CPS guidance in perverting the course of justice (False allegations, retracted allegations, withdrawn retractions)

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'This guidance applies to cases where a complainant of rape or domestic violence:

makes a false allegation,
retracts an allegation, or
withdraws a retraction.'


http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/p_to_r/p.../#Toc284951052

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Comment from Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer taken from the live webchat on Mumsnet last week -

Since there are a few questions on the question of 'false allegations' and perverting the course of justice it might be a good idea if I just clarified our approach.
The guidance I introduced last year was intended to ensure that we don't prosecute cases where individuals may have retracted or withdrawn their allegation because of some sort of pressure - direct or indirect.
It was a recognition that in a number of cases victims retract what are in fact true allegations and I wanted to make sure that we did not prosecute them for those retractions.

What a load of tosh!

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"What a load of tosh"