His Honour Judge Darren Preston, at Preston Crown Court, has condemned Lancashire Police and the Crown Prosecution Service after serious evidence failures disrupted a criminal […]
Confidence in the judicial process is “at a particularly low point”, the Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales has warned. Dame Vera Baird QC said a combination of issues – such delays in cases getting to court, dire conviction rates for offences including rape, and concerns over the way police have investigated certain high-profile cases […] […]
The criminal justice system’s response to rape allegations is plagued by a “blame culture” and “finger pointing” between police and prosecutors, the watchdog has found. There are “deep divisions” and “poor communication” between police forces and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) around rape prosecutions and convictions, the new report said. It comes after the government’s […] […]
A “blame culture” around conviction rates, too much caution in pursuing rapists and a disproportionate focus on the victims behaviour – these are the damning findings of a report by the watchdogs for the police and the Crown Prosecution Service looking at why convictions for rape are so low. CPS figures for 2019 to 2020 […] […]
Deputy Chief Constable Sarah Crew said rape was “one of the most complex investigations police carry out” but in recent years the criminal justice system “has not been convicting enough offenders, and too few victims are getting justice”. The Government has unveiled sweeping reforms to increase the number of rape cases reaching court while bolstering […] […]
C Pickering, a senior Crown Prosecutor has stated that calling someone a PEDO is not an offence. C Pickering says pedo means child in old English and if the offender says he is speaking in old English is it a defence. […]
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