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Sarah Everard: Met forced to halt ‘absurd’ convictions over vigil

CPS decision to stop criminalisation of women under fast-track justice procedure is further humiliation for UK’s biggest police force

Prosecutors have dramatically halted attempts by the Metropolitan police to criminalise people for attending the vigil for Sarah Everard in another humiliating blow for Britain’s biggest force.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) notified lawyers last week that it had “discontinued” attempts by the police to criminalise six protesters as it was not in the public interest.

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