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  1. Publication of revised Code for Crown Prosecutors

    … Prosecutors 24 October 2018 | News Considering disclosable evidence pre-charge is included for the first time More … issues prosecutors must consider. The explosion in digital evidence seen in recent years has brought real challenges for … there must also be rigorous examination of any evidence that assists the defence. “By revising the Code, we …

  2. Organised Crime Gang sentenced for drug and modern slavery offences

    … teenagers in Neath to sell drugs on their behalf. Phone evidence forming part of the case against the defendants … drug runners. “The prosecution case included mobile phone evidence which included messages showing the hierarchy of the … defendant played within the operation. The overwhelming evidence against each defendant meant that they had little …

  3. Support for Disabled Victims and Witnesses of Crime

    … get the right support in place for them to give their best evidence. This might include an intermediary to help a … court proceedings; a visit to court before giving evidence, or even in some cases the opportunity to give evidence by video link from somewhere else. "Although the …

  4. Road Traffic - Fatal Offences and Bad Driving

    … prejudicial than probative (and thus merit exclusion as evidence), unless it can be demonstrated that the amount of … analysis of a blood sample; it may be in the form of other evidence in the case. A line of cases have considered this … or by physical injury or illness, except where there is evidence that the disability adversely affected the manner of …

  5. Rape and Sexual Offences - Chapter 6: Consent

    … issues in relation to consent and evaluating the evidence in a case. Prosecutors are advised to view ‘Consent … defendant a lack of consent. What was required was some evidence to be put before the jury of lack of consent, and the nature of that evidence depended on the circumstances of the case. Such …

  6. Fighting for justice: Go behind the scenes at the CPS

    … by Sussex Police and the obtaining of new forensic evidence, the Crown Prosecution Service made a successful … to prove to the court that there was new and compelling evidence in the case. The Court of Appeal ordered a retrial … a trial at the Old Bailey. Together with the new forensic evidence, the prosecution also presented details of the …

  7. UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: Former Northamptonshire teacher guilty of prolific child abuse

    … defendant denied any suggestion of abuse. The strongest evidence was the accounts of each individual victim, … they could not have made up a story together. Including evidence of offences committed against a victim who has died is unusual, as the victim cannot give evidence in court. However, in this instance, the victim had …

  8. How we prosecute rape

    … of robustly prosecuting these offences where the evidence meets our legal test; in the first instance for the … most misunderstood forms of criminality in society. The evidence shows that this type of offending is most commonly … be no visible sign of injury. Significant psychological evidence shows that the neurological response to the trauma …

  9. First riot conviction following Sunderland disorder

    … 2 August.  The case relied on a significant amount of CCTV evidence, which captured Usher donning a face-covering before … Unit for CPS North East, said: “It is clear from the evidence in this case that Usher played an active role in the … tackled the immediate situation while also securing key evidence to help us build robust cases against the …

  10. What we need to do before the trial - Rape and Serious Sexual Assault

    … about what support is available to help you give your evidence in the following sections. Preparing the evidence and sharing our case Toggle accordion Before the … we need to prepare our case by gathering together all the evidence that we want to use in the trial. We then have a …

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