Another Home Office/CPS 'cock up' !!!

Oops !!! - How embarassing for Priti Patel and the CPS !!!



Everyone Charged By Police Under New Coronavirus Laws Was Wrongly Accused, CPS Confirms
All charges brought under the Coronavirus Act since it was introduced were incorrect.

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  By Nadine White

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Police officers in a patrol car move sunbathers on in Greenwich Park, as the UK continues its lockdown to help curb the spread of coronavirus, in London, Saturday May 9, 2020. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)
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All 44 charges brought under the Coronavirus Act since it was introduced on March 27 were incorrect, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has confirmed.

The Coronavirus Act allows officers to remove or detain a “suspected infectious person” for screening and assessment, but the CPS said on Friday that dozens of people have been wrongly prosecuted.

A total of 14,244 fines for alleged breaches of coronavirus lockdown laws were issued by police forces in England and Wales up to May 11, the National Police Chiefs’ Council also announced.