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The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 created the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in 1986, a dedicated, nationwide prosecution service under the control of the DPP, then Sir Thomas Hetherington QC. This involved the recruitment of 3,000 new staff, which despite difficulties the DPP succeeded in doing.
In September 2023, it was announced that he would be the next Director of Public Prosecutions and head of the Crown Prosecution Service. [8] He took up the post on 1 November 2023, succeeding Sir Max Hill. [12] He is the first solicitor to be the DPP since the 1960s, and the first to head the CPS. [13] [needs update]
During his tenure as Director of Public Prosecutions and Head of the Crown Prosecution Service he dealt with a number of major cases, including the Stephen Lawrence murder case. In the 2014 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) for "services to law and criminal justice".
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the principal public agency for conducting criminal prosecutions in England and Wales. It is headed by the Director of Public Prosecutions .
[77] [78] Subsequently, Elon Musk, owner of X, said Starmer was "complicit in the crimes", as head of the Crown Prosecution Service when the abuse occurred. [79] [80] [81] In response, Starmer said the Conservatives had failed to implement the recommendations of the 2022 Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA). [82]
Nazir Afzal OBE (born 1 October 1962) [1] [2] [3] is a British solicitor and former prosecutor within the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).. Afzal spent most of his career in the CPS, rising to be Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England in 2011, a role he held until leaving the CPS in 2015.
The U.K.'s Crown Prosecution Service decided not to prosecute Andrew Tate after the accusations made by the four British women, but the women have filed a civil suit.
[1] [4] She then served as CEO of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) from September 2019 to 2023. [4] She brought claims of discrimination against the CPS on the grounds of age and sex. [ 5 ] The case was settled for an unknown sum before the start of the tribunal hearing on 17 November 2023, [ 6 ] and her departure from the CPS was then ...