The function of the Crown Prosecution Service is not to decide whether a person is guilty of a criminal offence, but to make fair, independent and objective assessments about whether it is appropriate to present charges for a criminal court to consider.

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Standing

lens: Evidence-weighted Structural

No belief has been computed for this claim under Structural yet.

What bears on it

Nothing supports or challenges this claim yet — untested, which is not the same as refuted.

Voices

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Sources

No source is recorded on this claim directly. It entered the record through CPS charges man with murder following death of Ann Widdecombe .

Origin: extracted from CPS charges man with murder following death of Ann Widdecombe · 2026-07-20 20:18