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Looks like the Met and CPS have fecked up again. I thought we had a serious fraud squad to deal with this sort of stuff, people who knew what they were doing, apparently not.
Lewis Bloor: Towie star acquitted as £3m fraud trial collapses
Lewis Bloor is cleared as the prosecution admits it failed to disclose some evidence.www.bbc.co.uk
How much did this cost? Whoever was in charge of this case needs more than rocket up their arse they need posting back to uniform.
Fraud is an excellent crime to commit.
You have to make it just right though. Too big and you'll attract national level attention and capability, too little and you'll be picked off too easily. Bit like Cyber.
Cyber Fraud. Excellent industry.
Amazing though that the CPIA (establishing duties of disclosure) was passed in 1996, and it still is not being got right.
Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act Code of Practice
Revised Code of Practice governing disclosure of unused material in criminal cases, now awaiting Parliamentary approval.
www.gov.uk