R (B) v Director of Public Prosecutions (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted January 28th, 2009 in Crown Prosecution Service, law reports, mental health, prosecutions, victims by sally

R (B) v Director of Public Prosecutions (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2009] EWHC 106 (Admin); [2009] WLR (D) 25

“The decision to abandon a prosecution because of the victim’s mental instability involved a misapplication of the Code for Crown Prosecutors, was irrational and was a violation of the victim’s rights under art 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”

WLR Daily, 27th January 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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