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5 unusual facts about Crown Prosecution Service


Crown Prosecution Service

The CPS is headed by the Director of Public Prosecutions (currently Alison Saunders CB) who answers to the Attorney General for England and Wales (currently Dominic Grieve, QC, MP).

Gordon Foxley

The CPS Crown Prosecution Service delayed enforcing it for 11 years through utter incompetence and a lack of commitment, derived from the satisfaction of the Treasury at the receipt of £4.6M which far exceeded th original estimates claimed.

Israel–United Kingdom relations

The Crown Prosecution Service later revealed that it had received an application for an arrest warrant but no conclusion had been reached on whether there was sufficient evidence to support conviction.

Low copy number

In the United Kingdom use of the technique was suspended between 21 December 2007 and 14 January 2008 while the Crown Prosecution Service conducted a review into its use - this suspension has now been lifted.

Tony Lundy

He was investigated in October 1994 and the Crown Prosecution Service stated they had found no evidence to prosecute Lundy.


Justice and Security Act 2013

In the Crown Prosecution Service v Paul Burrell 2002 – A Public Interest Immunity Certificate allowed the prosecution to apply to the judge for a ruling that disclosure of certain information would be harmful to the public interest and should not be made public.

Sexual Offences Act 1985

In 1991 the Director of Public Prosecutions and head of the Crown Prosecution Service, Sir Allan Green KCB QC, was arrested for an offence under this Act and had to resign.


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