired

A judge facing allegations of racism against an Asian victim has finally resigned in shame from his £150,000 a year job as an asylum and immigration judge. The accusation of racism arose at the conclusion of a serious harassment case

Lord Janner of Braunstone will be prosecuted for historic child abuse offences dating from the 1960s to 1980s, the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed today. The first hearing in the criminal case will be heard in court this August. The decision

A man who claims that Greville Janner abused him in the House of Commons when he was nine years old has called for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to be sacked after her decision not to prosecute the Peer

A Member of Parliament has accused Lord Greville Janner of Braunstone of being a “serial child abuser” who “violated, raped and tortured” children in the House of Commons. Labour MP Simon Danczuk referenced Lord Janner when raising the issue of the Crown

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is still on the rise in Britain, new statistics have revealed. Despite being banned for thirty years in the UK, not a single successful prosecution for FGM has taken place. Now, campaigners have called for churches

Doubts are growing over the severity of Lord Janner’s dementia, after it emerged that he wrote and signed a letter to the House of Lords only two weeks ago. His poor mental health was cited by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)