That's correct in England and Wales. Unfortunately in Scotland, it was more complicated as the Post Office prosecutions were conducted through the Procurator Fiscal's office.
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That's correct in England and Wales. Unfortunately in Scotland, it was more complicated as the Post Office prosecutions were conducted through the Procurator Fiscal's office.
The separation of powers from the judiciary and the Executive is not idiotic.
This extremely sorry state of affairs shows how utterly rotten this country is. An ineffective, outdated parliament,...
He was there for two years, in a scandal lasting decades, and ceased being the responsible minister in 2012. Yet you pick him out. Typical.
I think in this case, the PO conducting its own prosecutions was simply the continuation of an historic situation. Before the CPS was founded in 1986, each police force had its own prosecutions unit,...
The CEO was as oleaginous as a Turkish wrestler. Top smarm and you know he'll do sweet FA for a couple more years until he shuffles off to another extremely well paid executive position.
I'm not sure but it should be looked into. Disclosure rules were different at the time. I believe some of the victims have considered taking action against the PO for malicious prosecution. I would...
I agree with the points made so far.
As an ex-member of the CPS, the point I'd like to make is, the importance of having independent prosecutors. The PO had / has it's own prosecution department....