Death crash policewoman escapes charges (One for TC)

[D-Rider]

I presume the CPS are answerable to a Government Minister who is answerable to Parliament?

Not in the way you suggest - thank God. Do you really want political prosecutions? Ministers deciding who will and who will not be prosecuted?

Of course not - however they (CPS) must be accountable to someone who has responsibility for ensuring they do their job right.
Making them give account as to why they decided not to allow our legal system the opportunity to judge the facts in a court of law in what on the surface seems to be a clear case for legal examination seems to me the least that someone with oversight of the CPS should be doing.
If they have got good reasons, then great.

.... and although I'm not suggesting that a politician should decide who is prosecuted (just that they should ask the CPS to account for their own decisions), there is an argument to suggest it would be preferable for an elected representative to make such a decision rather than a "faceless bureaucrat" in the CPS

[BikerGran]

Having worked for the police for years I have to say I've seen a lot of apparently perverse decisions made by the CPS.

Police officer does all the legwork, gets statements from all the witnesses, sometimes even when the detained person admits they did whatever it was - and the CPS say there's not enough evidence. Makes you wonder if they are just bean counters - you know, we've prosecuted x number of burglars this month so we'll have to let this one go.........

After all, the home Office introduced the system of charging decisions being made by the CPS instead of police because the courts were too busy.

[Willopotomas]

My fear now will be for this to become a case study used to let people who use their mobile phones while driving, off the hook. The justice system is a complete joke. Some say "the law is an ass", but it appears as though it's not getting that far these days.

Something has got to give. This cannot carry on. She killed a man with a deadly weapon. Plain and simple.

[fatboy]

Think Will summed this up perfectly.
This fucking stinks and is an insult to the family.
How can the CPS do this ?
Wrong wrong wrong beyond wrong

If a hobby bobby had been killed in an accident involving a motorbike then I'm sure prosecution would be inevitable

[D-Rider]

Don't think it can - it never came to court therefore it's not part of case law.
She wasn't found not guilty.

[Aladinsaneuk]

I thought the home office can intercede if a conviction is flawed? Or force a case to be reviewed?