After the police investigate crimes and present their findings, the CPS decides whether to prosecute based on evidence and public interest. Sir Keir was appointed head of the CPS in 2008 and held the role for five years. That decision was overturned later by Nazir Afzal in 2011 after being appointed by Sir Keir as the CPS chief prosecutor for north-west England. He went on to say that he had reviewed and reversed the decision as "I believed what she [the victim] was saying". We have been unable to find any direct criticism of Sir Keir personally in any of the reports on the scandal, nor can we identify any suggestions that he himself made any decisions not to prosecute.

Source: The Times January 06, 2025 22:48 UTC