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

4 Comments

  1. 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?!?

  2. Captain-Griffen on

    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.