Crown Prosecution Service acknowledges it twice failed to prosecute Mohamed al Fayed over sex abuse claims
https://news.sky.com/story/crown-prosecution-service-acknowledges-it-twice-failed-to-prosecute-mohamed-al-fayed-over-sex-abuse-claims-13219770
Posted by topotaul
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Rich and influential people being held to a different standard than everyone else?
I am shocked.
No victims, you don’t matter. Don’t you know know who he is?!?
Wonder how many people are waiting till Philip Green dies?
Doesn’t sound like they did.
> While the CPS did review both files, the spokesperson said: “To bring a prosecution the CPS must be confident there is a realistic prospect of conviction – in each instance, our prosecutors looked carefully at the evidence and concluded this wasn’t the case.”
Absence of evidence isn’t a CPS failure. Sadly, such cases are very hard to prove.
Fail implies a genuine mistake. That’s not the case here