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A STEEP decline in rape prosecutions is the result of covert changes to Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) policy, a whistleblower has alleged.
Women’s groups will hand a damning dossier of evidence to Justice Secretary Robert Buckland today, gathered during their investigation into why rape prosecutions have plummeted to their lowest level since 2008.
It includes the CPS whistleblower’s testimony, which claims that a dramatic change in messaging to prosecutors over the past three years has discouraged them from issuing charges in cases with a low chance of conviction.
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury