Crown Prosecutor definition
Examples of Crown Prosecutor in a sentence
From 1863 onwards, he served in the colonial civil service as a Sherriff in the early 1970s, a Registrar of the Supreme Court in 1877, and Crown Prosecutor for some time, even publishing a short history of Yoruba event and an almanac in 1893 and 1894 respectively.202 While Payne was a close relative of the Awujale, the ruler of the notoriously xenophobic Ijebu people, he was also a British citizen by virtue of his residency in Lagos, and he was his own person with his own social project.
A “virtual” 43rd Area, CPS Direct, is also headed by a Chief Crown Prosecutor and it provides an out-of-hours charging service.
The CPS has 42 Areas across England and Wales, each headed by a Chief Crown Prosecutor.
If further escalation is required, the matter may be referred by an HMI to the appropriate Deputy Head of Division or Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor.
Therefore, any prosecution that the police wish to bring, will need the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions (acting through a Crown Prosecutor).
The Chief will correspond with the Chief Crown Prosecutor in an effort to have the case adjourned or the member excluded from court.
In addition, in cases (including indictable only cases) where the likely sentence would be less than two years, consideration should be given to referring the case to a Crown Prosecutor for a conditional caution to be authorised, with foreign offender conditions.
When considering administrative removal or a conditional caution as an alternative to prosecution, the Crown Prosecutor will have regard to the fact that there is a substantial cost to the public when a foreign national offender who needs to be managed in the community or kept in immigration detention, remains in the UK.
If this is not resolved, the matter may be referred by an Assistant Director or above to the appropriate Head of Division or Chief Crown Prosecutor.
Civil High Court SCPOs should be referred to the Head of CPS Proceeds of Crime (POC) via a Chief Crown Prosecutor (or a Whitehall prosecutor of equivalent seniority, or law enforcement officer) as CPS POC holds the CPS lead for civil proceedings.