Crown Prosecution Service

British

noun

CPS. (in England and Wales) an independent prosecuting body, established in 1986, that decides whether cases brought by the police should go to the courts: headed by the Director of Public Prosecutions Compare procurator fiscal

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Thompson said the Crown Prosecution Service had decided, once Skebas was declared fit, that it was in the public interest to proceed to trial.

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Responding to Wardell's concerns, the Crown Prosecution Service said the matter was one for "the independent judiciary".

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"The police can pick out bits immediately. The Crown Prosecution Service can pick out bits immediately. The courts, the Judiciary, can pick out bits immediately."

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She said she had believed other articles were sourced from leaks by police officers or the Crown Prosecution Service, but now thought they had relied on unlawfully gathered information.

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Malcolm McHaffie, head of the Crown Prosecution Service's special crime division, said the case underlined "the gravity of a captain's duty of care while out at sea".

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