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CPS goes back to the future

CPS goes back to the future

New DPP is former prosecutor who spent 20 years as defence lawyer

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Sep 14, 2023
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Why would anybody want to become the director of public prosecutions for England and Wales?

Sir Allan Green (1987–1992), the first DPP to head the newly-established Crown Prosecution Service, contrived to procure his own resignation.

The late Dame Barbara Mills (1992–1998) — not to be confused with the highly regarded KC of the same name — struggled to co…

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