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Jonathan Walker B'ham Post 31 Jan 11
Crown Prosecution Service offices serving each police force in the UK are to be scrapped and replaced by large regional organisations, the Government has announced.
Four offices which served the police forces in the West Midlands will be closed in the plans and one regional office will be created to serve West Midlands Police, West Mercia Police, Warwickshire Police and Staffordshire Police…
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Express & Star 16 Oct 09
It was bureaucracy at its finest – the case against five men accused of starting a bar brawl was dropped at Walsall Magistrates Court because the Crown Prosecution Service had spent six months getting the paperwork together and still not done the photocopying…
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Kat Keogh Birmingham Mail 17 Sep 09
A new initiative aimed at boosting public confidence in the justice system is being piloted in the West Midlands. The new community prosector scheme will see Crime Prosecution Service staff visit communities where crimes have been committed to see the impact on residents. Their views will be relayed to the courts and considered before sentencing…
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Birmingham Mail 18 August 09
A lawyer who prosecuted a dangerous driver over a smash which left a baby brain-damaged has been appointed to a top new role with West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service. Jayne Salt has replaced David Clark as the new head of a complex casework unit which covers four police regions…
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Sunday Mercury 16 August 09
AT just 5ft tall, she is hardly an obvious choice to go after the Mr Bigs of the criminal world. But tough prosecutor Jayne Salt has become the most senior female lawyer in the West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service after a long and successful career in the region…
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Express & Star 13 June 09
A four-year probe into how Walsall Council dished out £42 million of government funding has ended – with no criminal activity uncovered. Detectives were called in to review investigations by both West Midlands Police and the Crown Prosecution Service into allegations surrounding the distribution of Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF) money…
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Birmingham Post 28 May 09
He was the first prosecutor to use DNA evidence to convict a double murderer and has overseen some of the most high profile criminal cases in the UK. Jeanette Oldham speaks to David Blundell, the Chief Crown Prosecutor in the West Midlands, who retires this week…