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  1. Termination of Proceedings (Including Discontinuance)

    … Prosecution Withdrawal of Proceedings Offering No Evidence Magistrates' court Crown Court Leaving an Indictment … Terminating cases Annex B: Template Letter for Offering No Evidence in the Crown Court by post Principle The … terminating the proceedings is the insufficiency of the evidence provided to the CPS at that date, this must be made …

  2. Racist and Religious Hate Crime - Prosecution Guidance

    … as specific racist or religious crimes, or where evidence of such hostility can be put before a court when it … the victim and facilitate a proactive investigation of the evidence. The CPS uses definitions agreed with the National … sentencing in court the police need to provide sufficient evidence to prove the hostility element, however this is not …

  3. The Code for Crown Prosecutors

    … ensure that the law is properly applied, that relevant evidence is put before the court and that obligations of … section 4). Although prosecutors primarily consider the evidence and information supplied by the police and other … suspect or those acting on their behalf may also submit evidence or information to the prosecutor, before or after …

  4. Judicial Review of CPS Prosecuting Decisions (Appeals)

    … on an objective appraisal of the case that some evidence supporting a prosecution has not been considered … decision-makers to refer specifically to all the available evidence. An overall evaluation of the strength of a case falls to be made on the evidence as a whole, applying prosecutorial experience and …

  5. Homophobic, Biphobic and Transphobic Hate Crime - Prosecution Guidance

    … the victim and facilitate a proactive investigation of the evidence. The CPS uses definitions agreed with the National … sentencing in court the police need to provide sufficient evidence to prove the hostility element, however this is not … CPS policy to remove a flag in the absence of sufficient evidence to support a sentence uplift. This in part reflects …

  6. Safeguarding Children as Victims and Witnesses

    … Prosecutors should have the ABE guidance (‘ Achieving Best Evidence ’ which provides detailed recommended procedure for … by virtue of section 16 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 . Prosecutors will need to consider in … where the child is a victim or a witness Achieving Best Evidence (ABE) 'Achieving Best Evidence in Criminal …

  7. Disclosure Manual: Chapter 37 - Guidance on Dealing with Current and Past Cases where the Competence and/or Credibility of an Expert is in Doubt

    … Appeal; where a conviction founded on the basis of expert evidence has been overturned; and any other source including … witness is called into question and that expert has given evidence in previous cases, resulting in a conviction: … Guidance on further disclosure Where an expert has given evidence in cases that resulted in a conviction, and the …

  8. Public statement on prosecuting disability hate crime and other crimes against disabled people

    … under s.66 Sentencing Act 2020 (SA 2020) where there is evidence of disability hate crime i.e. hostility based on … Support disabled victims and witnesses to give their best evidence Work closely with the police, criminal justice … This will assist the police to obtain the best available evidence in order to support the aggravating factor at court …

  9. Man sentenced for killing of three people and attempted murder of three others in Nottingham

    … the previous reports. The fourth psychiatrist reviewed the evidence in detail, including the extensive mental health … was available to Calocane. On the basis of this evidence, the CPS concluded that there was no realistic … were only accepted after very careful analysis of the evidence. We reached this conclusion because the expert …

  10. UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: Violent abuser who murdered ex-partner and disposed of her body is convicted

    … against Osment in the absence of conventional physical evidence. "Special mention must be made of the covert police … secure a conviction despite the absence of any physical evidence from the victim’s body. Darren Osment, 44, who has … of his ex-partner Claire Holland. This included using evidence from an undercover police operation and piecing …

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