Director of Public Prosecutions

British

noun

DPP. (in Britain) an official who, as head of the Crown Prosecution Service, is responsible for conducting all criminal prosecutions initiated by the police

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At PMQs on Wednesday, Badenoch said: "I wonder what a director of public prosecutions would make of the defence, 'sorry, I can't produce my WhatsApps, my phone's been stolen'."

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Sir Keir was the director of public prosecutions before he started his political career.

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He is due to be questioned by Sir Max Hill KC, a former director of public prosecutions in England and Wales, one of the lawyers acting for the claimants.

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The Garda informed the judge that the Director of Public Prosecutions authorised the withdrawal of the assault charge and that the sole count of murder was to proceed on indictment to the Central Criminal Court.

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Wardell recently published an open letter to the director of public prosecutions, Stephen Parkinson, on social media, questioning if he believed Finn's law was being applied "as Parliament intended".

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