@forumhostpb wrote:
You’re quite right – it doesn’t. What I was driving at was this … when a Police officer (of any rank) is considered for prosecution, the . This is because Police officers can often be the target of malicious or totally unfounded allegations – especially by the ‘criminal fraternity’ who often have a grudge to bear.
Although the previous Court cases returned a ‘Not Guilty’ verdict against Desai, for him to be actually taken to Court in the first place meant that the CPS believed that there was enough hard evidence to secure a conviction.
Unfortunately for Desai’s later victims, the jury was not persuaded.[/color]
PB It doesn’t matter who the person is that is being considered to be brought before a court of law by the CPS – they have to believe they have enough evidence to bring the person to trial.